Local Church

After the Supreme Court’s Ruling, the State of Kansas Approved Abortion by Referendum

Kansas lawmakers are unable to legislate open restrictions to abortion after the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Aug 06, 2022 23:09

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Pope Francis

Pope Makes Clear What He Understands by “Synodality”: “It’s Not the Last Minute Recipe of the Church” 

“I’m bothered by the use of the adjective ‘synodal,’ as if it were the last minute recipe of the Church,” said the Holy Father to members of the Society of Jesus in Canada.

Aug 05, 2022 14:31

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Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Appoints as His Personal Health Assistant the Nurse “Who Saved His Life”

Massimiliano Strappetti had already worked with other Popes, specifically with Saint John Paul II and Benedict XVI, although not in such a specific position.

Aug 05, 2022 14:27

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Pope Francis•Young People

Pope Takes Up Again the General Audiences and Talks About His Trip to Canada

On this first Wednesday of August, the theme of the Holy Father’s address was his trip to Canada.

Aug 05, 2022 01:46

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Pope Francis•Young People

Pope Francis to 50,000 Young People in Medjugorje: “It’s Not Enough to Come Out of Oneself, One must Know to Whom to Go”

After two years of pandemic, Medjugorje opens its doors again to thousands of young people for the Catholic Youth Festival and the Pope sends them a message.

Aug 05, 2022 01:38

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Local Church

Bishops Evidence Sectarian Drift of U.S. Congress

We pray that Congress will meet this generational moment, say the Bishops.

Aug 05, 2022 01:34

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Pope Francis

Pope Suggests Three Challenges to the Church in Canada: To Witness, To Be Fraternal and to Make Jesus Known

“In a spirit of fraternity, allow me to suggest three challenges that can shape your prayer and pastoral service,” he said.

Jul 31, 2022 14:17

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Pope Francis

Pope Speaks of Three Women to Canadian Indians and Wins Their Heart

“These women can help us to come together, and start to weave anew a reconciliation that can uphold the rights of the most vulnerable in our midst and look at history without resentment or forgetfulness. Two of them, Our Lady and Saint Kateri, received from God a plan for their lives, and, without asking any man, courageously said ‘yes’ to it,” said the Pope to moved Indians who met with him in Quebec.

Jul 30, 2022 21:44

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Pope Francis•Spirituality

From Failure to Hope in Life: The Pope’s Beautiful Homily in Quebec, Canada

“In face of the scandal of evil and of the Body of Christ wounded in the flesh of our Indian brothers, we too have immersed ourselves in bitterness and feel the weight of the fall,”  said the Pope in his homily.

Jul 29, 2022 22:04

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Pope Francis

Canada: Pope’s Informal Meeting with HIV Patients and Drug Addicts

At the end of the visit, before taking leave of those present, the Pontiff left as a gift an Icon of the Virgin “Most Holy Lady of Jerusalem.

Jul 29, 2022 21:58

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Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope Gifts Edmonton Seminary with a Sculpture of Saint Joseph

A gift for the hospitality he received in that Seminary during the first stage of his trip to Canada.

Jul 28, 2022 22:21

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Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope Francis gives sculpture of Our Lady Untier of Knots to indigenous Canadians

It was during his pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne, a sacred place for both indigenous peoples and Canadian Catholics. The work is a prayer to the Virgin Mary to unblock the world’s problems.

Jul 28, 2022 02:05

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