Local Church•Young People

Pope’s Secretary of State Vindicates Value of Celibacy to 600 French Seminarians

The Holy Father Francis’ Message signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, for the meeting with France’s seminarians

Dec 02, 2023 00:56

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Church and World•Pope Francis

Pope at climate change summit: the problem is not the number of births

«I too, who bear the name of Francis, would like to say to you with sincerity of heart: let us leave behind our divisions and join forces! And, with God’s help, let us emerge from the night of war and environmental devastation to transform our common future into a luminous dawn,» the Pope told the Summit against Climate Change in an address read by his Secretary of State.

Dec 02, 2023 00:49

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Spirituality

Vigilant waiting for God

Commentary on the Gospel of Sunday, December 03, 2023

Nov 30, 2023 23:08

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis To The International Theological Commission: “We’ll Never Understand the Church if It’s Not Understood That She Is Woman”

Address to the International Theological Commission

Nov 30, 2023 12:45

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Pope Francis

Pope’s Heartfelt and Fraternal Letter to the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Francis’ letter to Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, on the occasion of the patronal feast of Saint Andrew.

Nov 30, 2023 12:42

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis Explains His State of Health and Why He Didn’t Go to Dubai

The Holy Father explains how he feels and the reasons why he didn’t go to Dubai, in what would have been his last international trip in 2023

Nov 30, 2023 12:39

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Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Priest freed after more than a year in Islamist captivity

Father Hans-Joachim Lohre (affectionately known as Father Ha-Jo), a German priest who has lived in Mali for three decades, went missing on 20th November 2022 after celebrating Mass at a convent in Bamako, the country’s capital.

Nov 30, 2023 11:54

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Local Church•Persecuted Christians

USA: Jews and Muslims support Catholics against LGBT law that imposes indoctrination in parish and school

The Michigan Legislature recently amended the Michigan Civil Rights Act to cover sexual orientation and gender identity but provided no protection for religious organizations that believe marriage between one man and one woman and the immutability of sex support human flourishing

Nov 29, 2023 23:49

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Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Muslim leaders join Christians in denouncing extremism

Muslims had initially found the concept of interreligious dialogue difficult to grasp, but “after several years of effort, now some of them have an understanding of what we are doing, and what we can achieve together.

Nov 29, 2023 23:47

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Pope Francis

Soccer and Whisky: Thus Was Pope Francis’ Audience to Glasgow’s Celtic Club Players

The Holy Father greeted the players who were in Rome for a game against Lazio

Nov 29, 2023 17:07

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General Audience•Pope Francis

“Evangelize Today,” The Catechesis That the Pope Did Not Say But That Everyone Heard

The Holy Father’s General Audience on November 29, on the third aspect of the proclamation: it is for today

Nov 29, 2023 17:02

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Dicasteries•Local Church•Pope Francis

Five Hours with the Pope in the Vatican and “It Wasn’t to Pull Ears”: Thus Was the Meeting with the Entire Spanish Episcopate

The long conversation with Pope Francis, which lasted over two hours, focused on the Seminaries. Topics addressed, among others, were formation in the Seminaries, the pastoral experience of seminarians, and the importance of the different dimensions of formation: pastoral, spiritual, theological, human, etc.

Nov 28, 2023 16:51

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