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Jakarta Concert Orchestra celebrates Indonesian-Italian friendship

Vatican News - Mon, 10/21/2024 - 09:56

Just over one month from Pope Francis' apostolic visit to Indonesia (3-6 October 2024), the Jakarta Concert Orchestra is performing in Italy to celebrate the cultural ties between Indonesia, the Holy See, and Italy.

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Cardinal Fernandez proposes ‘step-by-step’ approach to women’s role in the Church

Vatican News - Mon, 10/21/2024 - 09:19

The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, issues a formal clarification regarding his absence from an October 18 meeting of Synod delegates, which focused on the role of women in the Church and says the Church is committed to promoting women’s leadership roles.

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Zambia: Catholic Radio Kabangabanga celebrates ten years

Vatican News - Mon, 10/21/2024 - 09:08

Catholic Diocese of Solwezi Bishop Charles J.S. Kasonde has applauded the people of Zambia’s North Western Province for their ardent listenership and support of Radio Kabangabanga. Over the weekend, the station commemorated its tenth anniversary with a Thanksgiving Mass and an Open Day.

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Moldova narrowly votes in favour of EU membership

Vatican News - Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:28

In a tightly contested referendum, the people of Moldova support proposed constitutional changes and the commitment to join the EU.

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'Dilexit nos': Pope to publish encyclical on Sacred Heart of Jesus

Vatican News - Mon, 10/21/2024 - 05:14

On Thursday, Pope Francis will publish a new encyclical focusing on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the context of a world "which seems to have lost its heart."

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Synod: Cardinal Grech's homily for Mass of the Holy Spirit - Full text

Vatican News - Mon, 10/21/2024 - 04:00

Cardinal Mario Grech, the Secretary General of the Synod, celebrates Mass dedicated to the Holy Spirit and reflects on the need to be open to the Holy Spirit, especially in the synodal journey.

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Radcliffe meditates on final synod document - full text

Vatican News - Mon, 10/21/2024 - 03:46

Reflecting on the writing of the final synod document, Fr Timothy Radcliffe urges participants to speak "with freedom", as "free children of God".

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Digital missionaries continue journey to proclaim the Gospel online

Vatican News - Sun, 10/20/2024 - 11:16

Three Vatican officials hold an online prayer vigil at the tomb of St. Peter to conclude the Digital Synod initiative, encouraging thousands of Catholic digital missionaries in their service to the Church in the key of synodality.

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Bishop Faddoul: New Maronite Saints are ‘role models for all laymen’

Vatican News - Sun, 10/20/2024 - 06:40

As Pope Francis canonizes 14 new Saints, including the 11 Martyrs of Damascus, Bishop Simon Faddoul praises the three Maronite laymen among them for bearing witness to fidelity to Christ.

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Pope appeals for protection of Yanomami people’s rights in Amazon rainforest

Vatican News - Sun, 10/20/2024 - 05:43

Pope Francis urges the political and civil authorities of countries in the Amazonia to safeguard the fundamental rights of the indigenous Yanomami people, who live on the border between Venezuela and Brazil.

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Pope at Canonization Mass: 'Service is the Christian way of life'

Vatican News - Sun, 10/20/2024 - 04:34

Pope Francis presides at the Canonization Mass for 14 new Saints, including 11 martyrs killed in Syria for refusing to renounce their faith, and upholds their Christian witness by noting they lived Jesus’ way of service.

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Pope Francis: 'Sports are the hymn to life'

Vatican News - Sun, 10/20/2024 - 02:00

Pope Francis sends a message to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, and challenges the Italian newspaper to report on the victories and defeats of athletes as “a way of thinking and living sport as a hymn to life.”

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Consolata missionaries: rediscovering meditation in a 'TikTok society'

Vatican News - Sat, 10/19/2024 - 10:48

Fr. James Bhola Lengarin, Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries the institution founded by Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, emphasizes the Italian priest’s focus on education at a ‘Meeting Point’ organized at the Holy See Press Office in anticipation of the canonizations by Pope Francis on the morning of Sunday, October 20.

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Pope John Paul II on Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko: Freedom in truth

Vatican News - Sat, 10/19/2024 - 09:45

Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Polish priest, was killed for his anti-communist support and care for workers 40 years ago, and Pope St. John Paul II named him the patron saint of the Polish presence in Europe.

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Mission Sunday: TPMS invites Catholics to hope, faith, action

Vatican News - Sat, 10/19/2024 - 09:36

Ahead of the 98th World Mission Sunday, set for October 20, the Pontifical Mission Societies releases a video to showcase the faces and voices of missionaries working in all corners of the globe.

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Lord's Day Reflection: 'Whoever wishes to be great'

Vatican News - Sat, 10/19/2024 - 08:52

As the Church marks the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Marion Nguyen, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: “Whoever wishes to be great".

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New Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza refugee camp

Vatican News - Sat, 10/19/2024 - 07:31

Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

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Martyrs of Damascus canonization a 'sign of hope for Christians'

Vatican News - Sat, 10/19/2024 - 04:54

Ahead of the canonization of the Martyrs of Damascus at Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on October 20, Fr. Luke Gregory of the Custody of the Holy Land says their witness offes a sign of hope and ecumenism for Christians everywhere, especially those in Syria, where Christians make up about 2% of the population.

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Archbishop Iannone on Church's fight against abuse and existing norms

Vatican News - Sat, 10/19/2024 - 04:00

As the Synod on Synodality explores the issue of abuse and the Church's efforts to combat it, Archbishop Filippo Iannone, Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, speaks to Vatican News about the various procedures being implemented and the efficacy of existing canonical norms.

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Synod leaders address challenging questions from university students

Vatican News - Fri, 10/18/2024 - 13:08

Students from across the United States convene in Rome to engage in conversation with the leadership of the Secretariat of the Synod.

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