Vatican
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Pope appeals for protection of Yanomami people’s rights in Amazon rainforest
Oct 21, 2024
Pope Francis urges the political and civil authorities of countries in the Amazonia to safeguard the fundamental rights of the indigenous Yanomami people, who live on the border between Venezuela and Brazil.
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Digital missionaries continue journey to proclaim the Gospel online
Oct 21, 2024
Three Vatican officials hold an online prayer vigil at the tomb of St. Peter to conclude the Digital Synod initiative, encouraging thousands of Catholic digital missionaries in their service to the Church in the key of synodality.
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Pope Francis: 'Sports are the hymn to life'
Oct 21, 2024
Pope Francis sends a message to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, and challenges the Italian newspaper to report on the victories and defeats of athletes as “a way of thinking and living sport as a hymn to life.”
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Church must reach out to everyone
Oct 18, 2024
In his message for World Mission Day 2024 which falls on October 20, Pope Francis has emphasised the Church’s mission to evangelise with renewed zeal, urging Catholics to invite everyone to the banquet of God’s love, echoing the theme from the Gospel of Matthew: “Go and invite everyone to the banquet” (Mt 22:9).
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Pope welcomes growing roles for women in the Church
Oct 18, 2024
The subject of women and their role in the Catholic Church was central to a conversation Pope Francis had with 150 Jesuits from Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, during his recent Apostolic Visit.
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Pope to G7 on Inclusion and Disability: However different, we are all the same
Oct 18, 2024
Pope Francis urges global leaders at the G7 on Inclusion and Disability to prioritise the dignity, inclusion, and empowerment of persons with disabilities, emphasising justice, universal accessibility, and solidarity.
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Pope presented with Holy Land peace perspective
Oct 18, 2024
During an audience in the Vatican with Pope Francis, former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and former Palestinian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nasser Al-Kidva, presented their peace proposal for the war ravaging their nations.
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Vatican stats show decline in baptisms, clergy, religious
Oct 18, 2024
Catholics remained about 17.7 percent of global population, but their numbers grew in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania
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Birthday party at Synod for Inés, daughter of a synodal father
Oct 18, 2024
A little girl from Dallas travels to Rome to celebrate her 10th birthday with her dad, José Manuel de Urquidi, a “digital missionary” and one of the participants at the Synod.
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Pope Francis to release ‘first memoir published by a sitting pontiff’ in January
Oct 17, 2024
In January 2025, Pope Francis will become the first sitting pontiff to publish an autobiographical memoir, which will be titled “Hope.”
Sunday Reflection
God’s Unconditional Love
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI