International
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Pope at Chrism Mass: Dear priests, let sorrow sanctify you
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2024 11:34:41 PMDuring Chrism Mass in the Vatican on Holy Thursday, Pope Francis thanks priests for heroic witness, but urges them to transform shortcomings, errors, and hardened hearts into an opportunity to draw closer to Christ and start anew.
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South Korean Archbishop: ‘At Easter, our lives intertwine with the Eternal’
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2024 11:28:30 PMIn an Easter message, Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick reminds the faithful of his Archdiocese of Seoul “that our mortal existence transcends the temporal boundaries of this world and is connected to eternal life.”
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Pope Francis: Jesus of Nazareth has shown us His face
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2024 11:23:21 PMIn a message to the Church in Sonsonate, El Salvador, Pope Francis encourages the devotees of a famous image of Jesus of Nazareth to contemplate the face of God.
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Word of God among the cardboard: Easter journey of the poor at St. Peter's
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2024 10:06:48 AMA community of Claretian Sisters in Rome organize a penitential service to help homeless people living near the Vatican to prepare for Easter, combining spirituality with tangible charity to meet their needs.
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Pope embraces bereaved Palestinian and Israeli fathers who found friendship amid war
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2024 9:53:39 AMPope Francis shares an embrace with an Israeli and a Palestinian, each of whom lost a daughter, saying the two men "look beyond the enmity of war" and are now friends.
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Pope to Catholics in Holy Land: May hope arise from seeds sown in pain
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2024 9:40:03 AMIn an Easter Letter addressed to Catholics in the Holy Land, Pope Francis expresses his spiritual closeness and paternal affection, and encourages Christians around the world to offer concrete support and prayers for peace.
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Pope at Audience: Patience offers convincing witness to Christ's love
By Admin Webmaster 3/28/2024 9:11:37 AMDuring his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis calls on the faithful to imitate Christ's patience, saying this virtue offers one of the most convincing testimonies of the Lord's love.
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Pope Francis writing meditations for Good Friday Way of the Cross
By Admin Webmaster 3/27/2024 10:19:08 AMThis year, Pope Francis is writing his own Via Crucis' meditations for the Way of the Cross this Good Friday at Rome's iconic Colosseum, the Vatican announces.
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Patriarch Sako: We need final week of Lent to clear our minds and hearts
By Admin Webmaster 3/27/2024 10:12:50 AMCardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, the Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, encourages Christians to make use of the final week of Lent “to clear our minds and hearts and to return to the authenticity of our faith.”
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Pope expresses closeness to the citizens of crime-plagued Rosario
By Admin Webmaster 3/27/2024 10:09:40 AMIn a video message addressed to the community of Rosario, Pope Francis expresses his concern over the increase in drug-related violence that has gripped the Argentinian city for over a decade.
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Synod: Pacific dioceses invite Catholics to ‘get into the boat’
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2024 3:20:31 PMAs the Church journeys toward the second Synod session in October, Catholics across the Pacific islands are trying to keep up the momentum of synodality by inviting everyone to “get into the boat,” according to Bishop Ryan Jimenez.
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Pope Francis’ schedule released for pastoral visit to Venice
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2024 10:57:11 AMThe Vatican releases the programme for Pope Francis’ pastoral visit to the Italian city of Venice, on April 28, to explore the Holy See Pavilion of the Venice Art Biennale.
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Pope to Rome’s Nigerian community: Embrace unity, reject division
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2024 10:51:44 AMPope Francis meets with Nigerians resident in Rome, thanking them for their witness to the Gospel, and stressing that "the diversity of ethnicities, cultural traditions, and languages in your nation is not a problem, but a gift."
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Pope Francis: Youth are living hope of a Church on the move
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2024 10:46:03 AMOn the fifth anniversary of the Apostolic Exhortation ‘Christus vivit’, Pope Francis invites young people to “make their voices heard” as they “bear witness before everyone to the joy born of friendship with Christ.”
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Holy Week in the Holy Land: Forgiveness is the only way to peace
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2024 10:39:32 AMAs Christians enter the holiest part of the year, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem talks to Vatican News about the Easter celebrations in the Holy Land, amidst ongoing violence and conflict, and calls for forgiveness to move towards peace.
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Hope and Perseverance: Christus Vivit five years on
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2024 10:34:00 AMFive years after the publication of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation on young people, we speak to a participant in the 2018 Synod that inspired it.
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Brazil: Church's experience strengthens migration policies
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2024 10:29:30 AMThe extensive networking efforts carried out by Catholic institutions with civil society organizations and the Brazilian state ensure that their contributions and opinions are highly valued when addressing the challenges posed by the arrival of migrants.
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Zimbabwe: Arts festival for Catholic Schools empowers young people to be agents of evangelization
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2024 10:21:12 AMTwelve Catholic Secondary Schools under the Diocese of Gweru including the recently acquired St. Xavier Sibangani and St. Kizito Musilahobe participated in the Inter Catholic Secondary Schools Arts festival hosted at Serima Mision where the overall winner was Shungu High School.
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Zambia: Ecumenical Palm Sunday procession unites Catholics and United Church of Zambia Communities
By Admin Webmaster 3/26/2024 10:06:09 AMIn a heartwarming display of unity for a shared faith, the town of Mongu in Zambia’s Western Provice on Palm Sunday, witnessed a historic event as Protestant members of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ) and two Catholic parishes came together for an ecumenical Palm Sunday Procession.
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Pope prays for victims of terrorist attack in Moscow
By Admin Webmaster 3/25/2024 8:22:29 AMPope Francis offers his prayers for the victims of Friday’s terrorist attack on a concert hall in the Russian capital of Moscow, and invites everyone to pray for “martyred Ukraine” as the country faces heavy Russian bombardment of critical infrastructure.
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Pope to RAI: public broadcasting must serve the common good
By Admin Webmaster 3/23/2024 7:32:11 PMMeeting managers and staff of RAI, the Italian broadcasting corporation, Pope Francis highlights its mission to serve citizens by producing high-quality programmes and unbiased information for the common good.
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Vatican holds dialogue with German Bishops about Synodal journey
By Admin Webmaster 3/23/2024 7:02:26 PMVatican officials meet with representatives of the German Bishops’ Conference to discuss several theological questions raised in documents from the Synodal process in Germany.
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Cardinal Parolin: 'We are part of an interdependent human family'
By Admin Webmaster 3/23/2024 6:53:44 PMCardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sends a video message to the third edition of "Cinema for Creation," taking place in the Italian city of Padua on the theme: "Nourished by beauty and love: Forces that save the world."
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Holy See: 'Fight against racism begins from education'
By Admin Webmaster 3/23/2024 6:58:26 AMDuring a commemorative event in New York marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s Permanent Observer to the United Nation highlights the crucial role of education in eradicating racial prejudice, and decries ongoing racial discrimination against migrants or refugees of African descent in their countries of destination.
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Norwegian bishops reject government bill to amend abortion law
By Admin Webmaster 3/23/2024 6:49:17 AMAs the Norwegian government seeks to extend the deadline for an elective abortion, the country’s bishops say the bill is inconsistent with its own principles and those of the Constitution.
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Cardinal Cantalamessa gives fifth Lenten sermon
By Admin Webmaster 3/22/2024 8:21:33 PMCardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, the Preacher of the Papal Household, delivers his fifth sermon for Lent 2024 to Roman Curia, reflecting on Jesus' words, 'I am the Resurrection and the Life.'
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Pope Francis meets with President Vella of Malta
By Admin Webmaster 3/22/2024 12:58:32 PMPope Francis holds a private audience with Maltese President George Vella, who gifts the Pope six computers for the Mother of Mercy Clinic that serves the poor in St. Peter’s Square.
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Pope to Brazil's Social Week: 'May we see Jesus' face in the poor'
By Admin Webmaster 3/22/2024 12:54:43 PMPope Francis sends letter of encouragement to participants in the 6th Edition of Brazil's Social Week, which began Wednesday in Brasília, organized by the Brazilian Bishops' Conference, and seeks to build "a more just society where universal fraternity and social friendship are lived."
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Pope Francis: 'I too am a child of migrants'
By Admin Webmaster 3/22/2024 12:52:16 PMPope Francis sends a message to a group of migrants gathered in Lajas Blancas, Panama, referring to migrants as “the face of Christ”, whom the Church lovingly offers “relief and hope.”
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Parish priest in Gaza: ‘We have endured relentless Calvary for months'
By Admin Webmaster 3/22/2024 12:43:02 PMFather Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest of the Holy Family Catholic parish in Gaza, speaks of the “extremely grave” situation in the Gaza Strip, likening the situation of Christians in the Strip to Christ on Calvary.