Pope Francis

Pope Francis: for a study of history free of ideologies and respectful of truth

Pope’s address to members of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Apr 20, 2024 00:01

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis receives Discalced Carmelite nuns at Vatican and tells them how to revise their Constitutions

Pope’s address to superiors and delegates of the Discalced Carmelite nuns

Apr 18, 2024 23:55

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Justice and Peace•Pro Life

Pro-Abortion Parliamentarians Meet in Oslo

The conference also marked the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the first global conference where abortion as a right was first discussed and ultimately rejected by UN member states.

Apr 18, 2024 23:36

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Spirituality

A good and beautiful Pastor: a true Pastor.

Commentary on the Gospel of Sunday, April 21, 2024. Four Sunday of Lent.

Apr 17, 2024 23:40

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General Audience•Pope Francis

This is how Pope Francis explains the cardinal virtue of temperance

Pope’s General Audience, April 17, 2024 on temperance

Apr 17, 2024 23:20

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Analysis Opinion•Justice and Peace

New UN Resolution on AI Might Silence Conservatives

The resolution, proposed by the U.S., calls on governments to get involved in all levels of design, development, and implementation of AI technology to eliminate the risk of “improper or malicious design development” of AI systems that could hinder the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Apr 16, 2024 00:22

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Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Vatican Diplomacy

The Holy See and Vietnam at a turning point that comes from afar

Archbishop Gallagher’s meetings in Hanoi brought to the fore the unique relationship between Vietnam’s Catholicism and the country’s rulers, a topic revisited a few weeks ago in Paris in an interesting conference by Prof Claire Tran at the headquarters of the MÉP. It all started with the “instructions” given by Pope Alexander VII in 1659 to the first apostolic vicar Pierre Lambert de la Motte.

Apr 16, 2024 00:20

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Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Francis

Topics discussed by the Pope with his council of cardinals: role of women, synodality in dioceses and local church situation

During the session, there were references – and prayers on several occasions – dedicated to the scenarios of war and conflict experienced in many parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine

Apr 16, 2024 00:18

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Rome•Vatican City

World meeting of parish priests for the synod at the Vatican

It will take place in two important moments: one in Sacrophane and the other in the Vatican. Pastors from all over the world will participate.

Apr 16, 2024 00:14

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Local Church•Pope Francis

Research Shows Slump in Pope Francis’ Popularity in the United States

The growing partisan division in the nation is at the heart of the slump in the valuation of Pope Francis. The Democrats give the Holy Father a favourable valuation of 89%, whereas the Republicans give him a favourable valuation of 63%.

Apr 15, 2024 13:02

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Analysis Opinion

Beijing issues 10-point handbook on the death and succession of the Dalai Lama

Pictures, images, and activities that undermine national unity or promote a «separatist ideology» are banned. The Chinese government has long sought to control the choice of Tibet’s next spiritual leader. For his part, 88-year-old Tenzin Gyatso says he is in good health and wants to “live for more than 100 years.” Meanwhile, the fate of the Panchen Lama remains an unsolved mystery.

Apr 15, 2024 00:05

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Local Church•Testimonies

Sudan: signs of growth despite year of war

Despite more than 13,900 deaths and 8.1 million having suffered displacement since the conflict broke out a year ago on 15th April 2023, local Church sources expressed hope for the survival of a Christian presence in the country.

Apr 15, 2024 00:02

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