Pope Francis ended his second day in Romania with a festive meeting with young people and families that encapsulated his message of fostering dialogue between younger and older generations. After arriving by helicopter in the northeastern city of Iasi on 1st June, the pope met with thousands of young men and women, along with parents […]
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In the wake of a mass shooting that left 12 people dead in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development called for American society to examine why such violent incidents continue to occur. “This shooting reminds us yet again that something is fundamentally broken in our […]
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At a Marian shrine in the heart of Transylvania, Pope Francis called on Romania’s Catholics to leave resentments behind and to embark on a journey of unity. Celebrating Mass on 1st June at the Sumuleu Ciuc shrine, an important place of pilgrimage for Romanians and for Catholics from across the border in Hungary, the pope […]
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Pope Francis told Romanian leaders a country’s success is measured by how it treats and cares for its most vulnerable citizens, especially the poor and disadvantaged. The path to building an inclusive society is one where every person is seen as a brother or sister and “where the weak, the poor and the least are […]
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Pro-lifers have been urged to boycott Disney and Netflix after the companies threatened to pull film production in Georgia over the US state’s new abortion law, which protects the unborn after a heartbeat is detected. Georgia’s heartbeat bill, which is due to come into effect on 1st January 2020, outlaws terminations in cases where a […]
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Louisiana’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Catholic, said he will sign into law a measure that makes nearly all abortions illegal in the state once the fetal heartbeat is detected, which could be as early as six weeks. In a 79-23 vote, the state House approved the so-called ‘heartbeat bill’ on 29th May. The […]
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Although Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church in Dayton sustained significant damage from tornadoes that swept through the southwestern region of the state earlier this week, a statue of Mary on the property remained standing next to the ruined bell tower (pictured). “It was pretty staggering to see this amount of damage, the extent of it. […]
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The relics of two Fatima child saints have been stolen from a church in Verona while they were travelling on a pilgrimage tour in Italy. Fr Andrea Ronconi said small pieces of clothing belonging to the Portuguese shepherd children, who were made saints in 2017, were stolen on Wednesday. Police are looking for two suspects. […]
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Catholic Church leaders welcomed the outcome of key European Union elections as endorsing their continent’s unity, but also called for stronger dialogue in European politics. “People have shown responsibility by voting. This is a very positive sign,” said the Archbishop of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Hollerich, president of the Brussels-based Commission of European Union Bishops’ Conference, or […]
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The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has issued an urgent call to rebuild persecuted Christian communities in Iraq and other minorities pushed to the brink of extinction. In a statement released today, Thursday 30th May, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, said: “The need to reconstruct towns and villages [in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains] […]
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