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  Al Gore: Pope Francis a ‘moral force’ for solving climate crisis

  Jul 04, 2018

  Nobel Peace Prize Winner and former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore, is one of the world’s most vocal defenders of the environment. His 2007 documentary film, “An Inconvenient Truth”, won an Oscar and his Climate Reality Project recently hosted an important summit in Berlin. In this exclusive interview with Vatican News, Al Gore praises Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato si”, and calls for a “Sustainability Revolution”.

  
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  Pope Francis asks Catholics to pray for their Priests in July

  Jul 04, 2018

  In his latest prayer video, Pope Francis asked Catholics to dedicate the month of July to giving a spiritual gift to their pastors by praying for them, especially the priests who are tired or lonely.

  
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  Pope Francis names three new Auxiliary Bishops for Chicago

  Jul 04, 2018

  The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has named three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago, appointing Fr. Ronald Hicks, Fr. Robert G. Casey and Fr. Mark Bartosic to the positions.

  
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  Christians an 'essential element of balance' in the Middle East

  Jul 04, 2018

  For two cardinals helping to organize Pope Francis' upcoming trip to Bari, the event is a chance to highlight not only the historic religious presence of Christianity in the Middle East, but also the social contribution the various rites and churches bring to the region.

  
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  Pope appoints new Bishop in Mangalore, India

  Jul 04, 2018

  Pope Francis appointed Fr. Peter Paul Saldanha as the new Bishop of Mangalore, in southern India’s Karnataka state.

  
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  The Vatican and China: Dialogue and negotiation

  Jul 04, 2018

  The Chinese Catholic community, together with their bishops – both recognized and not recognized by the government – are in favour of a dialogue with the authorities. But the dialogue will remain purely theoretical, if the risk of a true negotiation for building up the common good is not accepted, as Pope Francis has emphasized.

  
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  Pope’s ecumenical and peace initiative in Bari on Middle East Christians

  Jul 04, 2018

  A press conference in the Vatican on Tuesday presented the visit of Pope Francis to Bari, Italy, on July 7, where he will join other Christian Church leaders in an ecumenical reflection and prayer for the suffering Christians of the Middle East.

  
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  Pope Francis might again visit Geneva, Nuncio says

  Jul 03, 2018

  Pope Francis characterized his June 21st day-trip to Geneva as an “ecumenical pilgrimage,” not a political trip, and for this reason he did not visit the UN and other international organizations in Geneva.

  
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  Vatican cricket team tours UK to strengthen interfaith relations

  Jul 02, 2018

  The ‘Light of Faith’ tour by St Peter’s Cricket Club seeks to build bridges between cultures and religions through a shared love of sport.

  
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  Pope: Christian suffering in the Middle East at the centre of his visit to Bari

  Jul 02, 2018

  The suffering of many Christians in the Middle East will be at the centre of the meeting Pope Francis will have next Saturday in Bari with many Eastern Christian Church leaders, Pope Francis himself said after the Angelus, when he invited the faithful to pray for the people of Syria and the youths missing in a cave in Thailand.