Vatican
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Pope calls for international commitment to eliminate child labour
Nov 03, 2021
In a message to the General Director of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, Pope Francis calls for a joint international commitment to eradicate the scourge of child labour.
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Pope to COP26: Let's choose to leave our children a healthy planet
Nov 03, 2021
Pope Francis' speech is delivered by Cardinal Pietro Parolin in Glasgow, where he stresses the need for action from all to save the planet and those suffering the most from the climate emergency.
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Pope to pray for victims of war and violence on All Souls Day
Nov 03, 2021
Pope Francis says the festivity on 2 November is an occasion to pray, in a special way, for all victims of war and violence.
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COP26: Pope’s call for ecological conversion rooted in common good
Nov 02, 2021
Nicholas Fitzpatrick of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development talks about the contribution of Pope Francis and of other religious leaders at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference.
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Pope blesses bells that peal proclamation of sacredness of life
Nov 02, 2021
With the sign of the cross and a tug of a rope, Pope Francis blessed bells for parishes in Ukraine and Ecuador, praying that their peals would proclaim the sacredness of all human life.
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Pope must be careful with North Korean poisoned chalice
Nov 02, 2021
When South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in met Pope Francis in Rome last Friday, he handed him not only a cross made with barbed wire from a fence in the Korean Peninsula’s demilitarized zone but a poisoned chalice.
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Pope on All Saints: Beatitudes show path to holiness & happiness
Nov 02, 2021
On the Solemnity of All Saints Pope Francis leads the recitation of the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's Square reflecting on how the Beatitudes show us the path that leads to the Kingdom of God and to happiness. To be a saint, he says, is to walk on this road, especially through joy and prophecy manifested in our lives.
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Cardinal Parolin: COP26 must affirm centrality of multilateralism and action
Nov 01, 2021
More than 30,000 delegates will meet in Glasgow, Scotland, from October 31 to November 12 for the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26). "We have the means and resources for a change of course," says Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in an interview with Vatican Media.
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Pope prays for Haiti, flood victims in Vietnam and Sicily, COP26 summit
Nov 01, 2021
Pope Francis expresses his closeness to people hit by flooding in Vietnam and the Italian island of Sicily, urges civil authorities in Haiti to protect people as gang-related violence spikes, and hopes COP26 will produce effective solutions to climate change.
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Pope at Angelus: May our love for God and neighbour resound in us
Nov 01, 2021
At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis calls on us to repeat Jesus' words and truly endeavour "to Love God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind and with all our strength and my neighbour as myself”.
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD