In the wake of deadly protests in Iraq, Pope Francis called on the people and their leaders to take the path of dialogue to find answers to their nation’s problems. At the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square on 30th October, the pope said his thoughts were with “beloved Iraq, where […]
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The pope’s stargazer is set to attend a series of events in Scotland, aimed at exploring the evidence for God’s existence. Br Guy Consolmagno an American research astronomer and director of the Vatican Observatory was due to arrive in Scotland today after he accepted an invitation to attend a series of events organised by the […]
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Citing the negative misinterpretations that the word ‘secret’ implies, Pope Francis has changed the name of the Vatican Secret Archives to the Vatican Apostolic Archives. In a decree, issued ‘motu proprio’, on the pope’s own initiative, and published by the Vatican on 28th October, the pope said that semantic changes over the centuries have caused […]
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The Vatican has offered its support to a worldwide event celebrating Halloween as a Christian festival. Night of Light, the brainchild of Damian Stayne, founder of Catholic community Cor et Lumen Christi, is an international initiative to reclaim Halloween as a joyful Christian celebration. Cardinal Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for the promotion […]
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Too often Catholics know what is going on in their neighbour’s house but pay little or no attention to the normal spiritual struggles going on in their own hearts and souls, Pope Francis said. Life involves a continuing battle “between grace and sin, between the Lord who wants to save us and pull us out […]
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An Italian author who was once tried and acquitted by a Vatican court for publishing leaked documents is claiming in a new book that decades of mismanagement, shady deals and decreasing donations will leave the Vatican no choice but to default. Titled Giudizio Universale (Universal Judgement), the book by Gianluigi Nuzzi includes 3,000 pages of […]
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Susan Boyle, Lionel Richie and Bonnie Tyler will sing for Pope Francis at this year’s Vatican Christmas concert. The three stars will headline the concert, organised by the Congregation for Catholic Education, which will be held on Saturday 14th December in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. Boyle, a devout Catholic who has previously performed for […]
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Every Christian is called to be a missionary, sharing the good news of salvation in Christ and making disciples for him, not for oneself or one’s clique of like-minded believers, Pope Francis said. “What instructions does the Lord give us for going forth to others? Only one, and it’s very simple: Make disciples. But, be […]
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World Mission Sunday – the day when the entire global Church comes together in support of mission – is being held today, Sunday 20th October. And to make this day even more important, for the first time it is running alongside another exciting global event! Pope Francis declared October 2019 as a special month of […]
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The Chicago mother healed from a potentially lethal haemorrhage at the intercession of St John Henry Newman has described his canonisation as “the experience of a thousand lifetimes”. Melissa Villalobos attended the ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday 13th October with her husband and their seven children, and together they carried the offertory gifts to […]
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