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Pope opens Vatican judicial year: Doing justice requires the virtue of courage

Vatican News - Sat, 03/02/2024 - 06:03

Addressing officials of the Tribunal of Vatican City State at the inauguration of its 95th judicial year, Pope Francis reminds them that the administration of justice requires the virtue of courage and humility in pursuing the truth and even in facing criticism.

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Pope to children: Changing the world starts with ‘please’ and ‘thank you’

Vatican News - Sat, 03/02/2024 - 06:00

Pope Francis sends a message to all the children of the world ahead of the first “World Children’s Day” to encourage them to be united and listen to advice from grown-ups because, he says, their “pleases" and “thank yous" are the first step towards a better world.

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Pope encourages bereaved parents to find comfort in prayer

Vatican News - Sat, 03/02/2024 - 05:55

Pope Francis offers words of closeness and comfort to a group of parents who are mourning the loss of a child and suggests prayer can bring solace to the heart.

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Pope appoints new Nuncio to Korea and Mongolia

Vatican News - Sat, 03/02/2024 - 05:10

Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Giovanni Gaspari from Pescara, Italy, as Apostolic Nuncio to Korea and Mongolia.

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Pope makes minor changes to proper law of Apostolic Signatura

Vatican News - Sat, 03/02/2024 - 05:00

Pope Francis makes some technical-lexical changes to the rules governing the Holy See's Supreme Tribunal. The changes are aimed at conforming the rules to the Pope's 2022 reform of the Roman Curia.

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Russia: Hundreds gather outside church for Navalny’s funeral

Vatican News - Fri, 03/01/2024 - 10:04

Opposition activist Alexei Navalny, whose death remains unexplained, is buried in an Orthodox funeral service in Moscow.

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Vatican launches social media campaign to rediscover ‘Christus vivit’

Vatican News - Fri, 03/01/2024 - 09:59

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is promoting a social media campaign aimed at helping people rediscover the relevance of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation for Young People and keeping the experience of World Youth Day alive.

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IMBISA Bishops and representatives attend formation on safeguarding.

Vatican News - Fri, 03/01/2024 - 08:46

Southern African Catholic Bishops under IMBISA, a regional association of Bishops, have met in Pretoria, South Africa, for a week of safeguarding formation conducted by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

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Epilogue: Made in God’s image and called to proclaim Christ

Vatican News - Fri, 03/01/2024 - 08:18

Religious life as we know it today, both contemplative and active, has evolved over two millennia. In this final of four articles, Christine Schenk provides an analysis regarding what may have led early Christian women to be active contributors to the building of the church.

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Pope: Embrace your vulnerabilities!

Vatican News - Fri, 03/01/2024 - 08:16

Pope Francis addresses a conference on vulnerability, and community and invites all the participants to embrace their vulnerabilitiesand accept those who are vulnerable, just as Jesus did and was.

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Call for probe into Gaza aid truck incident

Vatican News - Fri, 03/01/2024 - 07:41

International pressure is growing for a full and independent investigation into the circumstances that led to the deaths of dozens of Palestinians seeking aid from a convoy in northern Gaza.

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Pope Francis gender ideology is the ugliest danger of our time

Vatican News - Fri, 03/01/2024 - 06:18

Addressing participants in the international Symposium "Man-Woman: Image of God.” Pope Francis describes so-called gender ideology as the "ugliest danger" of our time, because it cancels out all differences that make humanity.

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Cardinal Cantalamessa gives second Lenten sermon

Vatican News - Fri, 03/01/2024 - 04:00

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, the Preacher of the Papal Household, delivers his second sermon for Lent 2024 to Roman Curia, reflecting on Jesus as the light of the world.

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Ethical Banks warn that investing in arms fuels war

Vatican News - Thu, 02/29/2024 - 11:04

A three-day Global Alliance for Banking on Values summit, with the participation of about 70 ethical banks from across the world, wraps up in northern Italy with a call to embrace the principles of Ethical Finance for the good of humanity and the planet.

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Holy See: Religious freedom is violated in one third of the world

Vatican News - Thu, 02/29/2024 - 07:13

Addressing the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council the Holy See's Permanent Observer to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva urges for renewed international efforts to address the ongoing violations of human rights, including freedom of religion.

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Bishops of the Americas aim at more synodal and missionary Church

Vatican News - Thu, 02/29/2024 - 06:00

Bishops from Canada, the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean hold a three-day summit in the US city of Tampa “to pray and discuss their shared ministry as pastors.”

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Archbishop Gallagher in Türkiye for Antalya Diplomacy Forum

Vatican News - Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:35

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, travels to the Republic of Türkiye for the third edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2024.

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Pope Francis' liturgical celebrations for Holy Week and Easter

Vatican News - Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:10

The Holy See Press Office releases the official calendar of Pope Francis' Liturgical Celebrations for March 2024, which includes Holy Week and Easter Sunday celebrations, as well as the Via Crucis at the Colosseum.

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How clearing landmines can save an entire community

Vatican News - Thu, 02/29/2024 - 03:36

The HALO Trust works to clear landmines and other explosive remnants of war left behind by conflicts, as well as to educate communities on how to rebuild their lives in the safest way possible.

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Increased Arctic warming may accelerate climate change

Vatican News - Thu, 02/29/2024 - 03:28

As part of a study on future climate change forecasts, researchers from University College London find that increased warming in the Arctic will be responsible for breaching the Paris Agreement’s 2°C threshold eight years earlier than if the area was warming at the average global rate.

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