Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Domenico Giani, head of the Vatican police, nearly two weeks after an internal security notice was leaked to the Italian press. The Vatican announced on 14th October that the pope accepted the resignation of the 57-year-old Vatican police chief who, although “bears no personal responsibility” for the leak, “tendered […]
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A hashtag mix-up caused a papal tweet meant to give thanks for the Catholic Church’s newest saints to be read as Pope Francis showing support for the New Orleans Saints’ NFL team. After the canonisation of five new saints, including St John Henry Newman, on Sunday 13th October, the pope’s official Twitter account, @Pontifex, tweeted: […]
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St John Henry Newman was hailed as a priest, a poet and a thinker who had a “profound” impact on the world as he was canonised by Pope Francis. In front of tens of thousands of pilgrims at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square, the Pontiff elevated the English theologian to sainthood. The Prince of Wales, […]
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Saints are people who recognised their need for God’s help, who took risks to discover God’s will and to help others and who nurtured a habit of thanksgiving, Pope Francis said. “The culmination of the journey of faith is to live a life of continual thanksgiving. Let us ask ourselves: Do we, as people of […]
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On the eve of the canonisation of St John Henry Newman, the Prince of Wales penned an article about England’s newest saint for the Vatican newspaper. St Newman’s example, he wrote, ‘is needed more than ever for the manner in which, at his best, he could advocate without accusation, could disagree without disrespect and, perhaps […]
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Today’s canonisation of Cardinal John Henry Newman has been hailed by Britain’s ambassador to the Holy See as an important moment in the UK’s relationship with the Vatican that can bring the two states closer together. Ambassador Sally Axworthy described Cardinal Newman as a “giant” of the 19th century whose poetry, sermons and books went […]
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John Henry Newman was a spiritual ‘giant’ and ‘a very important figure,’ according to the British ambassador to the Holy See. Sally Axworthy was speaking ahead of Newman’s canonisation in Rome on 13 October. “Cardinal Newman was really a very important figure. He was a giant of the 19th century,” she said. She spoke of […]
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Lay men and women involved in ministry have been fundamental in spreading the Gospel and furthering the Catholic Church’s mission in the Amazon, a Brazilian bishop said. Bishop Wilmar Santin of Itaituba, told journalists at a Vatican press briefing that the formation of “ministers of the word” among the Munduruku indigenous community in his prelature […]
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When Catholics attack other members of the Church, they are hurting Christ, Pope Francis said. “Even those who are ideologists, because they want the ‘purity’ of the Church, strike at Christ,” he said during his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square. Taking a break from the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, the pope […]
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Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, said the people who portray him as an opponent of Pope Francis are being used by the devil to help divide the Church. “The truth is that the Church is represented on earth by the vicar of Christ, that is by […]
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