Vatican
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Vatican conference on robotics and artificial intelligence
May 17, 2019
A 2-day conference focusing on the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on humanity, that began in the Vatican on Thursday, is being organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
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Salva Kiir: I trembled when the Pope kissed our feet
May 17, 2019
The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has told his country’s parliament, in Juba, that he was shocked and shaken when the Pope kissed his feet during a Vatican special retreat for South Sudanese leaders, in April.
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Pope at General Audience: Lord’s prayer confronts full range of evil
May 16, 2019
Pope Francis focuses his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience on the final petition of the Lord’s prayer, saying Jesus is at our side to deliver us from all manner of evil.
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Pope gives migrant children a ride on his popemobile
May 16, 2019
Pope Francis invites eight migrant children who recently arrived in Italy from Libya to take a ride with him on the popemobile as he makes his way through St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience.
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Fr. Ferruccio Brambillasca elected PIME Superior General for a second term
May 16, 2019
The four councilors were also elected: Fr. Fabio Motta, from the mission in Guinea Bissau; Fr. Xavier Lourdh, from the mission in Japan; Brother Massimo Cattaneo, from the Bangladesh mission; Fr. Raffaele Manenti, a former missionary in India and Thailand, up until now the spiritual director in the PIME theological seminary.
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The Church will soon have two new Saints and a Blessed
May 15, 2019
Pope Francis on May 13 authorized eight decrees on the miracles and heroic virtues of 8 men and women, five of them Italians, two Brazilians and a Spaniard. Two miracles have been cleared for canonization and another for beatification.
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Pope sends condolences for death of Card. Nasrallah Sfeir
May 15, 2019
Pope Francis sends his condolences upon the death of Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, who died on Sunday just ahead of his 99th birthday.
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Holy See reiterates promotion and defence of family
May 15, 2019
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, addressed a conference in view of the May 15 UN's International Day of Families.
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Francis prays for victims of Burkina Faso attack
May 14, 2019
Pope Francis is praying for the victims of the recent attack on a Catholic church in Burkina Faso, the interim head of the Holy See press office said Monday.
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Beijing and Rome can work together, Parolin tells Chinese media
May 14, 2019
In an interview with a Chinese state-run publication, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin welcomed the opportunity for China and the Holy See to work together to “build a more secure and prosperous world.”
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.
