Category: World Touch

Philippines

Catholic Groups Call For Workers’ rights

A forum of Philippine organizations, including the Catholic-affiliated “Church People-Workers Solidarity” (CWS) and unions such as Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and the National Federation of Labor Unions, is calling for the protection of workers’ dignity and rights in the face of economic crises and the emergence of technologies like artificial intelligence that could replace humans. 

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Care of Creation

Theme For World Day Of Prayer

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announced the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for the 2026 celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to be held on September 1, as “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Isaiah, 2:4).

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World Mission Sunday

Catholics Invited To Pray And Cooperate

During his address to representatives of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Pope Leo XIV invited the entire Church to participate in World Mission Sunday.

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Pope Leo XIV

Magnifica Humanitas Valuable For Ai Development

Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas offers AI developers a valuable anthropological contribution as they design systems with which human beings interact at a deeply personal level, according to Taylor Black, Microsoft’s Director of AI and Venture Ecosystems.

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Strait of Hormuz

Ships Must Be Able to Sail Through

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) wants a humanitarian corridor to be established in the Strait of Hormuz to remove merchant ships stranded in the Persian Gulf due to the conflict in the Middle East. 

Global South

Just Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels

Catholic leaders from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Oceania and Europe presented the ‘Manifesto of the Churches of the Global South for Our Common Home: Towards Peace with Creation–An Urgent Call for a Just Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels’.

Laos

First Laotian Priests Ordained

The Catholic Church in Laos marked a historic milestone with the ordination of its first native Redemptorist priests, a development seen as a sign of quiet but steady growth in one of Southeast Asia’s smallest Christian communities.

World Youth Day

Patron Saints for WYD 2027

Organizers of the World Youth Day 2027 have named five patron saints whose lives reflect persecution, migration, and social struggle, presenting them as guides for young people preparing for the global gathering.

Indonesia

Church Combating Human Trafficking

The Catholic Church in Flores, eastern Indonesia, has intensified its efforts to combat human trafficking following the rescue of 13 young women who allegedly suffered exploitation at a nightclub in Sikka Regency.

Vocations

Priestly Formation Needs New Approach

While Vatican data has recorded some growth in vocations in Africa, it has not matched the wider growth of the Church on the continent leaving some areas severely short of clergy.

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