Vatikan und die Weltnachrichten 12. Juli 2026

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Today with the following topics. First Sunday prayer in Castel Gandolfo, peace appeal of the Pope. With a look to the Middle East and Ukraine, Leo condemns violence, terror and death. And he urges to dialogue and diplomacy, the flame of peace not to be extinguished. Welcome to the news journal of Radio Vatican, she is Anne Preckel.

Not to allow the flame of hope and peace to be extinguished. The Pope called on this Sunday. He expressed himself at his first lunch prayer in his summer residence Castel Gandolfo, where Leo XIV spends July.

Unfortunately, the winds of war in the Middle East, Ukraine and numerous other parts of the world are once again blowing in the wind of war and kill so many innocent people.

Let us not allow these winds to extinguish the flame of hope and peace, even if it appears fragile and swaying. Even when it seems fragile and vacillating, Leo XIV directed an urgent call for peace to the world. I renew my auspices.

I confirm my wish that the path of dialogue, of encounter and of diplomacy will be gradually taken, the only path that can lead to a just and lasting peace, in which the peoples can live in mutual security and under the care of the dignity of every person.

On this July 12th, the Sunday of the Sea is celebrated, with the sailors standing in the center. The Pope showed up after the Anglican prayer. My thoughts apply to all sailors

So Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo.

In order to attend Leo's first angelus prayer in his papal summer residence, numerous pilgrims had already arrived in full trains from Rome to Castel Gandolfo in the early morning.

The Pope greeted them kindly and gave them the advice, given the holiday season, to weave in moments of prayer and silence and to ensure real relaxation of body and mind. So we will return to our usual tasks with refreshed body and mind, ready to proclaim the happy message of the Gospel

and better and better able to contribute to the growth of the kingdom of God, so the Pope in Castel Gandolfo.

In his catechesis, he went from the same thing, from the sower from the Gospel of Matthew, to the generosity of God and his indescribable trust in the people. The Word that became flesh, which gave His life for our salvation, is the seed that the Father sows into the world.

so that he may bring forth rich fruit while he is dying. It is true. Sometimes he meets us on hard and unbearable ground, sometimes on ungrateful ground, similar to the solid ground of the paths, the stony ground, the thorn bushes.

But there are moments when he meets the ground of the fruit and the love of the world, which can change everything, as we have certainly experienced in our lives.

Therefore the Father does not stop to see, because he knows that the power of his love is stronger than our weakness. God's generosity towards us is not naive, but wise, and it recognizes in us a good potential that we sometimes are not even aware of ourselves.

That is why the Lord hears who knows the bottom of our heart better than we do, not to stop believing in ourselves, in what we are and in what we can become day by day, if we trust Him in our faith.

So grow in us from the inescapability and the trust with which the seed is spread, as well as from the humility and the availability with which it is taken, the fruits of the Holy Spirit, and spread out.

These are, as St. Paul teaches, love, joy, peace, benevolence, kindness, kindness, loyalty, gentleness,

The word "loud" in the German translation can be found on our website: www.radiovatican.de

Artificial intelligence is not neutral, it serves purposes. And what this technology controls today is not for the benefit of most of humanity. This is what the Pope makes noticeable in his first great teaching writing, Manifica Humanitas. Radio Vatican has prepared the writing as a series of audiobooks that you can order from us. Now listen to an excerpt from our evening broadcast.

Fifth chapter: The culture of power and the civilization of love. After we have dealt with how AI changes certain areas of life and society and has significant effects on human dignity,

müssen wir unsere Aufmerksamkeit nun auf das noch dramatischere Thema des Krieges richten. Die digitale Revolution verändert die Grammatik von Konflikten. Zur sichtbaren Kriegsführung gesellen sich hybride Formen, Cyberangriffe,

The normalization of war.

In 1965, Pope Paul VI called for a great revolt before the General Assembly of the United Nations. Never again war, never again war. Today we experience in public discourse

and in the decision-making on the equipment, however, a real paradigm shift, with a care-giving rehabilitation of the war as an instrument of international politics. Today it is, without harm, the right to legitimate defense, which is to be understood in the narrowest sense, more important than ever to confirm the overcoming of the theory of just war, which is too often drawn to justify all kinds of wars.

To overcome conflicts, humanity has means that are far more effective and more suitable to promote human life, such as dialogue, diplomacy and forgiveness. The backlash to strength, violence and weapons shows a poverty of relationships that has always devastating consequences for the civilian population. Unlimited violence

A crucial element of the current situation is the growth of the arms industry, which has become a key sector of the economy in some countries. The close connection between economic interests, political decisions and military apparatus creates a armed nation in which war appears almost like a natural continuation of politics and the arms market

zu einer eigenständigen Triebkraft für kriegerische Entscheidungen wird. Hinter all dem steht ein falscher Realismus, der nicht nur auf der vorherrschenden Logik der Stärke beruht, sondern auch auf kulturellen und anthropologischen Überzeugungen, als ob Krieg ein unvermeidlicher Bestandteil der menschlichen Natur wäre.

Es geht also nicht mehr um den Frieden, der als Bezugspunkt innerhalb des internationalen Horizonts verloren gegangen ist, sondern darum, wie und wann militärisch gehandelt werden soll, während gleichzeitig argumentiert wird, dass es unverantwortlich wäre, sich nicht auf eine Konfrontation vorzubereiten.

Das, was hingegen wirklich unverantwortlich ist, ist die Realpolitik, diese Form des politischen Realismus, die in den Köpfen und in der Kultur Resignation angesichts eines unvermeidlichen Krieges sät und die Frieden und Dialog als utopische oder irrationale Positionen bezeichnet, die die bestehenden Risiken ignorieren.

The series can be ordered on MP3-Stick.

Papst Leo will open an exhibition on September 14th about the element water in the Vatican Apostolic Library. This was announced by the Vatican institution on this Sunday. One is looking forward to welcoming the Pope together with the Apostolic Archive, which opens the exhibition series "Catastrophe und Wunder". This means that in the broadcast, which has not yet been released, details of the exact location and

the course of the visit to the Vatican.

The show, titled "Ak-Wa - Catastrophe und Wunder", deals with the element water as a mirror of the fears and hopes of mankind. The path from a primitive perception of water as a threatening force to rediscovering this element as a vital resource. The exhibition is part of a series in which it is about the different elements in the mirror of mankind.

Finally, a look at Germany. The so-called Eichstätter bishop Christian Würz sees it as an important task of a bishop to serve the unity. As he emphasized in an interview, he also expresses himself on church reform issues. Against the Bavarian Rundfunk, Würz confirmed,

I think a bishop has above all the task of being a servant of unity. It is important to me that you do not lose yourself in the fight of wings, but that you always look at what is actually the connecting and the central. In terms of synodality, it is important to listen to each other, to learn from each other and not to set one's own opinion absolutely from the beginning.

Wirtz was asked: "What is actually moving the other opinion? What theological reasons are there?" He sees it as his task to be in conversation with everyone, to then see what God's will is in all this. So Wirtz: "In general, the church must always reform. That's been the case since it existed." And further: "If we stand still and nothing changes, then the church doesn't advance either."

The Eichstätterbischof, who is known as the "Eichstätterbischof", is expected to have further debates about the infidelity of priests. Asked about a possible easing of the obligation of celibacy, Würz said to the Bayerische Rundfunk: "You have to weigh it down very precisely.

What do we give up if we give up the duty to the Libat and what do we gain? That will certainly be a question that will concern us again in the near future, says the designated bishop of Eichstätt. Yes, and that ends our news journal for this Sunday. Anne Preckel was in the studio today and would like to thank you for listening.

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