International
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Concerts and art exhibits mark countdown to opening of Jubilee
By Admin Webmaster 10/29/2024 10:26:08 AMBefore the Holy Door opens on December 24, Rome will be full of concerts and art exhibitions, including one with rare icons from the Vatican Museums and a concert by one of the oldest orchestras in the world.
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Franciscan Month: Educating college students about peace and relationships
By Admin Webmaster 10/29/2024 10:19:03 AMBrother Gregory Cellini, O.S.F., Director of the Office of Mission, Ministry and Interfaith Dialogue at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, orchestrates a series of events throughout October, inspired by the values of the beloved Italian saint.
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Cardinal Raffaele Martino has died at the age of 91
By Admin Webmaster 10/29/2024 10:00:35 AMThe funeral for Cardinal Raffaele Martino will be on 31 October in St. Peter's Basilica. He served as Permanent Observer at the United Nations in New York for sixteen years and later headed the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
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Pope to Scalabrinians: ‘Migrants teach us the virtue of hope’
By Admin Webmaster 10/29/2024 9:54:09 AMPope Francis meets the Scalabrinian Missionaries and reiterates that migrants fleeing poverty, injustices and wars must be welcomed, accompanied, promoted and integrated, also remembering that our aging societies need them.
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Rwanda: Newly constructed Casa Francesco to boost the formation of missionary priests
By Admin Webmaster 10/29/2024 9:36:36 AMThe recently inaugurated Casa Francesco building at the Rutongo Major Seminary which is Rwanda’s Preparatory Inter-diocesan Seminary, has been constructed with the support of the Holy Father, Pope Francis
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Pope: May we be a Church on the move, sharing the joy of the Gospel
By Admin Webmaster 10/27/2024 7:24:26 PMAt the concluding Mass of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis encourages us to be like Bartimaeus in today's Gospel and "entrust our blindness to the Lord" in order to be "a missionary Church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world."
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Pope at Angelus: Turn to Jesus with faith and hope
By Admin Webmaster 10/27/2024 7:20:14 PMDuring his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis insists that Christ's merciful love can transform our lives, offer us direction, and make us happy.
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Synodality: A conversion aimed at becoming more missionary
By Admin Webmaster 10/27/2024 8:56:49 AMThe Final Document of the second session of the Sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod recounts and relaunches an experience of Church as communion, participation, and mission, with a concrete proposal of a new vision that overturns established practices.
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Pope: The Synod Document is a gift to the People of God
By Admin Webmaster 10/27/2024 8:50:02 AMIn his final address at the Synod Assembly, Pope Francis presents the Synod's Final Document as a "threefold gift."
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Synod’s Final Document has Magisterial value
By Admin Webmaster 10/27/2024 8:46:09 AMA press conference after the conclusion of the work of the 2nd Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality and the publication of the Final Document focuses on key points such as the contribution of the laity and women towards creating a less hierarchical Church.
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Cardinal Hollerich on Synod: 'Catholics will see a Church where they count'
By Admin Webmaster 10/27/2024 8:38:32 AMCardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the Synod’s General Rapporteur, speaks to Vatican News following the closing conference of the Second Session of XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality, and observes how the Synod's fruits can impact and empower the daily lives of Catholics worldwide.
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Rooted and on pilgrimage to proclaim the Gospel
By Admin Webmaster 10/27/2024 8:32:51 AMThe final document of the Synod on synodality is a concrete step in fully implementing the Second Vatican Council.
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Bearing witness to the fruits of the Synod in a world seeking peace
By Admin Webmaster 10/27/2024 8:27:48 AMDuring the final session of the Assembly of the Synod, His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, conveys his thanks, on behalf of all involved, for the successful completion of the Synod’s various stages.
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St. Francis of Assisi’s 'Canticle of the Creatures' turns 800
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2024 8:31:26 PMFor the first time ever, the oldest copy of St. Francis of Assisi’s "Canticle of the Creatures" is on display in Rome to mark the 8th centenary of its composition in 1224.
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'Saints Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas are sources of inspiration'
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2024 8:25:05 PMFor the 750th anniversary of the death of St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope Francis said the two 'Holy Teachers' greatly inspired and enriched the Church in a letter he wrote for the Vatican Apostolic Library's exhibit "The Book and the Spirit," dedicated to the two Doctors of the Church.
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Pope to Rome Diocese: ‘Heal the city’s wounds, strengthen solidarity’
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2024 7:18:41 PMPope Francis addresses the faithful of the Diocese of Rome during an assembly at the Basilica of St. John Lateran titled "Mending the Tear, Beyond Inequalities."
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'Athletics was my rebirth': First Sport Synod takes place in Rome
By Admin Webmaster 10/26/2024 7:00:09 PMOlympians, Paralympians, and refugee athletes gather in Rome to share stories and experiences. "Sport is a miracle", says Mahdia Sharifi, a taekwondo practitioner from Afghanistan. "It saved my soul."
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India: Catholic religious pledge to promote integral ecology
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:56:39 PMAt the 18th Convention of the Forum of Religious for Justice and Peace, members decide to adopt simpler lifestyles, live closer to the poor, and avoid unnecessary consumption and extravagance.
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Cardinal Fernández: Let us work to give women more space and power
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:50:55 PMDuring the afternoon Synod meeting on 24 October with members of the 'Group 5' working group, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, explains why he did not consider the decision on the female diaconate to be ‘mature,’ saying it does not mean closing off the possibility.
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Pope to Passionists: ‘Bring the hope of God’s love to a suffering world’
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:43:50 PMAddressing the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ, Pope Francis encourages the Passionists to continue proclaiming Christ’s redemptive presence to a suffering humanity torn by wars, poverty and divisions.
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Pope: Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez was ‘a great man of the Church’
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:34:36 PMPope Francis recalls the life and work of Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez, the late founder of liberation theology, saying he brought forth great apostolic impetus and rich theology.
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Meet Cardinal-elect George Jacob Koovakad
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:29:43 PMCardinal-elect George Jacob Koovakad, Organizer of Papal Journeys, speaks to Vatican News about his faith as 'a family treasure', while noting he likes 'to view the Papal Visits as pilgrimages of the Successor of Peter.'
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China: New Coadjutor Bishop of Beijing consecrated
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:23:12 PMFather Matteo Zhen Xuebin is consecrated as the new Coadjutor Bishop of Beijing, China, within the framework of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China on the appointment of bishops.
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‘Dilexit nos’: The experience of a loving heart
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:36:18 AMIn the first footnote of the encyclical ‘Dilexit nos,’ Pope Francis reveals he drew inspiration for the first chapter from his fellow Argentine Jesuit Fr. Diego Fares, who before his death in 2022 always emphasized the centrality of the ‘heart’ in the thought and work of the Pope.
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Vatican and Czech Republic Accord to ensure religious freedom
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:28:03 AMSigned by the Vatican Secretary of State and the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, a new agreement recognizes the Catholic Church's right to self-govern and reaffirms freedom of conscience, thought, and religion for all people.
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Pope to Vatican confessors: 'Always forgive'
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:21:36 AMAddressing the community of the Vatican College of Penitentiaries, Pope Francis reminds them that a good confessor must always be close, merciful and compassionate towards the penitent.
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A Heart that changes the world
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:16:40 AMOur Editorial Director reflects on Pope Francis’ new encyclical, 'Dilexit nos,' saying it helps us understand the way Christ loves us.
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‘He Loved Us’: Pope Francis' new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
By Admin Webmaster 10/25/2024 8:09:26 AM“Dilexit nos,” Pope Francis’ fourth Encyclical, retraces the tradition and relevance of thought on “the human and divine love of the heart of Jesus Christ,” calling for a renewal of authentic devotion to avoid forgetting the tenderness of faith, the joy of serving, and the fervour of mission.
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Pope: Latin is a treasure of knowledge and thought
By Admin Webmaster 10/24/2024 4:07:39 PMPope Francis praises Latin scholars for protecting a great heritage in a message sent to mark the conferral of the "Pontifical Academies Award 2023."
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Synod elects new members to Ordinary Council
By Admin Webmaster 10/24/2024 4:01:11 PMSynod delegates have elected new members of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.