The Vatican secretary of state praised the Polish Church’s traditional closeness to Rome as key to its survival under hostile regimes, in a speech marking the centenary of the nation’s conference of bishops and diplomatic ties with the Vatican. Cardinal Pietro Parolin told the bishops: “Your indispensable task now is to uphold this heritage, preserving […]
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A man Cardinal George Pell was convicted of sexually assaulting said he is finding it hard to “take comfort” in the cardinal’s six-year jail sentence because a request to appeal the conviction is due to be heard on 5th June. The father of the other victim, now deceased, expressed his disappointment with the sentence, which […]
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Cardinal George Pell, 77, was sentenced to six years in prison on 13th March, just over two weeks after a Melbourne court allowed the publication of news that he had been found guilty of sexually abusing two boys. Cardinal Pell, who continues to maintain his innocence, will try to appeal the verdict. The court has […]
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Catholics cannot place blame for the sexual abuse crisis on “those who came before us” in an attempt “to present ourselves as ‘pure’,” said the editorial director of the Vatican media outlets. The Church today must ask God to free it from evil, said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication. On the […]
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For the nearly 2,000 sisters and 200 women in formation who make up the Congregation of the Holy Family, the long wait is over. Since 2012, members of the order based in Kerala state in southern India have observed strict fasts and engaged in earnest prayer awaiting recognition from the Vatican of a second miracle […]
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Four Catholic Relief Service staff members on their way to a training session in Nairobi, Kenya, were among the passengers aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed moments after takeoff in the east African nation. The accident on 10th March claimed the lives of 157 people on board, many of them from humanitarian agencies. Others […]
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In a world of different religions, cultures and languages, art has the capacity to bring people together and inspire them to take action in addressing critical challenges, said a Vatican official. That is why the official, Fr Augusto Zampini, made sure art and culture played a pivotal role in the international conference he helped organise […]
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The Archdiocese of Rouen concluded its sainthood inquiry into the life and death of a French priest who was killed while celebrating Mass. Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen presided over the final session of the diocesan inquiry into the life and martyrdom of Fr Jacques Hamel, Vatican News reported on 9th March. Fr Hamel was […]
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Pope Francis welcomed top officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Vatican the day before the officials inaugurated their first temple in the city of Rome. The Vatican included the pope’s meeting with Russell M. Nelson, president of the LDS Church, in a list of Pope Francis’ encounters on 9th […]
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Sustainable development cannot be achieved without the voices of those effected by the exploitation of the earth’s resources, especially the poor, migrants, indigenous people and young men and women, Pope Francis told participants at a Vatican conference on sustainable development. Without a change of attitude that focuses on the well-being of the planet and its […]
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