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Attempt to suspend fighting in Gaza continues

Vatican News - Thu, 12/21/2023 - 10:06

The UN Security Council on Thursday will hold a new vote calling for a suspension of fighting in Gaza.

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Rachel Goldberg's wish for a 'Christmas of Peace' for all

Vatican News - Thu, 12/21/2023 - 09:44

In a video sent to Vatican Media to Pope Francis to “all friends in the Vatican“, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the mother of an Israeli hostage still being held by Hamas, expresses gratitude for the Holy Father‘s closeness, sends seasonal greetings to all Christians and voices hope for a Christmas of peace.

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Blessings, pastoral conversion, and the risk of wanting to codify everything

Vatican News - Thu, 12/21/2023 - 07:37

A reading of the doctrinal declaration on the significance of blessings in the light of “epochal change” and the necessary “pastoral conversion” that Pope Francis has insisted on from the beginning of his pontificate.

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New EU Asylum and Migration Pact triggers concern for human rights

Vatican News - Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:46

Caritas Europa expresses concern for the potential negative impact of the new EU Asylum and Migration Pact, particularly regarding detention centres, an accelerated deportation procedure and the shifting of responsibility on EU border states.

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Cardinal Pizzaballa. Christmas invites us to seek paths of reconciliation amid war

Vatican News - Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:43

In a Christmas video message the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, urges Christians to heed the Christmas message of love, peace, and reconciliation at a time when violence and hatred seem to prevail in the Holy Land and other parts of the world.

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Pope to Vatican employees: Serve Church in hiddenness and littleness

Vatican News - Thu, 12/21/2023 - 03:59

Pope Francis holds his customary exchange of Christmas greetings with Vatican employees, and encourages them to bear Christian witness in the workplace.

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Pope to Roman Curia: ‘Only those who love go forward’

Vatican News - Thu, 12/21/2023 - 03:40

In his annual address to the Roman Curia for the exchange of Christmas Greetings, Pope Francis issues an invitation to listen, discern, and journey, never losing sight of Christ's call to be merciful, loving, and courageous.

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Archbishop Xuereb awarded prestigious Korean honor

Vatican News - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 11:16

The former Nuncio to Korea and Mongolia is awarded the Distinguished Diplomatic Service Medal (Gwanghwa Medal) by the Government of the Republic of Korea.

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Possible pause in fighting in Gaza

Vatican News - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 11:10

Egypt is again mediating negotiations on a pause in fighting and a hostage exchange between Hamas and Israel, giving hope to the possibility of a 2-week truce in Gaza.

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Pope Francis expresses his closeness to victims of an explosion and fire at a Guinea fuel depot.

Vatican News - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 10:13

During the Weekly General Wednesday on 20 December, Pope Francis turned his thoughts to Guinea, where an explosion at the country's main fuel depot has left at least 18 people dead and a hundred seriously injured. The Pontiff expressed his closeness to the families of those killed and injured in the explosion in Conakry, the Guinean capital.

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UN: Nicaragua moving away from rule of law

Vatican News - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 08:15

As the International Red Cross suspends its mission in Nicaragua, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights warns that restrictions on civic space persist, with repeated cases of arbitrary detention.

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Blessings: A pastoral development anchored in tradition

Vatican News - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00

Italian Professor Rocco Buttiglione, a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, describes the Declaration Fiducia supplicans of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith as almost revolutionary and a return to the Church's origins and the missionary presence of Christ in human history.

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Pope asks for prayers for Ukraine, Palestine, and Israel

Vatican News - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 03:55

Pope Francis urges the faithful “go to the crib” this Christmas, and “ask Jesus for peace.”

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Pope prays for victims of earthquake in China

Vatican News - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 03:15

Pope Francis says he is “close with affection and prayer” to the people of China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces, who suffered a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on Monday.

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Nativity scene teaches simplicity and joy, Pope says at Audience

Vatican News - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 03:13

At his General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on the first Nativity scene, created 800 years ago by St Francis in the Italian town of Greccio.

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US calls for Israel to reduce ‘harm to civilians’

Vatican News - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:02

The United States Defence Secretary has said the US has spoken to Israel about making the war in Gaza more "surgical".

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Texas clamps down on illegal immigration

Vatican News - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 09:56

Texas is clamping down on illegal immigration with a new law soon to come into effect, intended to curb undocumented crossings with jail time.

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Sr. Nabila: World leaders must open their eyes on catastrophe in Gaza

Vatican News - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 08:56

Sister Nabila Saleh of the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza speaks to Vatican News about the two parishioners murdered by Israeli snipers on December 16 pleads for the international community to act to stop the war, as Catholic Ordinaries’ issue new appeal for peace.

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Earthquake kills scores of people in northwestern China

Vatican News - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 08:37

China's deadliest earthquake in 9 years strikes a mountainous northwestern region killing at least 127 people. Authorities said homes were destroyed and residents are facing below-freezing winter temperatures.

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Judges for Zayed Prize seeking concrete examples of fraternity

Vatican News - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 07:29

Pope Francis on Monday received in audience members of the jury for the 2024 edition of the Zayed Prize, established in 2019 following the signing Document on Human Fraternity by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayeb.

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