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Patriarch Pizzaballa: Peace for Jerusalem is peace for entire world

Vatican News - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 07:45

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, sends a message to participants in a conference at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, and invites all people to pray for peace in the Holy Land.

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UNICEF, WHO finish polio vaccine effort in Gaza

Vatican News - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 06:50

After delays due to Israeli air strikes, UNICEF and WHO complete the second stage of their polio vaccine campaign, resulting in 550,000 immunizations across the Gaza Strip.

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Cardinal Parolin offers best wishes to Trump on election victory

Vatican News - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 05:25

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event at the Gregorian University, Cardinal Secretary of State expresses his hope that US President-elect Trump will govern with wisdom, “because this is the principal virtue of leaders according to the Bible.”

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Pope to seminarians: 'A priest not close to his bishop is lame'

Vatican News - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 05:05

Pope Francis challenged seminarians and clergy from Toledo, Spain to foster closeness with God, their bishops, their fellow priests, and the People of God.

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Pope to religious sisters: ‘A sad saint is a sad kind of saint’

Vatican News - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 04:49

Pope Francis urges all nuns and priests to appreciate the many graces they enjoy as part of religious communities, as he meets with the Augustinian Sisters of Talavera de la Reina in Spain.

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Pope thanks Italian militaries for aiding in humanitarian emergencies

Vatican News - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 04:39

Addressing some 400 militaries of the Italian Army’s logistic corps, Pope Francis highlights their dedicated work also in humanitarian emergencies, which embodies Christ’s mission of service to the needy and the courage of their patron Saint Christopher.

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Minor Basilica in Mokama becomes a Catholic heritage

Vatican News - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 02:44

The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Divine Grace in Mokama stands as a heritage landmark for Catholics in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Archbishop Broglio: US Bishops pray for unity and all elected leaders

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 11:01

As US news outlets call the American presidential election in favor of Donald Trump, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the US Catholic Bishops' Conference, speaks to Vatican News about the US Bishops' desire to uphold the dignity of the human person, especially the most vulnerable, the unborn, the poor, and migrants.

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The Catholic University of Angola launches courses on the Theology of Pilgrimage

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:56

The university is launching two courses on the Theology of Pilgrimage for the current academic year as popular piety and pilgrimages especially to Marian Shrines grows in the country

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Symposium on service-learning in Catholic education to open in Rome

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 09:17

Vatican News speaks to the coordinator of ‘Uniservitate’, which promotes service-learning in Catholic Higher Education, and is organising an upcoming 2-day conference in Rome.

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Faith, unity, and action: A call to end conflict-related sexual violence

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 08:44

The British Embassy to the Holy See and the Jesuit Refugee Service host a symposium on tackling conflict-related sexual violence through faith-based education.

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Missionary nun killed in Indonesia volcano eruption

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 08:35

Sister Nikolin Padjo, a missionary religious sister serving in Indonesia, was among those killed after the Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupted unexpectedly in the early hours of November 3 in Flores.

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Pope Francis prays for victims of Serbian train station collapse

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 06:10

In a telegram addressed to Serbian President Aleksander Vučić, Pope Francis says he is praying for victims of an accident at a train station that left 14 people dead.

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Voters elect Donald Trump as 47th President of the United States

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 06:03

American voters have reportedly elected Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, while residents of 10 states were given the choice to restrict or expand access to abortion.

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Pope at Audience: As we pray, the Holy Spirit comes to our aid

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 03:00

During his weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis continues his reflections on the Holy Spirit and marvels how the Spirit operates in our prayer.

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Pope Francis entrusts Valencia to Our Lady of Desemparados

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 03:00

During his General Audience, Pope Francis entrusts all those suffering from the tragic storms throughout Spain, and especially in Valencia, to Our Lady of Desemparados and also remembers all those suffering brutality of war.

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Pope Francis: Faith is a journey that leads us to God

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 01:00

Pope Francis writes the introduction for his new book entitled “Faith Is A Journey,” released by the Vatican Publishing House (LEV) on November 6, which contains excerpts of several speeches by the Pope about the theological virtue of faith.

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Pope Francis: Hope is a gift and duty for every Christian

Vatican News - Wed, 11/06/2024 - 01:00

Pope Francis writes that hope is a gift from God and a task that must be cultivated by all Christians, in the introduction to his new book, "Hope Is A Light In The Night," which collects excerpts from various speeches by the Pope on the theological virtue of hope.

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CIDSE at COP29 to bridge ambition and action for climate justice

Vatican News - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 10:51

The international umbrella platform of Catholic social justice organisations is among the several faith-based organizations to attend the upcoming UN summit on climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan, which will also feature the second edition of the "Faith Pavilion" to strengthen the role of religions in addressing climate challenges.

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Pope: Reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral prophetic sign from the Lord

Vatican News - Tue, 11/05/2024 - 10:22

In a message delivered on behalf of Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to French bishops, Pope Francis focuses on the relationship between the Church in France and African Churches, expressing hope for the strengthening of bonds and affirming unity of spirit in Christ.

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