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According to the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), around 50 million people worldwide are living in conditions of modern slavery, while human trafficking generates an estimated 236 billion dollars in illicit profits every year.
Christian families in the Holy Land are finding it “very, very difficult” to stay there and continue to “stand for peace”, Cardinal Fernando Filoni has warned.
One year from now, Catholics from around the world₋alongside Pope Leo XIV₋will gather for World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul, South Korea, from Aug. 3–8, 2027.
Caritas Philippines has come out against a U.S.-backed plan to build a large AI and semiconductor hub on farmland north of Manila, saying the project is moving forward without answers on who will control it or who will pay for it.
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar has described the xenophobic violence against migrants that has been plaguing South Africa since April as the “denial of universal fraternity and of the Africa we want.” Because of this situation, thousands of migrants are returning to their countries of origin.
The return of the El Niño climate phenomenon is alarming scientists and international organizations, who fear a combination of extreme heat, declines in agricultural production, and worsening hunger in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
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.
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).
During his address to representatives of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Pope Leo XIV invited the entire Church to participate in World Mission Sunday.
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.
