The compassion of the Samaritan: loving by bearing another’s pain
Message of Pope Leo XIV for the 34th World Day of the Sick 2026, 11 February 2026.
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Conscientious objection of individuals must be respected
Address to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See.
COMECE expresses concern on implications of CJEU judgment on marriage
The Presidency of COMECE has examined the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case Wojewoda Mazowiecki (C-713/23) and recalls the Church’s “anthropological view, based on natural law, of marriage as a union between a man and a woman”.
Curing the heart is both physical and spiritual
Greeting of Pope Leo XIV to a delegation of cardiologists of the Paris Course on revascularization.
Artificial intelligence: take account of the dignity of human life
Message to participants in the International Congress of the Pontifical Academy for Life “AI and Medicine: The Challenge of Human Dignity”.
Deepen the doctor-patient relationship
Address to representatives of the “Confederación Médica Latinoiberoamericana y del Caribe” (CONFEMEL).
Abortion: a human right?
Willem Jacobus cardinal Eijk explains why abortion cannot be a human right.
Make the sickbed a “holy place” of salvation and redemption
Homily of the Jubilee of the Sick And Health Care Workers, 5th Sunday in Lent.
Life is always a good
Initiating Processes for a Pastoral Care of Human Life. The new Pastoral Framework of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.
Listen to science to understand the world’s changes and its polycrisis
Message to participants in the General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life “The end of the world? Crises, responsibilities, hopes”