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Cardinal Raffaele Martino has died at the age of 91
The funeral for Cardinal Raffaele Martino will be on 31 October in St. Peter's Basilica. He served as Permanent Observer at the United Nations in New York for sixteen years and later headed the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Israel intensifies strikes on Lebanon and Gaza
Israeli forces carried out multiple attacks on buildings in and around the Lebanese city of Tyre on Monday. Analysts believe Tyre is a target because it is the stronghold of the Amar movement whose leadership has been negotiating on behalf of Hezbollah.
Franciscan Month: Educating college students about peace and relationships
Brother Gregory Cellini, O.S.F., Director of the Office of Mission, Ministry and Interfaith Dialogue at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, orchestrates a series of events throughout October, inspired by the values of the beloved Italian saint.
Pope to Scalabrinians: ‘Migrants teach us the virtue of hope’
Pope Francis meets the Scalabrinian Missionaries and reiterates that migrants fleeing poverty, injustices and wars must be welcomed, accompanied, promoted and integrated, also remembering that our aging societies need them.
Concerts and art exhibits mark countdown to opening of Jubilee
Before the Holy Door opens on December 24, Rome will be full of concerts and art exhibitions, including one with rare icons from the Vatican Museums and a concert by one of the oldest orchestras in the world.
Pope Francis receives Abrahamic Family House Delegation in Vatican
Pope Francis welcomed a delegation of the Abrahamic Family House in the Vatican on Monday, and encouraged them in walking together in human fraternity.
A community embracing diversity: Religious sisters in Australia
A former soldier from an elite military unit in the Philippines, a collaborator of Archbishop Karol Wojtyla from Krakow, and a theologian from Belarus—all share the same calling and mission. They live together in multicultural communities, alongside sisters born in Australia and those who moved from the United States, Poland, the Philippines, and Belarus.
Bolivian Evo Morales claims he survived an assassination attempt
The former President of Bolivia Evo Morales claims he survived an assassination attempt in which gunmen shot and hit his car more than a dozen times. While the former President escaped unhurt, his driver was wounded.
Rwanda: Newly constructed Casa Francesco to boost the formation of missionary priests
The recently inaugurated Casa Francesco building at the Rutongo Major Seminary which is Rwanda’s Preparatory Inter-diocesan Seminary, has been constructed with the support of the Holy Father, Pope Francis
Children in Gaza being denied medical care, says UNICEF
A spokesman for UNICEF says children in Gaza are being denied medical care that is a basic human right.
Pope remembers child victims of war, prays ardently for world peace
Remembering children who are victims of war today, Pope Francis appeals for prayers for peace and for an end to the escalation of violence in Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon. He recalls the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions to be marked this week.
Pope at Angelus: Turn to Jesus with faith and hope
During his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis insists that Christ's merciful love can transform our lives, offer us direction, and make us happy.
Pope: May we be a Church on the move, sharing the joy of the Gospel
At the concluding Mass of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis encourages us to be like Bartimaeus in today's Gospel and "entrust our blindness to the Lord" in order to be "a missionary Church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world."
Cardinal Hollerich on Synod: 'Catholics will see a Church where they count'
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the Synod’s General Rapporteur, speaks to Vatican News following the closing conference of the Second Session of XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality, and observes how the Synod's fruits can impact and empower the daily lives of Catholics worldwide.
Synod’s Final Document has Magisterial value
A press conference after the conclusion of the work of the 2nd Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality and the publication of the Final Document focuses on key points such as the contribution of the laity and women towards creating a less hierarchical Church.
Synodality: A conversion aimed at becoming more missionary
The Final Document of the second session of the Sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod recounts and relaunches an experience of Church as communion, participation, and mission, with a concrete proposal of a new vision that overturns established practices.
Bearing witness to the fruits of the Synod in a world seeking peace
During the final session of the Assembly of the Synod, His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, conveys his thanks, on behalf of all involved, for the successful completion of the Synod’s various stages.
Pope: The Synod Document is a gift to the People of God
In his final address at the Synod Assembly, Pope Francis presents the Synod's Final Document as a "threefold gift."
Emilce Cuda: 'COP16 on biodiversity must also focus on people'
The Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America is attending several events at the UN Summit on Biodiversity underway in Cali, Colombia, bringing Pope Francis’ call for action for the preservation our common home and for involving marginalized populations in the decision-making processes concerning them.
Rooted and on pilgrimage to proclaim the Gospel
The final document of the Synod on synodality is a concrete step in fully implementing the Second Vatican Council.
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