Vatican
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Pope Francis entrusts war-torn Ukraine and Holy Land to St. Joseph
Mar 21, 2024
On the day after the Feast of St. Joseph, Pope Francis entrusts the cause of peace to the intercession of St. Joseph, the holy spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, urging all sides to "make every effort to negotiate an end to war."
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Pope Francis: Migrants challenge us as Christians
Mar 21, 2024
Pope Francis urges Bishops from the border regions of Colombia and Costa Rica, along with the Bishops of Panama, to “eradicate the indifference” toward migrants and refugees passing through the Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia.
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Pope calls for respect of family farmers who help societies develop
Mar 20, 2024
In a message to the Eighth Global Conference of the World Rural Forum, Pope Francis highlights how family farmers are crucial in making agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and efficient, playing a leading role in human progress, although weighed down by poverty and lack of opportunities.
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Pope’s Vocations Day message: ‘Pilgrims of hope, builders of peace’
Mar 19, 2024
Pope Francis releases his message for the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations, celebrated on April 21, and urges Christians to welcome our shared vocation to sow the seeds of hope and peace in our world.
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Jesuits complete merger of three Pontifical Universities into single entity
Mar 19, 2024
Welcoming Pope Francis' indications to join three Jesuit-run Pontifical Universities into a single entity, the Pontifical Gregorian University explains the new configuration of the University with the new Statutes entering into force on 19 May 2024.
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Pope praises example of mafia-slain Italian priest
Mar 19, 2024
On the thirtieth anniversary of the brutal assassination of Father Giuseppe Diana at the hands of the Neapolitan mafia Camorra, Pope Francis urges especially young people to take up his legacy of fighting against organized crime and not to let themselves robbed of hope.
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Vatican authorizes opening of cause for canonization for 13-year-old Filipina girl
Mar 19, 2024
The Vatican has determined that nothing prevents the opening of the cause for canonization of Niña Ruiz-Abad, a 13-year-old girl who died in 1993 in the Philippines and whose grave has become a place of pilgrimage.
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Vatican Observatory publishes new method to better understand the Big Bang theory
Mar 19, 2024
Two priests and cosmologists from the Vatican Observatory have made further progress in developing a new mathematical method to understand the Big Bang theory, which describes the first moments of the universe.
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Gift, forgiveness are the essence of God’s glory, Pope says at Angelus
Mar 18, 2024
Pope Francis reflects on the Gospel of the Fifth Sunday of Lent during his weekly Angelus address.
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Pope expresses relief over kidnapped released in Haiti, prays for those still held
Mar 18, 2024
During the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis expresses satisfaction over the release of a teacher and four of six religious kidnapped in Haiti. He appeals for the release of those still held, and he offers prayers for war-torn Ukraine, Palestine and Israel, South Sudan, and Syria.
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.