Full interview with Pope Francis after his pastoral trip to Indonesia, Papua, Timor and Singapore

Sep 13, 2024 14:25

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Pope Francis spoke to the journalists accompanying his Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania. Photo: Vatican Media

In the Courts of Three Popes By Mary Ann Glendon (Image, 2024)

with Father José Enrique Oyarzún, LC, Rector of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum

Interview

Interview: broadening desire or what does it mean to talk about affectivity, love and friendship?

«Chastity is a fullness,» explains the author, a Trappist monk and, since 2020, Bishop of Trondheim in Norway. «It is an attitude towards things and people that springs forth when the human heart is invested by that embrace that heals and fulfils its most radical expectations. That is why it is reductive to equate chastity with ‘not doing’ and ‘not being’. It is a state of grace.

Mar 17, 2024 00:26

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Church and World•Interview•Pope Francis•Vatican Diplomacy

Interview with the Secretary of State on the interview with Pope Francis and the diplomatic crisis resulting from it.

“One must never forget context, which in this case is a question that was addressed to the Pope. He, in response, spoke of negotiation and, in particular, the courage to negotiate, which is never a surrender. The Holy See pursues this line and continues to call for a ceasefire—and it should be the aggressors who cease fire first—and then the opening of negotiations. The Holy Father explains that negotiating is not weakness but strength. It is not surrender, but courage”, said Cardinal Parolin.

Mar 12, 2024 23:47

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What Catholics (and non-Catholics alike) should know about transhumanism and emerging technologies explained by a priest

Fr. Michael Baggot, editor and author of Enhancement Fit for Humanity: Perspectives on Emerging Technologies, offers an in-depth analysis of Transhumanism and Emerging Technologies in his latest interview with Matt Fradd on the United States’ most renowned Catholic long-form discussion program Pints with Aquinas

Feb 06, 2024 00:54

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On «just war» and the peace being built by the Church: interview with Vatican Secretary of State

Vatican diplomacy faces the test of a “third world war fought in piecemeal.” The task of Christians and the radical crisis of trust. In the December issue of Traces, a dialogue with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See.

Dec 05, 2023 23:09

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Analysis Opinion•Interview

Vatican Diplomacy? The Challenge to Assume Responsibilities in a Different Way from The Past

Geo-Literature that moves the world: the power of diplomacy and the fascination of books, also in the Church’s international action. Interview with diplomat Fernand Gentilini

Nov 22, 2023 15:59

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He did so by sending a video message to the fifty young people participating in MED 24 Tirana, a new edition of the Mediterranean Encounters

The Pope at MED24 asked the young people of the Mediterranean to help the region “recover its expression of fraternity and peace” and stop being “a graveyard”

He did so through a message he sent to the young people participating in Albania at MED 24 in Tirana. Inspired by the previous Mediterranean Meetings, the event aims to create a spirit of fraternity following Francis’ call to build bridges of dialogue between the different religions and cultures of the Mediterranean.

Vatican’s dialogue with China and Pope Francis’ realism

In the last six years, also marked by a period of rare contact in relations between the parties during the pandemic, nine new Catholic bishops have been ordained in China. In the same period, eight so-called «non-official» bishops, ordained in the past outside the procedures imposed by the Chinese apparatus, have asked for and obtained public recognition of their function also from the political authorities in Beijing

Full interview with Pope Francis after his pastoral trip to Indonesia, Papua, Timor and Singapore

In An Interview, Pope Francis Talks About How Demanding It Is to Be Pope, His Dream to Go to China and How He Handles Criticisms

The Papal Court and the Future of the Church

Ecclesiastical Academic Institution Promotes Culture of Dialogue

From Putin to Gaza, abuse and Fiducia Supplicans. Interview with the Pope

Resurrection: The Method of Accompaniment in Transcendent Mourning That Heals and Evangelizes

For the first time a Cardinal (Muller) on one of the most watched programs in the world: the Tucker Carlson vlog

Interview: broadening desire or what does it mean to talk about affectivity, love and friendship?

Interview with the Secretary of State on the interview with Pope Francis and the diplomatic crisis resulting from it.

What Catholics (and non-Catholics alike) should know about transhumanism and emerging technologies explained by a priest

On «just war» and the peace being built by the Church: interview with Vatican Secretary of State

Vatican Diplomacy? The Challenge to Assume Responsibilities in a Different Way from The Past