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Cuban Piarist fathers demanded that the nation’s Communist regime return a cloister and school confiscated in 1961.

“Nationalized in 1961, state ownership brought only neglect and now, destruction,” the Piarists said in a statement on the buildings’ current condition.

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announced today the formation of the Catholic Response for Emergencies (CR4E), an alliance “to address in a coordinated way the humanitarian crises that mark our time.”

The alliance is organized by Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s confederation of relief and development agencies, and the International Catholic Migration Commission. Representatives of eight Catholic organizations serve on CR4E’s steering committee.

The Institute for Works of Religion, colloquially known as the Vatican bank, posted its strongest financial results in a decade.

“For the financial year 2025, the bank posted net income of 51 million euros [$59.9 million]—a 55 percent increase from the previous year’s 32 million euro [$37.6 million] profit, and the strongest result since 2015,” The Pillar reported.