Sir James MacMillan receives a Doctorate Honoris Causa at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music and delivers a lecture on the spiritual and creative role of silence in sacred composition. In an interview with Vatican Radio, he reflects on tradition, liturgy, and the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI for contemporary composers.

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The National Order of Agronomists and Foresters gifts a gingko biloba tree to Pope Leo, which has been planted in the Vatican Gardens. At the planting ceremony, the Holy See's permanent observer to the FAO stresses that "in the ecological evils, humanity must always be the solution, never the problem."

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The Holy See asks that the digital transformation of the Americas place women and human dignity at its centre. Speaking at the Organization of American States during a session marking International Women’s Day, permanent observer Monsignor Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano also recalls Pope Leo XIV’s warning that women who face violence and exclusion are often “doubly poor.”

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In this week’s news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L’Œuvre d’Orient, we turn to the escalating violence in the Middle East and its impact on communities in Lebanon, Iraq and the Holy Land.

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The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN in Geneva calls for efforts to overcome global inequalities exacerbated by foreign debt.

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The Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia calls on believers of all faiths to pray “so that the roar of missiles may cease” and that the people of the Middle East may live in communion, highlighting the spiritual context in which the conflict has erupted.

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Israel carried out new strikes on Iran overnight as the conflict entered its seventh day.

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On March 9 and 10, the Laudato Si’ Center for Higher Education and the University of Notre Dame will launch the Global Alliance, an international initiative that brings together universities and international organizations committed to fight climate change.

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In their first plenary assembly for 2026, the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome (CEAST) convened recently in the country’s capital, Luanda. During the meeting, they issued a Pastoral Letter and approved the official prayer for the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to Angola.

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The Vice President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences reflects on the growing conflict in the Middle East, warning that digital warfare can make violence appear distant from the human suffering it causes.

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Dilan Adamat, founder of The Return and a resident of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, speaks to Vatican News about the recent strikes on the region, and what they mean for Iraq’s long-suffering Christian community.

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Fr. Roberto Pasolini, the Preacher of the Papal Household, gives his first Lenten meditation, with Pope Leo XIV in attendance, reflecting on the importance of humility as part of our ongoing conversion.

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As the war in the Middle East expands, the Salesians of Don Bosco have temporarily turned their closed schools into centers for civilians displaced by the bombardments in Lebanon.

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Fr. Roberto Pasolini, Preacher of the Papal Household, speaks to Vatican News about the themes at the center of the Lenten sermons, which he will deliver every Friday from March 6 to 27.

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Ten years after a tragic attack in Yemen, the Church recalls the ultimate sacrifice of four Missionary Sisters of Charity with Mass celebrated at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi.

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Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Austria, Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen, in the Vatican.

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Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Singapore in the Vatican on Thursday.

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Pope Leo XIV receives the Governor General of Canada, Mary Jeannie May Simon, in the Vatican.

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A new round of explosions in Tehran on Thursday marked another intense day in the six‑day conflict.

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Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of March, inviting Catholics to pray with him for 'disarmament and peace,' and praying that 'the nuclear threat may never again dictate the future of humanity.'

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