Vatican
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Pope remembers victims of attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and UK
Oct 18, 2021
Pope Francis remembered the victims of violence over the past week in attacks taking place in Norway, Afghanistan, and the UK. He also recalled the beatification of Fr. Juan Elías Medina and 126 companions martyred in Spain in the 1930s.
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May the Holy Spirit renew the grace of Baptism in us
Oct 18, 2021
Addressing pilgrims gathered for the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis invites us to ask the Holy Spirit to renew the grace of Baptism in us, the immersion in Jesus, in his way of being, in service.
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Los Angeles renames Father Junipero Serra Park, despite Catholic praise for sainted missionary
Oct 18, 2021
While Catholic leaders have made strong defenses of St. Junipero Serra after a wave of vandalism and crime targeted Catholic statues and churches last year, political leaders in California continue to remove markers of the missionary whom Pope Francis canonized as the first Hispanic American saint.
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Pope urges Church to leave behind “outworn pastoral models”
Oct 16, 2021
Pope Francis on October 10 officially launched the two-year synod process in an opening Mass where he urged the global Catholic Church to leave behind outworn pastoral models.
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Pope: ‘I will never tire of upholding the dignity of work’
Oct 15, 2021
Pope Francis sends a video message to an event in Argentina that aims to find sustainable solutions to business development safeguarding the dignity and rights of workers and their families.
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Pope to pharmacists: Don't let the 'culture of waste' affect you
Oct 15, 2021
Pope Francis receives in audience a delegation of the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy and of the Pharmaceutical Services of Health Authorities (SIFO), ahead of its national congress.
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Pope: Christian freedom leads to welcoming people and cultures
Oct 14, 2021
Pope Francis says that, freed by grace and love, Christianity is able to welcome every people and culture, and in turn opens peoples and cultures to greater freedom.
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Pope John Paul I – a miracle clears him for beatification
Oct 14, 2021
Pope Francis has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree on a miraculous healing attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul I.
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Pope John Paul I on the road to sainthood
Oct 14, 2021
Pope Francis authorizes the promulgation of a Decree advancing the causes for the canonization of Pope John Paul I. The heroic virtues of other holy men and women were also recognized as were the martyrdoms of two Argentinean priests.
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Let us be inspired by St. Joseph in the synodal process
Oct 13, 2021
In an interview with Vatican media, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of People, talks about his devotion to St. Joseph in this Special Year dedicated to the holy figure, and says we can all find inspiration in his virtues.
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD