General Audience•Pope Francis

Where Is Your Hope? Pope Francis Reflects on Jesus Stripped and Wounded

General Audience of the Pope Wednesday April 5 on «The crucified, source of hope.»

Apr 05, 2023 15:31

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Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

France: Lourdes Shrine Announces a Period of Reflection to Decide Whether To Keep or Remove Jesuit Marko Rupnik’s Works

The Bishop of Lourdes-Tarbes stresses that «given the specificity of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, the general question of the status of the works of artists involved in situations of abuse acquires a much more sensitive character here.»

Apr 04, 2023 14:29

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Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Cardinal Sean O’Malley Responds to Jesuit Hans Zollner Who Resigned From the Commission for the Protection of Minors

Surprised, disappointed and strongly disagree with his claims, says Cardinal O’Malley

Apr 04, 2023 14:26

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Local Church•Persecuted Christians

Pro-life victory in the U.S.A.: you can pray in front of pro-abortion clinics

Police arrested and/or cited members of two Christian pro-life organizations for engaging in peaceful prayer and sidewalk counseling outside an abortion facility. The arrests shouldn’t have occurred because David Benham, president of the non-profit charity Cities4Life, and the other pro-life volunteers, members of the Christian ministry Love Life, complied with all applicable emergency orders and proclamations related to the coronavirus crisis.

Apr 04, 2023 07:49

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis Meditates on Jesus Forsaken

Pope’s homily on Palm Sunday 2023 from Saint Peter’s Square.

Apr 03, 2023 07:40

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Pope Francis•Testimonies

Pope Baptizes Child Admitted in the Same Hospital as He Was

The Pope visited the oncology area of ​​the same hospital where he was hospitalized and baptized a child who bears the Christian name of Michelangelo.

Mar 31, 2023 15:15

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Persecuted Christians•Testimonies of Faith

Vatican Reports to UN That One Out of Every Seven Christians Suffers Persecution

Bishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, permanent observer of the Holy See: «It is worrying that people are persecuted for the mere fact of publicly professing their faith.»

Mar 30, 2023 19:35

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Church and World•Dicasteries•Justice and Peace

Vatican: The “Doctrine of Discovery” Is Not Part of the Teaching of the Catholic Church

Joint Statement of the Dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development.

Mar 30, 2023 19:28

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Pope Francis

The Pope video: Let us develop a culture of peace. A culture of peace

The Pope Video for April is an appeal to build a culture of peace, which should resort “less and less to the use of arms,” because “a lasting peace can exist only without weapons.”

Mar 30, 2023 19:08

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Analysis Opinion•Church and World•Justice and Peace

Church and indigenous peoples: the architecture of reconciliation

The note on the «doctrine of discovery» is part of what we might call the architecture of reconciliation, and is also the product of the art of reconciliation, the process in which people engage in listening to each other, talking to each other and growing in mutual understanding.

Mar 30, 2023 14:19

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Justice and Peace•Local Church

Canada: Bishops’ statement on Vatican’s note on “Doctrine of Discovery”

Peoples for the Church to address the ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ today’s Joint Statement from the two Dicasteries further repudiates any concepts that fail to recognize the inherent rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Mar 30, 2023 14:16

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Justice and Peace•Local Church

USA: bishops comment on Vatican note on the “Doctrine of Discovery”

Statement by the Secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding a note from two dicasteries of the Holy See on the so-called «Doctrine of Discovery».

Mar 30, 2023 14:09

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