International
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Second group of Gaza children arrive in Italy for medical treatment
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2024 9:14:29 AMThe Italian military hospital ship “Vulcano” docks at Italy’s La Spezia port carrying a second group of injured and sick children from Gaza. The Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land expresses joy for the implementation of the important project and grief for the suffering of the little ones.
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Pope presides over Council of Cardinals meeting
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2024 9:11:12 AMThe new session of the C9 is underway in the Vatican, in the presence of Pope Francis.
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Pope Francis calls Sister Paësie in Haiti to offer his support
By Admin Webmaster 2/5/2024 7:04:21 PMPope Francis phones Sister Paësie, a nun and 'mother' to 2,500 Haitian children in the slums of Cité Soleil, both to inquire about the situation in Haiti and to encourage her commitment and closeness to children enduring poverty.
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Pope at Angelus: Set forth transmitting faith in our loving God
By Admin Webmaster 2/4/2024 7:52:51 PMDuring his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis urges the faithful to embrace their "first spiritual task" of "abandoning the God we think we know," and "converting every day" to the "loving, compassionate God that Jesus presents to us in the Gospel."
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Pope prays for those suffering war, sends greetings for Lunar New Year
By Admin Webmaster 2/4/2024 7:49:58 PMPope Francis again raises prayers for those suffering war, he sends greetings to millions of people who are preparing to celebrate the Lunar New Year, upholds the sacredness of life and looks ahead to the World Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking.
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Pope: ‘Let's work together for peace in the Holy Land’
By Admin Webmaster 2/4/2024 8:07:35 AMPope Francis sends a letter to “my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel", addressed to Karma Ben Johanan, a theologian of Jewish-Christian dialogue, and invites everyone to work for peace in the Holy Land.
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Lord's Day Reflection: ‘Suffering conquered by love'
By Admin Webmaster 2/4/2024 6:55:53 AMAs the Church marks the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Marion Nguyen, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: “Suffering conquered by love".
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‘For validity of Sacraments, formulas and matter cannot be modified’
By Admin Webmaster 2/3/2024 8:05:55 PMIn the face of continued liturgical abuses, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith releases a doctrinal Note entitled “Gestis verbisque,” reiterating that the words and elements established in the essential rite of each Sacrament cannot be changed because such changes render the Sacrament invalid.
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Pope to seminarians: Cling to Christ and serve His people
By Admin Webmaster 2/3/2024 7:55:25 PMPope Francis meets with Spanish seminarians from Madrid, and encourages men preparing for the priesthood to draw their inspiration from Christ in prayer.
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Pope to students always seek truth and be open to changes
By Admin Webmaster 2/3/2024 8:00:26 PMWelcoming to the Vatican Italian students, parents and teachers from the Collegio Rotondi in Gorla Minore (Milan), Pope Francis encourages them to be open to changes and dialogue with others, while always seeking the truth.
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Cardinal You Heung-sik: I pray for my fellow priests every day
By Admin Webmaster 2/3/2024 7:48:11 PMIn an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik discusses an upcoming joint conference in Rome on the formation of priests, saying that it is crucial that they be accompanied continuously throughout their ministry.
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Pope urges Consecrated men and women to make room for God’s action
By Admin Webmaster 2/3/2024 7:32:32 PMPope Francis celebrates Mass on the World Day for Consecrated Life highlighting the importance of perseverance and asking for the courage to make room for God’s action.
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Women’s prophetic leadership changed the face of the Roman Empire
By Admin Webmaster 2/3/2024 4:58:57 AMReligious life, both contemplative and active, as we know it today, has evolved over two thousand years. In this first of four essays, Christine Schenk summarizes what the literary record tells us about women in ancient Christianity.
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Pope: Christians still face martyrdom at hands of 'insane ideologies'
By Admin Webmaster 2/2/2024 9:36:15 PMA new book about martyred men and women in Argentina during the 1970s features a preface by Pope Francis. Key speakers at the presentation of the volume by Professor Marco Gallo, include the Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
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Laudato si' Centre for Higher Education: A Jubilee year of commitment
By Admin Webmaster 2/2/2024 9:32:14 PMAhead of the 2025 Jubilee, the Laudato si' Centre for Higher Education announces their two-phase project to implement a true ecological conversion.
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Pope's Mission Day message: Mission is a tireless going out
By Admin Webmaster 2/2/2024 9:13:31 PMIn his 2024 World Mission Day Message, Pope Francis says that the Church's mission is directed towards all peoples and requires the participation of every baptised Christian.
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Cardinal Czerny: South Sudan visit seeks to renew Pope's message of hope
By Admin Webmaster 2/2/2024 9:02:22 PMAs Cardinal Michael Czerny departs for South Sudan, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development tells Vatican News that his visit marks the first anniversary of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey and seeks to renew the Church's closeness to the nation, especially to victims of human trafficking.
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First World Children's Day, full of faith and prayer, to be 'a chance to hear voice of world's future'
By Admin Webmaster 2/2/2024 9:08:57 PMAhead of the Church's first World Children's Day on 25-26 May, several Vatican and Church officials describe the celebration in Rome that will see Pope Francis meet with children from all over the world for a moment of prayer, friendship, and formation.
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Pope Francis encourages Italy-China cultural dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 2/2/2024 8:58:11 PMPope Francis meets with members of the National Federation Italy-China, and praises efforts to foster cultural dialogue and help people become “acrobats of peace and fraternity.”
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Panama: Cardinal Lacunza disappears in unknown circumstances
By Admin Webmaster 2/2/2024 8:51:11 AMThe Diocese of David in Panama announces the disappearance of Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán in unknown circumstances.
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Pope Francis: Lent is a time of conversion and freedom
By Admin Webmaster 2/1/2024 7:30:44 PMIn his message for Lent 2024, Pope Francis invites the faithful to “pause” for prayer and to assist our brothers and sisters in need, in order to change our own lives and the lives of our communities.
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Pope to Notre Dame University: Help students dream with head, heart, hands
By Admin Webmaster 2/1/2024 7:21:06 PMPope Francis meets with the Board of Trustees of Notre Dame University in the US state of Indiana, and invites Catholic educators to help students reach for their dreams through intellectually rigorous, faith-filled formation.
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Archbishop Paglia: Church needs to explore Theology of the Family
By Admin Webmaster 2/1/2024 7:13:35 PMThe President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, makes a visit to the Indian state of Kerala and inaugurates a course on the pastoral care of families.
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Pope names Benjamín Estévez de Cominges as Secretary of Economy Secretariat
By Admin Webmaster 2/1/2024 7:05:24 PMPope Francis appoints Benjamín Estévez de Cominges, currently Delegate for the Administration of the Second Section of the Dicastery for Evangelization, as Secretary of the Vatican's Secretariat for the Economy.
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Pope meets with Prime Minister of São Tomé and Principe
By Admin Webmaster 2/1/2024 6:57:03 PMPope Francis holds a private audience with Mr. Patrice Émery Trovoada, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Principe, to discuss education, healthcare, and security on the African continent.
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India's Bishops launch Catholic Connect App for faithful
By Admin Webmaster 2/1/2024 7:10:13 AMThe Catholic Connect App is a mobile application for Catholics in India to stay better connected with the Church in multiple ways, including finding nearest churches, Mass times, connecting to parishes, as well as to one another for resources and support.
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Vatican to host international conference on priestly formation
By Admin Webmaster 2/1/2024 7:04:31 AM"Rekindle the Gift of God That Is Within You" is the title of a conference taking place in Rome in early February, aimed at studying the ways priests are formed for ministry.
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Cardinal Czerny to travel to South Sudan one year after Pope's visit
By Admin Webmaster 1/31/2024 9:30:34 PMCardinal Michael Czerny, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, is due to visit South Sudan from 2-9 February to mark the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey.
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Italy’s Bishops, Gemelli hospital team up to offer maternity care in Tanzania
By Admin Webmaster 1/31/2024 9:33:38 PMThe Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and Rome’s Gemelli Hospital are setting up a gynecology and obstetrics clinic to provide healthcare to expectant mothers in Dodoma, Tanzania.
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Cardinal Onaiyekan sees signs of progress, vigour in Church in Africa
By Admin Webmaster 1/31/2024 9:26:36 PMOn his 80th birthday, Nigerian Cardinal John Onaiyekan speaks with Vatican News about the voice of the Church in Africa, the need for peace, and his memories from forty years as a bishop.