Vatican & World News

- Two organizations respond to Pope Francis’ call to resolve the global debt crisis. - Archbishop Timothy Broglio welcomes President Biden’s commutation of 37 federal death row inmates. - For the first time ever, the Pope will open a fifth Holy Door in a Roman prison to open the Jubilee.

- The Pope challenges everyone to carry a pocket-sized Gospel with them. - The UN dubs 2024 as recording the highest death toll of migrants in transit. - UNICEF reports about 40,000 children are in need of aid after a recent hurricane in Vanuatu.

- Pope Francis prays for the victims of a cyclone in the Indian Ocean, which is feared to have killed thousands of people - Israeli authorities deny three more UN-led aid missions access to besieged areas in the north of the Gaza Strip - We speak to the bishop of the diocese of Tallinn in Estonia, about the announcement of the beatification of a Jesuit in the country who was martyred in the Soviet Union in 1942

- Pope Francis releases his message for the upcoming World Day of Peace - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits the Vatican and discusses the need for a ceasefire in Gaza, as well as the Catholic Church’s role in the region - We take a look at the Pope’s upcoming journey to Corsica, which will be taking place this Sunday

In the headlines this Wednesday the 11th of December: - 100 people are killed in a massacre in Sudan’s Darfur region, - The UN warns that aid to Gaza has largely been blocked for the past 66 days, but first… - Pope Francis says that he is following attentively everything that is happening in Syria.

- Pope Francis celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception challenging believers to look beyond material wealth and embrace a life of love, solidarity and meaningful connection - He echoes that concept during his Angelus address asking Catholics to think about where they place their hopes - The Pope makes an impassioned appeal to governments and the international community to reach ceasefire agreements on all war fronts across the globe before Christmas