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Pew Research Center: Why Buddhism is in decline in East Asia

A new report looks at the reasons for the decline based on qualitative interviews in Tokyo and Seoul. In addition to demographic decline, the erosion of faith between generations, the “pressures of modern life”, the decline in religious practices, and negative views of religion have also played a role. However, many claim to maintain a cultural connection with Buddhism and still feel drawn to its teachings.

The Global Alliance is launched: an international platform for research and action on integral ecology, spearheaded by the Catholic Church

The initiative, led by the Laudato Si’ Higher Education Center and the University of Notre Dame, brought together scholars from a wide range of disciplines with the goal of strengthening cooperation among universities worldwide, and directing scientific research toward concrete processes of environmental, social, and economic transformation; in line with the vision of the care for our common home advanced in the teachings of Pope Francis and promoted by Pope Leo XIV

A Final Theological Testament: Unpublished Benedict XVI Letter Reflects on Prayer, the Eucharist, and the Uncertain Future of Faith

The text appears in “La fede del futuro” (“The Faith of the Future”), the fourth installment in a collection of lesser-known and unpublished writings by Joseph Ratzinger. The book, published by the Italian house Edizioni Cantagalli, gathers texts that span different moments of the German theologian’s career but also includes material composed during his retirement in the Vatican after his historic resignation from the papacy in 2013.

Another (important) change by Leo XIV in the Roman Curia: this is the Pope’s new almoner (and prefect of the Dicastery for Charity)

The decision, announced March 12, also brings a major change for the outgoing almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. After more than a decade directing the Pope’s charitable initiatives from Rome, the Polish cardinal has been appointed metropolitan archbishop of Łódź, returning to the diocese where he began his priestly formation