Vatican
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Education to peace in a Christian perspective
May 24, 2019
The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) have launched a joint document to encourage Churches and Christian organizations to reflect on the structural roots that have led to the disruption of world peace.
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Pope Francis prays for Chinese Catholics
May 23, 2019
At the General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis led the faithful in prayer for the Church in China.
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Pope recalls missionary sister killed in Central African Republic
May 23, 2019
Pope Francis calls to mind a murdered missionary sister, whose body was found in the Central African Republic on the same day a missionary priest was killed in Mozambique.
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Pope at General Audience: Courage and filial intimacy to call God “Father”
May 23, 2019
At Wednesday’s General Audience, Pope Francis concludes his series of catechesis on the “Our Father” prayer, saying it is the Holy Spirit who is the teacher and protagonist of true prayer.
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Pope at Mass: The peace of Jesus is like the calm of a deep sea
May 22, 2019
In his homily during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on the gift of peace promised by Christ to His Apostles as He prepared to leave them. That peace does not come from the world, but from the Holy Spirit. It remains during trial, and even gives us courage to go forward with a smile in our hearts.
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Pope to Italian Bishops: ‘Be close to Priests’
May 22, 2019
Synodality and collegiality, the reform of the marriage annulment process and the relationship between bishops and priests were the focus of Pope Francis’ address to the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI) at the start of its 73rd General Assembly.
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Card. Filoni urges Thai Catholics to be “missionary disciples”
May 22, 2019
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, marked 350 years of the Church in Thailand with a Mass in Sampran on May 18.
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Vatican officials call for continued care for Vincent Lambert
May 22, 2019
The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and the Pontifical Academy for Life on Tuesday issued a joint declaration on the case of Mr. Vincent Lambert calling for continued life support.
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Pope encourages PIME missionaries to evangelize with urgency
May 21, 2019
Pope Francis urges members of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions to proclaim the Gospel with passion and a sense of urgency.
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Pope tells Italian bishops that a great Synod cannot be done without going to the base
May 21, 2019
At the opening the Bishops’ Assembly, Francis referred to a “possible" synod of the Italian episcopate. He called on its members to reflect on "any lack of collegiality and participation in the condition of the Conference".
Sunday Reflection
Sixth Sunday of Easter: Three Cultures
Today’s first reading presents the solution to the great internal struggle of the Primitive or Earliest Church. Externally, it was the question of whether or not gentile Christians had to practise Jewish customs.
