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Cardinal Czerny undertakes pastoral visit to Benin

Vatican News - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 04:35

Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, will be in the West African country of Benin from 17-20 January. His visit will include be a stop at the Saint Jean De Dieu Hospital in Cotonou, which guarantees quality medical care at affordable prices for the poor and those living in remote villages.

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The scandal of the youngest migrant who now sets an example in Spain

Vatican News - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 04:15

Mohamed, at just 9 years old, fled his home in Morocco to seek a future in Europe. After passing through various centers for the protection of minors, a community of nuns welcomed him, gave stability to his life, and accompanied him in a human process that today sees him working toward a university master's degree and engaged in helping other migrants at the Fundación Centro Tierra de Todos.

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Pope to Davos Economic Forum: Development needs a moral compass

Vatican News - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 04:13

In a message to the 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos, Pope Francis urges business and world leaders to ensure that economic development benefits everyone and remains tied to solidarity.

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Pope condemns missile strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan

Vatican News - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 04:02

Pope Francis condemns Iran's rocket attacks on Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, saying that “good relations between neighbours are not built with such actions, but with dialogue and cooperation”.

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Pope at Audience: Beware of the vice of lust, embrace pure love

Vatican News - Wed, 01/17/2024 - 02:14

Embrace the purity of love, and resist lust, which leads to emptiness and enslaves, urges Pope Francis at his weekly General Audience, as he continues his catechesis series of virtues and vices.

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Church in Lebanon supporting people displaced by fighting in the South

Vatican News - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 11:15

Father Michel Abboud, president of Caritas Lebanon speaks to Vatican News about the thousands of men, women and children forced to flee cross-fire in South Lebanon, saying the escalation of the fighting further complicates the economic crisis in Lebanon.

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Pope Francis pays tribute to late Cardinal Sebastiani

Vatican News - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 10:11

In a letter to his family, Pope Francis describes Cardinal Sebastiani, who has died at age 92, as a “good and vigilant servant” of the Lord. A Vatican diplomat, he was also president of the Holy See's Prefecture for Economic Affairs for more than 10 years.

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UN agencies appeal for greater access to Gaza to deliver life-saving aid

Vatican News - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:36

International humanitarian aid agencies have appealed for greater access to reach the population of Gaza where emergency medicine and food are desperately needed to assist the injured and avert famine and disease.

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Love of God and neighbour at heart of Week of Prayer

Vatican News - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:17

Inspired by the parable of the Good Samaritan, this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity invites us to pray for love of God and neighbour.

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Escalation of war worsens humanitarian crisis in Lebanon

Vatican News - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 07:42

As clashes between Israeli forces and Lebanese Hezbollah militants intensify on the border with Israe,l thousands of Lebanese families continue to flee the Southern part of Lebanon already facing a compounding set of multiple crises.

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Challenges ahead for new President of Guatemala

Vatican News - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 06:10

Guatemala's newly-sworn-in President faces huge political and structural challenges as well as the daunting prospect of overcoming chronic widespread poverty.

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Pope changes rules on procurement and extraordinary expenses of Dicasteries

Vatican News - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 05:41

The Pope’s decisions are communicated in two motu proprios released today. A spending limit is set, beyond which Vatican offices must request the approval of the Secretariat for the Economy.

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Pope invites Curia to live Lenten Spiritual Exercises in prayer

Vatican News - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 05:30

The first week of Lent, Pope Francis' engagements will be suspended as he and top Roman Curia officials dedicate the days to private, prayerful Spiritual Exercises.

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North African Bishops reflect on synodality

Vatican News - Tue, 01/16/2024 - 05:02

The Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (CERNA) publishes outcomes of its recent meeting which took place from January 11 to 15 in Rabat, Morocco.

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Canary Island migrants write to Pope

Vatican News - Mon, 01/15/2024 - 10:21

Two letters are delivered to Pope Francis by Fernando Clavijo, president of the Canary Islands, with whom the Pope spoke of unaccompanied minors and migration.

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Pizzaballa: Gaza’s Christians have “no houses, no water, no electricity"

Vatican News - Mon, 01/15/2024 - 10:07

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem pays a visit to Rome, and discusses the situation in the Middle East with Pope Francis.

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Bishops in Cameroon deplore violence in North and Anglophone regions

Vatican News - Mon, 01/15/2024 - 09:35

Closing their annual meeting in Maroua-Mokolo the Cameroonian bishops express their “constant paternal solicitude and continual prayer” for all victims of violence in Far North and North-West the South-West regions.

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MLK Day: US bishops reiterate call for action against racism

Vatican News - Mon, 01/15/2024 - 06:57

In a statement released for the federal holiday commemorating the late Martin Luther King, Jr., the Bishops of the United States urge Catholics to continue the pursuit of racial equality and justice in the country.

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Pope prays for victims of landslide in Colombia

Vatican News - Mon, 01/15/2024 - 04:46

Following a deadly mudslide in western Colombia, Pope Francis asks God to "grant consolation to the bereaved, and to all those who are suffering in these moments of pain and uncertainty."

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Fr. Louis Twomey: Martin Luther King’s Jesuit Ally

Vatican News - Mon, 01/15/2024 - 04:07

As Americans mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we explore the link between a Jesuit priest and the Baptist minister who galvanized the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

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