Vatican
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Pope celebrates Mass for Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Jun 19, 2017
Holy Mass and Procession to St. Mary Major, presided by Pope Francis, for the Solemn Feast of Corpus Christi
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Merkel: Pope urged me to fight for Paris climate deal
Jun 19, 2017
The Vatican said the talks focused on the need for the international community to combat poverty, hunger, terrorism and climate change
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Pope asks for moment of silence for victims of Portugal forest fires
Jun 19, 2017
Sunday, following the Angelus, Pope Francis asked pilgrims in St. Peter's Square to pause for a silent moment of prayer for all those affected by forest fires still raging in central Portugal.
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Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism
Jun 19, 2017
Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism.
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Pope Francis expresses sorrow for victims of London Grenfell Tower fire
Jun 18, 2017
On Saturday Pope Francis expressed his sorrow for the victims of a devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in London, offering his condolences for the families of those who have died.
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Vatican group meets to discuss situation of migrants around the world
Jun 18, 2017
The Vatican section on Migrants and Refugees met this week with Church leaders from around the world to hear about the challenges of migration faced in different parts of the world and to work on the Church’s contribution to a UN global compact on the topic.
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Pope: Corruption is "a form of blasphemy" that "gives birth to the culture of death"
Jun 16, 2017
Corruption is a "form of blasphemy," it is the weapon, the most common language of the mafias," a "terminal process that perpetuates a culture of deat
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Pope calls corruption a ‘cancer’
Jun 16, 2017
Pope Francis, in a foreword to a work by Cardinal Peter Turkson, has said corruption infects the world like a cancer, and the Church must combat it by working together with society, infusing it with mercy.
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St John Paul II ‘asked aides if he should resign but was advised against it’
Jun 16, 2017
Officials and friends said that as the Holy Father he should carry on his mission until the end, his secretary has recalled
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Papal almoner gives up flat for a Syrian refugee family
Jun 16, 2017
Archbishop Krajewski, who now sleeps in his office, said offering his flat 'doesn't cost me anything'
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.