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As Omicron stops pilgrimages, calls are made to go beyond the pandemic

Dec 13, 2021

For the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, this year’s Christmas is compromised, but action should be taken to ensure an upturn next year. Working with Israeli authorities, “new ways” ought to be found to allow both religious practice and fight COVID-19. AsiaNews is organising a pilgrimage in March next year.
Pope: During Advent ask what we should do for Jesus and others

Dec 13, 2021

At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis says the Advent Season is about asking ourselves how to prepare for Christmas and what we can do for Jesus and others, concretely, in our lives. He also blessed the statues of the Child Jesus brought by children to St. Peter's Square on this Third Sunday of Advent.
Pope, US Bishops praying for victims of deadly tornadoes

Dec 13, 2021

Church leaders respond with prayers, and pledges of assistance after deadly storms left a trail of death and destruction in the United States.
Pope: Consecrated life is the “gospel” for today’s world

Dec 13, 2021

Pope Francis on Saturday met participants in the plenary assembly of the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and thanked them for their service.
Archdiocese of Kuching gifted with a new Priest amidst COVID Pandemic

Dec 13, 2021

The Presbyterium of the Archdiocese of Kuching welcomed a new priest, Rev Fr Mark Noel Bonchol at a Mass to celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary, on 8 December 2021.
Pope Francis: Look out for ‘self-referential’ founders who put themselves ‘above the Church’

Dec 13, 2021

Pope Francis asked Vatican officials on Saturday to look out for “self-referential” founders of Catholic communities who put themselves “above the Church.”
Pope to Italian Air Force: Fly high, you are peacemakers

Dec 13, 2021

The Pope receives members of the Italian Air Force as the Lauretan Jubilee comes to an end, telling them they are peacemakers in the air.
Cardinal Cantalamessa: Holy Spirit renews our fervor to call God ‘Father’

Dec 13, 2021

The Preacher of the Papal Household, Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, delivers his second Advent sermon, and reflects on the Holy Spirit’s role in our prayer as children of God.
Human Rights Day: Myanmar's silent strike, UN condemns rights abuse

Dec 13, 2021

Myanmar’s people successfully marked Human Rights Day, 10 Dec., with a nationwide “silent strike” the military rule. The UN’s human rights office deplored worsening rights abuse by the junta.
Kenya: Funeral Mass held for 32 choir members of the Mwingi bus tragedy

Dec 13, 2021

As the forensic identification continued, bodies of the choir members who perished in the River Enziu tragedy were being released to their families for burial.