Vatican
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A car chapel? It's a real thing and Pope Francis blessed one
Dec 04, 2015
A Marian chapel built into a car – called an “Autocappella” – received a blessing from Pope Francis yesterday just before the Wednesday general audie
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'Saint Nicholas' makes surprise appearance in Saint Peter's Square
Dec 04, 2015
A surprise visitor to St. Peter’s Square during the general audience yesterday was met with a warm welcome.
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The first rule for St John Paul II aides: Don’t disturb him while he is praying
Dec 03, 2015
I recently blogged about a book that moved me greatly: Stories about Saint John Paul II, by Wlodzimierz Redzioch, published by Ignatius Press.
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Pope: Opening the Holy Door in Bangui was ‘a sign of hope’
Dec 03, 2015
The early opening of the Holy Door at the cathedral of Bangui, he said, was done as “a sign of faith and hope” for the people of Central African Republic and “symbolically for the whole African population who are most in need of rescue and comfort.”
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Jihadists arrested for threats against Pope Francis, no specific plot known
Dec 03, 2015
Four alleged terrorist sympathizers who made internet threats against Pope Francis have been arrested. While Italian authorities described them as “highly dangerous,” they said they did not appear to be involved in any specific plot.
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Make the mercy jubilee a 'revolution of tenderness', Pope urges
Dec 03, 2015
Pope Francis has granted an interview to the official website for the Jubilee of Mercy, in which he expresses his intention that the year be an occasion to encounter God's tenderness in a world rife with cruelty and atrocities.
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Pope Francis named PETA Person of the Year
Dec 02, 2015
Pope Francis has been named Person of the Year by UK-based animal welfare charity PETA.
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Pope Francis has chosen Africa over Germany
Dec 02, 2015
The Church in Africa has truly come into its own under Pope Francis, and his recent trip to the continent has only underscored its new found role as perhaps the strongest new voice of the faith.
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Yesterday's martyrs, today's priests: The legacy of the Venerable English College
Dec 02, 2015
While the days are long past that to be a Catholic priest in England is a capital crime, the legacy of the nation's Rome-based seminary – where centuries earlier 44 men trained for the priesthood before returning home to be martyred – has not been forgotten.
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Pope Francis criticises ‘fundamentalist’ Catholics
Dec 01, 2015
During an inflight press conference on the way back to Rome at the end of his three-country tour of Africa, Pope Francis criticised “fundamentalists” within the Church.
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