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'Always be an instrument of truth,' Pope tells Italian newspaper (L'Adige)
Posted on 06/17/2026 05:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“New challenges await a response today from the world of information, which has only one way to overcome them: quality,” the Pope added, as he called on the newspaper to “cherish voices and faces, to uphold the integrity of every news report and every analysis, to preserve the beauty of cultures and regions, to strengthen communities through the truth that unites us all, to guide technology without succumbing to the rhetoric of a single line of thought, to respect diverse opinions, and never to give in to the temptation to maximize profits by resorting to the drug of fake news and manufactured polarization.”
L’Adidge is based in the northern Italian city of Trento.
Cardinal Ruini, key official under St. John Paul II, dead at 95 (CWN)
Posted on 06/17/2026 05:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, a leading protégé of Pope St. John Paul II, died on June 16 at the age of 95.
Vatican City, power company sign agreement on construction of energy plant (CWN)
Posted on 06/17/2026 05:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The Vatican City State announced that its Governorate signed a memorandum of understanding with the Italian utility Acea to “develop a joint pathway for the definition, structuring, and progressive implementation of the agrivoltaic plant” that the Holy See will “build within the Vatican’s extraterritorial area of Santa Maria di Galeria.”
Pope to visit World Food Programme headquarters (Vatican Press Office)
Posted on 06/17/2026 04:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The WFP, an agency of the United Nations, is headquartered in Rome.
‘Every Child Is a Dream of God’: Top 5 Moving Moments of Pope Leo XIV in Spain
Posted on 06/17/2026 03:01 AM (The Daily Register)
Pope grateful for Iran-US agreement, appeals for peace in Ukraine (CWN)
Posted on 06/17/2026 00:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Echoing comments made yesterday, Pope Leo XIV said this morning that he welcomes the Islamabad Memorandum between Iran and the United States.
Pope reflects on journey to Spain, encourages faithful to look upon others with love (CWN)
Posted on 06/17/2026 00:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
During his general audience this morning in St. Peter’s Square (video), Pope Leo XIV reflected on his apostolic journey to Spain and called upon the faithful to learn from Jesus to look upon others with “love, respect, and compassion.”
Jun. 17 Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
Posted on 06/17/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Ohio Governor DeWine Urges State to Abolish Death Penalty, Says There Is No ‘Moral Justification’ for It
Posted on 06/16/2026 22:12 PM (The Daily Register)