IOR 2025 Annual Report reveals 10-year-record net income
The Institute for the Works of Religions releases its 2025 Annual Report, and reveals a 51 million euro net income and a dividend to the Pope of 24.3 million euro.
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Pope: Christians and Muslims must work together to ‘revive humanity’
In a meeting with participants in an interfaith colloquium, Pope Leo calls on Christians and Muslims to “revive humanity where it has grown cold” and “transform indifference into solidarity”.
‘Intensive Week’ of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Employees, collaborators, volunteers, and interns of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, including those working abroad, meet in Rome for a week of sharing and proposing initiatives, with Cardinal Prefect Michael Czerny saying the goal is “to support the mission of the Pope and the Bishops throughout the world.”
Vatican’s Vesak message calls on Buddhists and Christians to become “artisans of peace”
In its message for Vesak 2026, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue invites Buddhists and Christians to work together for an “unarmed and disarming peace” rooted in compassion, dialogue, and inner transformation.
Pope Leo receives Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan
Pope Leo XIV receives the Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan, Mr. Kamil El-Tayeb Idris Abdelhafiz, in the Vatican on Monday.
From a refugee camp to the World Taekwondo Grand Prix
The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation is giving 8 young athletes the opportunity to participate in the 2026 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Rome this June, as well as the chance to meet Pope Leo XIV.
Uganda: Bishop Odoki calls on Christians to be peace ambassadors
The Bishop of Arua Diocese in North Western Uganda, Sabino Ochan Odoki, has called on Christians to reject modern-day idols and embrace God as the foundation for lasting peace in society. Bishop Odoki made the appeal during the closing Eucharistic celebration of the Gulu Ecclesiastical Province’s “Prayer and Peace Week,” held this week at Lango College in Uganda’s Lira Diocese.
Ukrainian mother: ‘My son was taken away by war. Now I am everyone’s ‘mother”
Lyubov lost her son Oleksandr on February 28, 2024, a 29-year-old Ukrainian soldier who died at the front. She could not find peace—until she met other women in the same situation through the project “The Mothers of Padre Pio’s House.” Since then, Lyubov has met the Pope, helps soldiers in whom she sees her sons, and offers a message of hope to those who are grieving.
