Category: Vatican
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Pope Francis at Angelus urges release of Hamas hostages, end of conflict in Israel and Palestine
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Sep 15, 2024 / 09:36 am During his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis appealed for the release of the remaining Hamas hostages as he remembered 23-year-old American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five others whose bodies were recovered by Israeli military in Gaza last month. “I am praying for the victims and continue…
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Pope Francis begins historic apostolic journey to Southeast Asia and Oceania
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Sep 2, 2024 / 08:18 am Pope Francis departed Rome on Monday to commence his 45th apostolic journey, one that will take him to Southeast Asia and Oceania over the course of nearly two weeks. During his 11-day journey — the longest trip of his papacy to date — the…
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Pope Francis urges release of hostages, aid for polio outbreak in Gaza
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Sep 1, 2024 / 13:15 pm After the bodies of six hostages killed by Hamas were recovered by Israeli forces this weekend, Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for peace in the Holy Land, urging the release of the remaining hostages and humanitarian aid for the polio outbreak in Gaza.…
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Pope Francis receives Ecuador’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Edmundo Uribe
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 15:45 pm Pope Francis received at the Vatican on Aug. 26 Ecuador’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Edmundo Uribe Pérez. The South American country’s new representative to the Vatican presented his credentials to the Holy Father Monday during a private audience at the Apostolic Palace.…
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Pope Francis prays for people of Nicaragua: ‘Renew your hope in Jesus’
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Aug 25, 2024 / 10:08 am Pope Francis prayed Sunday for a renewed hope for the people of Nicaragua, where the Catholic Church is experiencing harsh persecution under the regime of President Daniel Ortega. “To the beloved people of Nicaragua: I encourage you to renew your hope in Jesus. Remember…
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Pope Francis to Catholic politicians and legislators: War has an ‘abyss of evil’ at its center
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Aug 24, 2024 / 11:00 am Pope Francis called the heart of war an “abyss of evil” during a meeting with Catholic politicians and legislators at the Vatican on Saturday. “Our consciences cannot fail to be moved by the scenes of death and destruction daily before our eyes,” the pope…
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Pope Francis reflects with wonder on ‘the miracle of the Eucharist’
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Aug 18, 2024 / 10:20 am Pope Francis said Sunday that the Eucharist is a “miracle” in which Jesus nourishes us with his life and satisfies the hunger in our hearts. “All of us need the Eucharist,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address on Aug. 18. “The heavenly bread,…
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Rupnik art appears on Vatican website again — and in Pope Francis’ apartment
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Aug 16, 2024 / 13:32 pm Despite calls from abuse victims and their advocates to stop displaying artwork by the disgraced former Jesuit priest Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, the Vatican has again used one of the artist’s images to illustrate an online article. In addition, last week, a video was…
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Pope Francis: Mary goes before us on the journey of life
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Aug 15, 2024 / 09:31 am During his Angelus address on the solemnity of the Assumption, Pope Francis reminded Catholics that the Blessed Virgin Mary always “goes before us on the journey.” Reflecting on the first chapter of the Gospel St. Luke, which recounts the encounter between the Virgin Mary…
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Vatican urges Iran to avoid ‘in any way’ escalating conflict in Middle East
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Aug 12, 2024 / 10:25 am The Vatican has urged Iran to avoid escalating “in any way” the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, spoke on the phone on Monday morning with Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in a conversation that underlined…