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Pope sends respirators to Covid-struck Colombia
Apr 21, 2021
Pope Francis sends medical and surgical equipment to Colombia, which is struggling to treat Covid-19 patients.
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Pope chooses theme for July 25 World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
Apr 21, 2021
To express the closeness of God and of the church to every older person, Pope Francis has chosen “I am with you always” from the Gospel of Matthew as the theme for the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
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Pope’s condolences for late Cardinal Khoarai of Lesotho
Apr 21, 2021
Cardinal Sebastian Koto Khoarai of Lesotho passed away on Saturday, April 17. The 91-year-old bishop emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek was Lesotho’s first cardinal.
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Webinar urges common efforts to care for biodiversity
Apr 21, 2021
Cardinal Peter Turkson stresses the importance of ecological conversion and a common commitment to care for our common home at a webinar on biodiversi
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Pope Francis to ordain nine priests for the Diocese of Rome
Apr 20, 2021
Pope Francis will ordain nine deacons to the priesthood at St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, 25 April. All nine of them are currently on retreat in preparation for their priestly ordination.
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Pope Francis applauds beatification of monks who died protecting the Eucharist
Apr 19, 2021
Blessed Siméon Cardon and five other Cistercian monks were beatified on April 17 in the Italian abbey where they were martyred more than 200 years ago.
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Pope at Regina Coeli: Christianity is relationship, care and joy
Apr 19, 2021
On the Third Sunday of Easter Pope Francis reflects on how being a Christian is not first of all a doctrine or a moral ideal, it is the living relatio
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Vatican sign language project brings Pope Francis’ words to all
Apr 19, 2021
Pope Francis’ Wednesday and Sunday speeches to the public will now be accessible in American Sign Language.
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Pope and UN refugee agency chief discuss people on the move
Apr 19, 2021
Pope Francis on Friday received in audience United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, and discussed issues linked with the movement of people.
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Benedict XVI turns 94 years old
Apr 19, 2021
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was born 94 years ago April 16 in the town of Marktl, Bavaria. More than eight years after he announced his retirement from



Sunday Reflection
Third Sunday of Easter: Witnesses
Today’s Gospel reading is an Easter account from the Gospel of Luke. It begins with the events that took place on the evening of Easter Sunday, after Jesus had appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.