Papal News

• UN Human Rights Chief deplores killings of children and women in Rafah
  The United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has decried a series of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the past few days that have killed mostly children and women. He has repeated his warning against a full-scale incursion to an area to which 1.2 million civilians are sheltering. Read all  
• With the Patriarch of Jerusalem, 200 days since the start of the war
  The Cardinal Patriarch of Jerusalem reflects on the ongoing war in Gaza expressing his belief it shows the inevitability of the two-state solution: “There is no alternative to the two states but the continuation of war." Read all  
• South Sudan: Bishop Hiiboro Kussala reflecting on Vocations highlights gratitude
  Reflecting on the recently celebrated World Day of Prayer for Vocations, South Sudan’s Catholic Bishop of Tombura Yambio says he is filled with gratitude for his own call to be a priest, for the priests he works with, and for the number of young people responding to join the seminary in his diocese. Read all […]
• Cisco signs the "Rome Call for AI Ethics"
  Cisco, the multinational digital communications technology company, signs the Pontifical Academy for Life’s “Rome Call for AI Ethics” committing to an ethical approach to artificial intelligence in the areas of Ethics, Education and Rights. Read all  
• UNICEF chief warns of ‘catastrophic’ situation in Haiti
  The Director General of UNICEF says more than three million children in Haiti are in need of humanitarian assistance, as conditions in the country continue to worsen. Read all