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The English archdioceses of Westminster and Southwark are reporting the largest number of conversions since 2011.

The number of converts preparing for entry into the Church at the Easter Vigil “represents a 60% increase from 2025,” the Archdiocese of Westminster said in a statement. The Archdiocese of Southwark said that half of its 590 converts are age 35 or under.

Addressing a recent UN conference on disarmament, a Vatican diplomat said that “disarmament is a moral imperative, rooted in the recognition of the sacredness and dignity of every human life and the interconnectedness of the human family, not merely a political or strategic necessity.”

Msgr. Daniel Pacho, one of the three undersecretaries of the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, discussed nuclear weapons, outer space, and the weaponization of artificial intelligence.

The diplomat called on the international community to “overcome the persistent idea that peace can only be achieved through strength and deterrence. In fact, deterrence fuels proliferation and can fail, with potentially devastating consequences for humanity and future generations.”