As Women, Children Starve, Sudan Desperate for Help

Catholic agencies, along with other Christian charities in Sudan, have intensified their food distribution campaign across the country to save hundreds of thousands of suffering Sudanese people from extreme hunger as the civil war entered its second year.

Pope Praises Artists, Encourages Prisoners to Never Lose Hope

The rusted wrought iron frame and grate of an old well became a garden of crocheted flowers inside the courtyard of the Giudecca women’s prison in Venice. The handmade garlands also adorned the archways’ brick columns and copper drainpipes.

Italian leader says pope will join G7 discussion on AI

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that Pope Francis would participate in a G7 “outreach” discussion on artificial intelligence when the leaders of the world’s leading industrialized nations countries meet in southern Italy in mid-June.

The Monastery of St. Anthony: ‘A Spiritual Haven for Egyptian Christians’

In an oasis in the eastern desert of Egypt hidden deep in the Red Sea Mountains 140 miles southeast of Cairo, sits the oldest monastic building in the world, dating back to the third century. The Monastery of St. Anthony was formed in a cave inside a mountain by St. Anthony, the founder and father of Christian monasticism.