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Vatican diplomat offers principles to address debt crisis, right to development (Holy See Mission)

Brazilian bishop resigns at 60 (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Edmar Perón of Paranaguá, Brazil.

Georgia's president meets with Pope, grateful for Holy See's support for nation's territorial integrity (CWN)

Pope Leo received President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia in a May 19 audience.

Pope receives Australia's prime minister, who invites him to visit nation (CWN)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia met with Pope Leo XIV on May 19 (video) and invited the Pontiff to visit the nation for the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress.

Cardinal Parolin, Vatican's Secretary of State, awarded Path to Peace Foundation prize (Our Sunday Visitor)

USCCB president pays tribute to Laudato Si' on its 10th anniversary (USCCB)

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), paid tribute to Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s encyclical letter on care for our common home, on its 10th anniversary.

The encyclical “has inspired the Catholic Church and the world to draw closer in our relationship with Almighty God, the Creator of all life and to care more deeply for our common home,” the prelate said in a statement. “The USCCB remains committed to advocacy that cares for the most vulnerable and creation, seeking a sustainable and integral development that benefits the entire human family.”

Over 150 nations, international organizations sent representatives to Pope Leo's inaugural Mass (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))

The Vatican newspaper has published a list of the representatives of the over 150 nations and international organizations that sent representatives to the May 18 Mass for the beginning of Pope Leo’s pontificate.

Topping the list are the representatives of Italy, Peru, and the United States, followed by reigning sovereigns, heads of state, hereditary princes, heads of government, and other representatives.

Vatican newspaper highlights Panamanian villagers' opposition to reservoir (CWN)

L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, devoted the most prominent front-page article in its May 20 edition to the opposition of residents of a Panamanian village to a reservoir’s construction.

Major Archbishop: Pope Leo's heart 'beats in unison with the hearts of Ukrainians' (CWN)

The head of the Ukranian Greek Catholic Church lauded Pope Leo XIV following a recent private audience.