Vatican
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Vatican urges Venezuela to suspend constitutional revision
Aug 05, 2017
As tensions and deaths continue to rise in Venezuela over the government's push to re-write their constitution, the Holy See has urged the country's leaders to hold off on the constitutional assembly, focusing instead on alleviating the nation's crippling humanitarian crisis.
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Pope prays for victims of ‘perverse plague’ of trafficking
Aug 05, 2017
Human trafficking is “brutal, savage and criminal,” Pope Francis said, but often it seems like people see it as a sad, but normal fact of life.
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Pope Francis to German soccer team: ‘Be athletes for peace’
Aug 04, 2017
The Holy Father met with them ahead of his weekly General Audience.
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Pope sends greetings to Knights of Columbus
Aug 04, 2017
Cardinal Parolin’s letter expresses the Holy Father’s gratitude for the Knights’ support of Christians in the Middle East who are suffering from violence and persecution.
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Pope Francis sends letter to interfaith prayer meeting in Japan
Aug 04, 2017
The Pope’s letter was delivered and read to participants by Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop-emeritus of Hong Kong.
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Vatican, a global network against organized crime and corruption is born
Aug 04, 2017
Announces the council for justice of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development in a document covering the June 15th debate. "It will not be limited to pious exhortations; concrete gestures are needed."
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Praying, reading and waking up later, Francis’ staycation
Aug 04, 2017
“My family was not rich, I am not used to taking vacations.” And he will be holding the Angelus with the faithful in the Vatican
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Pope Francis: To be a Christian means to have hope even in darkness
Aug 03, 2017
On Wednesday Pope Francis said that to be a Christian means to have hope in the light of Christ, which we are filled with at our Baptism, even in the midst of difficulties or darkness.
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Knights of Columbus to raise $2 million to rebuild Iraqi town
Aug 03, 2017
The Knights of Columbus on Tuesday announced it will raise and donate $2 million to re-settle Iraqi Christian families displaced by the Islamic State in their home town of Karemlesh on the Nineveh Plain.
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Vatican issues statement on sustainable tourism as development tool
Aug 02, 2017
The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, recently established by the Holy See, has for the first time in its history issued a statement on 29 June for World Tourism Day on 27 September.
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr George Vaithynathan