Angelus•Pope Francis

Pope Francis explains the chains that take away our freedom (and why not to dialogue with the Devil)

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, January 28, 2024

Jan 28, 2024 23:34

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Pope Francis

Pope’s brief, beautiful and profound catechesis on the sacrament of Confirmation to hundreds of Italian children

Pope’s address to the confirmands of the Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto

Jan 27, 2024 01:27

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Pope Francis

Pope deepens «humanitarian diplomacy» before a hundred ambassadors of the Order of Malta

Address of the Pope to the participants of the Conference of the Ambassadors of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Jan 27, 2024 01:17

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Local Church•Vocations

USA: This is how religious individuals who professed perpetual vows in 2023 are

Approximately eight out of ten respondents (82%) state that someone encouraged them to consider religious vocation. The most common sources of encouragement were the parish priest (45%), a religious sister/brother (44%), and a friend (41%).

Jan 26, 2024 22:12

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Ecumenism•Pope Francis

«Theology of dialogue in charity»: Pope Francis’ proposal to Orthodox at Vatican

Address of the Pope to the members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches

Jan 26, 2024 22:04

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Dicasteries•Pope Francis

Pope Francis to Doctrine of the Faith: sacraments, dignity and faith in understanding the faith in the face of changes that characterize our time

Address of the Pope to the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Jan 26, 2024 21:52

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Local Church•Vocations•Young People

Ireland: after vocational winter, 15 new seminarians in the country by 2024

The fifteen new students are currently undertaking their Propaedeutic Programme in the Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Dundalk, Archdiocese of Armagh; Royal English College, Valladolid, Spain; and, Royal Scots College, Salamanca, Spain. These fifteen bring the total number of seminarians studying for the priesthood for Irish dioceses to 64.

Jan 25, 2024 23:55

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Spirituality

A word that frees from evil and creates the new man.

Commentary on the Gospel of Sunday, January 28, 2024.

Jan 25, 2024 01:44

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Pope Francis

Verona and Trieste: the Pope’s 2024 trips within Italy

Trieste and Verona are the cities confirmed by the Pope to be visited by the Pope in July and May of 2024

Jan 25, 2024 00:50

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Marriage and Family•Pope Francis

Discernment and Prayer in Marriage Annulment Process: Pope’s Address to the Judges of the Roman Rota

Address of the Pope to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota on the occasion of the opening of its 95th judicial year

Jan 25, 2024 00:10

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Local Church

Vatican approves new cathedral in Madison, USA

Like St. Bernard, St. Raphael Cathedral was an existing parish that was elevated to that of a cathedral when the Diocese of Madison was established in 1946.

Jan 25, 2024 00:07

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Local Church•Pope Francis

New bishop consecrated in China with Pope Francis’ approval

On a population that has more than doubled, according to estimates from various sources, the number of baptized Catholics ranges from ten thousand to twenty thousand. Since the signing of the Interim Agreement between the People’s Republic of China and the Holy See (September 22, 2018), there have been no illegitimate episcopal ordinations in China, those celebrated without papal consent, which had caused painful lacerations among Chinese Catholics since the late 1950s

Jan 25, 2024 00:04

ZENIT Staff