Vatican
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Pope to Salesian Sisters: 'Renew your mission in listening love for young people'
Oct 25, 2021
Pope Francis urges members of the 24th General Chapter of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians to be inspired by the example of Our Lady and encourages them in their service of young people and of the poor.
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Pope reiterates appeal for protection of migrants in Libya
Oct 25, 2021
With a powerful appeal to the international community to implement lasting resolutions for the safeguard of lives and the dignity of migrants and refugees, Pope Francis says his thoughts never stray from the predicament of the thousands of men, women and children stranded in Libya as they search to reach Europe in the hope of a better life.
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Pope: Work to build a more solidary, just, and equitable work
Oct 25, 2021
In an address to the Centesimus Annus – Pro Pontifice Foundation, Pope Francis says developing a more just and equitable society, and protecting the freedom and dignity of persons, is at the heart of the mission to implement the Church’s social teaching.
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Pope: May witness of Maria Montessori inspire solidarity and dialogue
Oct 24, 2021
In a message sent to the International Conference of the "Opera Nazionale Maria Montessori", Pope Francis urges people to look to her example "to form people in solidarity, citizens of the world open to dialogue and to acceptance."
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Vatican decree clarifies role of Bishops’ conferences in liturgical translations
Oct 24, 2021
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has published a decree implementing Pope Francis’ motu proprio “Magnum principium,” concerning the respective competencies of the Congregation and the episcopal conferences with regard to the translation of liturgical texts. The Prefect of the Congregation explains the import of the new decree, in a written interview with Vatican Media.
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Vatican regulates the role of postulator in saints’ causes
Oct 22, 2021
The Vatican has introduced formal regulations for postulators — those who help guide the process behind the declaration of a saint in the Catholic Church.
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Vatican asks Indian bishops to curb priests violating canon law
Oct 22, 2021
The papal representative in India has ordered Catholic bishops in the southern state of Tamil Nadu to stop priests engaging in activities that make them “financial and political power bases.”
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Pope calls for ‘mission of compassion’ spurred by pandemic
Oct 22, 2021
Pope Francis urged Catholics to engage in a “mission of compassion” to a world ravaged by the coronavirus crisis.
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Catholic healthcare must always choose patients over profits
Oct 22, 2021
A person’s wealth or lack thereof should not be the determining factor when it comes to receiving health care, Pope Francis said.
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Call to prayer for the synod finds home online, in app
Oct 22, 2021
Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, said in the process to create a more “synodal church,” one where every member contributes and all listen to each other, “we are touching something divine, and prayer is essential.”
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD