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Three days after a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on October 19, 2026, the Vatican announced. Once again, the humanitarian crisis in Oleshky was central to their discussion, with the Pope renewing his appeal for a “humanitarian ceasefire.” According to a brief statement issued by the Holy See Pr...

“A level of violence we’ve never seen before.” That was how Lamia El Aaraje, first deputy mayor of Paris, described the situation on Sunday, October 18. The previous day, protests had been marked by violence in the capital and several other French cities. Scenes of destruction multiplied from street to street, reaching even the symbolic locations of the French Republic. In Ma...

Years ago I spent a month volunteering in Calcutta with the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa. There are many things I learned during that time with the sisters, but one of the greatest lessons was about how to sustain intense work without burning out. The sisters go to the streets of slums picking up dying people and care for them o...

Louis Prevost does not waste words. When Newsmax’s America Right Now asked Pope Leo XIV’s oldest brother how the Pope was doing after his lung surgery, the answer came quickly: “We were just talking a little bit ago, and he’s doing fine. He’s in high spirits. He was saying Mass. He’s resumed some of his official duties as Pope.” The two brothers speak every day — by phone, by...

Canada has one of the most expansive programs in existence for “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD): With Quebec having the highest proportion of people choosing MAiD worldwide, some call it “the euthanasia capital of the world.” As more than 76,000 people have died through MAiD through 2024 (the latest available report), Catholic and pro-life groups and mental-health advocat...