Holy See Press Office Bulletin, 4 November 2026

Today's Holy See Press Office Bulletin, Wednesday 4 November, so far contains seven communications: the General Audience, the statement on the audience with the President of Chile, two audiences, appointments, the press conference on the 5th Report of the Laudato Si' Action Platform and the related notice.

The General Audience. At 10 am in St Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catecheses on the Documents of the Second Vatican Council with the Constitution Gaudium et Spes, on "Faith and social, political and economic life" (GS, 63-76). "Politics that tends to the wounds of peoples and of those who suffer injustice offers grounds for hope for the future of humanity," the Pope said. In his greetings he recalled the beatifications on Saturday 7 November in Antigua Guatemala and Santander and asked for prayers for his Apostolic Journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. (No. 0866, Bulletin, Italian; Official English text on vatican.va)

Statement on the audience with the President of Chile. This morning the Pope received in the Apostolic Palace the President of the Republic of Chile, José Antonio Kast Rist, who then met Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States. During the "cordial talks", the good relations between the Holy See and Chile and the Church's contribution to the social and spiritual life of the country were highlighted; regional and international issues were discussed, "with particular reference to migration and demographic decline" (our translation). (No. 0869, Bulletin, Italian)

Audiences. Besides President Kast and his entourage, the Pope received the Delegation of "L'Œuvre d'Orient" and the "Institut Chrétiens d'Orient". (No. 0868, Bulletin, Italian)

Audience with L'Œuvre d'Orient and the Institut Chrétiens d'Orient. The Bulletin publishes the greeting, in French, that the Pope addressed to the delegation in the Apostolic Palace. (No. 0865, Bulletin)

Resignations and appointments. The Pope appointed Bishop Carlos José de Oliveira, until now Bishop of Apucarana, as Bishop of Limeira (Brazil), and named as Auxiliary Bishops of Guadalajara (Mexico) Fr Ramón Duarte Miranda, titular Bishop of Sereddeli, and Fr Héctor Michel Figueroa, titular Bishop of Taparura, both priests of Guadalajara. (No. 0868, Bulletin, Italian)

Press conference on the 5th Report of the Laudato Si' Action Platform. At 12 noon at the Press Office, the 5th Annual Report of the Laudato Si' Action Platform (LSAP) of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development was presented. Speakers were Sister Alessandra Smerilli, Prefect of the Dicastery, Bishop Allwyn D'Silva, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bombay, Sister Roxanne Schares (UISG), Lorna Gold (Laudato Si' Movement) and Alonso de Llanes, Programme Director of the Platform. (No. 0867, Bulletin, Italian; notice: No. 0868, Bulletin, Italian)

The appointments are also in our Appointments section.

Sources: Holy See Press Office, Bulletin of 4 November (Italian); vatican.va

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