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Faith and architecture meet at newly inaugurated church in Indonesia

Vatican News - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 04:16

The Catholic Church in Indonesia has inaugurated the Sancta Familia Church in Toraja, South Sulawesi, which features an altar integrated into a rocky karst hill.

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Thai Bishop celebrates Jubilee opening, inspires mission of hope for children at risk

Vatican News - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 03:53

Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana of Thailand’s northern Diocese of Chiang Mai has urged Catholics to open our hearts to Jesus Christ at the start of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

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Pope recalls Cardinal Amato’s “generous service” to the Gospel

Vatican News - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 03:20

Pope Francis offers condolences on the death of Salesian Cardinal Angelo Amato, recalling the “priestly spirit” and “theological preparation” with which he undertook his work in service to the Gospel and the Church.

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Saint Mary Major's Holy Door is open

Vatican News - Wed, 01/01/2025 - 11:15

The Holy Door of Saint Mary Major has been opened, marking the start of the Jubilee Year 2025, with Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas inviting pilgrims to journey in faith under the maternal guidance of Mary.

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Pope calls on world leaders to cancel debt of poorer nations

Vatican News - Wed, 01/01/2025 - 07:57

After his traditional New Years’ Day Angelus prayer, Pope Francis issues a powerful call to political leaders, urging them to “set a good example by canceling or significantly reducing the debts of the poorest countries.”

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Pope at Angelus: Safeguard life to build a civilisation of peace

Vatican News - Wed, 01/01/2025 - 05:49

During the midday Angelus on the New Year's Day Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, Pope Francis prays that Mary may "teach us to keep the joy of the Gospel in our hearts and bear witness to it in the world."

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Pope Francis invites us to cherish life and entrust 2025 to Mary

Vatican News - Wed, 01/01/2025 - 02:30

Mary “immerses us once more in the mystery of Christmas” and leads us to Jesus, says Pope Francis, as he celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Mother of God.

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Pope Francis: The hope of a fraternal world is Jesus

Vatican News - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 11:34

Pope Francis marks the end of 2024 with the Te Deum hymn of thanksgiving at the conclusion of First Vespers for the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God.

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‘Being a Christan means learning to be human again’

Vatican News - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 09:45

Three companions of Pope Benedict – Cardinal Kurt Koch, Professor Ralph Weimann, and Archbishop Georg Gänswein – reflect on the two-year anniversary of his death.

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Red Cross concern at crumbling Gaza healthcare system

Vatican News - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 08:26

The International Committee of the Red Cross has warned that the "obliteration" of the healthcare system in the northern Gaza Strip is placing civilians at grave risk.

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Cardinal Koch: ‘Benedict XVI taught us that God is eternal love’

Vatican News - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 06:56

At a Mass of suffrage for Benedict XVI marking the second anniversary of his death, Cardinal Kurt Koch highlights the theological legacy of the late Pope Emeritus and his central message of God's eternal love

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South Korea's Bishops appeal for better safety measures after air crash

Vatican News - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 06:38

Following a deadly plane crash that claimed nearly 200 lives, the Bishops of South Korea are insisting that better safety measures be implemented as soon as possible.

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Ethiopia: Nearly 70 die after truck plunges into river

Vatican News - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 05:20

Dozens of people die in Southern Ethiopia after a truck carrying wedding guests plunged into a river on Sunday shedding light on the challenges facing the rural area with poor infrastructure and accessibility to rescue crews.

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Southern African Bishops call for a Jubilee Year that fosters unity, inclusivity, and participation

Vatican News - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 03:25

On Sunday, 29 December, several dioceses of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) joined the Universal Church on the Feast of the Holy Family to inaugurate the Jubilee Year.

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Global Debt Crisis: It is also a development and climate crisis

Vatican News - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 01:00

The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue publish proposals to combat the debt crisis plaguing the world.

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Pope Francis in 2024: A tireless artisan of peace

Vatican News - Mon, 12/30/2024 - 10:59

Throughout 2024, Pope Francis unwaveringly took action for peace. In countless appeals and occasions, he asked all men and women of goodwill to promote and nurture fraternity, inviting every one of us to become instruments of peace. As the year transitions into a new one, with the hope that illuminates the path of the Jubilee Year, his message resounds in all of its force: "Jesus is our hope and the gate to peace."

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Dioceses across the world celebrate opening of Jubilee Year

Vatican News - Mon, 12/30/2024 - 09:54

The opening of the Jubilee Year was marked worldwide on Sunday with Masses celebrated in cathedrals and co-cathedrals

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Fides study shows 13 missionaries killed in 2024

Vatican News - Mon, 12/30/2024 - 09:18

An annual Fides study reports the deaths of 13 Catholic missionaries in 2024, highlighting the dangers faced by those working in regions plagued by violence, poverty, and corruption.

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Toshiyuki Mimaki: Let’s save humanity from nuclear weapons

Vatican News - Mon, 12/30/2024 - 08:06

An interview with Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and co-president of the Japanese foundation Nihon Hidankyo, Toshiyuki Mimaki, recipient of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. Mimaki reflects on his meeting with Pope Francis in Japan in 2019 and calls on world leaders to commit to eliminating nuclear weapons.

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Gaza hospitals are ‘battlegrounds,’ says WHO chief

Vatican News - Mon, 12/30/2024 - 07:48

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warns of severe threats to Gaza's healthcare system noting that hospitals have "once again" turned into battlegrounds.

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