Vatican
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Vigano to McCarrick: Repent, for the sake of your soul
Jan 15, 2019
A former papal representative to the U.S. has written an open letter to Archbishop Theodore McCarrick that urges the archbishop to repent publicly of the sexual abuse and misconduct of which he stands accused.
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Update: Rome mayor says Caritas will still get Trevi Fountain coins
Jan 15, 2019
After weeks of confusion and consternation, Rome's mayor told the Vatican newspaper that Rome Caritas would benefit not only from the coins tourists throw in the Trevi Fountain, but from coins tossed in any of the city's historic water features.
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Pope Francis meets with Chilean bishops to discuss abuse crisis
Jan 15, 2019
Pope Francis met for three hours Monday with leaders of the Chilean bishops’ conference, as the bishops “Together with the pope, we looked back at the events of the last year and looked forward to the upcoming steps.
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Commonweal Magazine challenges PA grand jury report
Jan 15, 2019
An article in the American Catholic journal, Commonweal, questions the structure and wording of the Pennsylvania grand jury report, released last Auguust, regarding clerical sexual abuse
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Children must see the faith lived at home
Jan 14, 2019
At Mass in the Sistine Chapel Sunday, Pope Francis baptized 27 babies, reminding their parents that the first space in which children learn and witness the faith is at home.
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Pope's Romania trip confirmed for early summer
Jan 14, 2019
The Vatican confirmed Friday that Pope Francis will travel to Romania to the cities of Bucharest, Iasi, and Blaj, and to a Marian shrine in eastern Transylvania, at the end of May and beginning of June.
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Pope at Angelus: Remember date of your Baptism
Jan 14, 2019
Ahead of the Sunday Angelus prayer, Pope Francis urges each of us to remember the date of our Baptism, and reflects on Jesus’ two-fold immersion at his own Baptism in the Jordan.
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The deep meaning of Rome’s ‘Three Coins in the Fountain’ contretemps
Jan 14, 2019
Anyone who’s ever been to Rome on holiday – for that matter, anyone who’s ever seen movies such as “Three Coins in the Fountain” – knows what you’re supposed to do at the city’s famed Trevi Fountain. You toss in a coin and make a wish, hoping that good fortune will be yours.
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Pope: The Salesian, an educator who embraces the fragility of marginalized children
Jan 14, 2019
In the preface to the book "Evangelii gaudium con don Bosco", Francis writes that the Salesian is "an optimist by nature, he knows how to look at children with positive realism". "The Salesians - he writes - have trained me in beauty, at work and in being very happy".
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Pope: History helps us reflect on the past and shows us the way forward
Jan 14, 2019
Pope Francis on Saturday addressed Professors of Church History inviting them to continue to contribute to the contemplation of Christ: “the cornerstone, who works in the history and memory of humanity and of all cultures”.
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr George Vaithynathan