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Moldova narrowly votes in favour of EU membership
Posted on 10/21/2024 04:28 AM ()
In a tightly contested referendum, the people of Moldova support proposed constitutional changes and the commitment to join the EU.
'Dilexit nos': Pope to publish encyclical on Sacred Heart of Jesus
Posted on 10/21/2024 01:14 AM ()
On Thursday, Pope Francis will publish a new encyclical focusing on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the context of a world "which seems to have lost its heart."
Synod: Cardinal Grech's homily for Mass of the Holy Spirit - Full text
Posted on 10/21/2024 00:00 AM ()
Cardinal Mario Grech, the Secretary General of the Synod, celebrates Mass dedicated to the Holy Spirit and reflects on the need to be open to the Holy Spirit, especially in the synodal journey.
Radcliffe on drafting of final synod document - full text
Posted on 10/20/2024 23:46 PM ()
Reflecting on the process of drafting of the final synod document, Fr Timothy Radcliffe urges participants to speak "with freedom", as "free children of God".
Digital missionaries continue journey to proclaim the Gospel online
Posted on 10/20/2024 07:16 AM ()
Three Vatican officials hold an online prayer vigil at the tomb of St. Peter to conclude the Digital Synod initiative, encouraging thousands of Catholic digital missionaries in their service to the Church in the key of synodality.
Bishop Faddoul: New Maronite Saints are ‘role models for all laymen’
Posted on 10/20/2024 02:40 AM ()
As Pope Francis canonizes 14 new Saints, including the 11 Martyrs of Damascus, Bishop Simon Faddoul praises the three Maronite laymen among them for bearing witness to fidelity to Christ.
Pope appeals for protection of Yanomami people’s rights in Amazon rainforest
Posted on 10/20/2024 01:43 AM ()
Pope Francis urges the political and civil authorities of countries in the Amazonia to safeguard the fundamental rights of the indigenous Yanomami people, who live on the border between Venezuela and Brazil.
Pope at Canonization Mass: 'Service is the Christian way of life'
Posted on 10/20/2024 00:34 AM ()
Pope Francis presides at the Canonization Mass for 14 new Saints, including 11 martyrs killed in Syria for refusing to renounce their faith, and upholds their Christian witness by noting they lived Jesus’ way of service.
Pope Francis: 'Sports are the hymn to life'
Posted on 10/19/2024 22:00 PM ()
Pope Francis sends a message to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, and challenges the Italian newspaper to report on the victories and defeats of athletes as “a way of thinking and living sport as a hymn to life.”
Consolata missionaries: rediscovering meditation in a 'TikTok society'
Posted on 10/19/2024 06:48 AM ()
Fr. James Bhola Lengarin, Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries the institution founded by Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, emphasizes the Italian priest’s focus on education at a ‘Meeting Point’ organized at the Holy See Press Office in anticipation of the canonizations by Pope Francis on the morning of Sunday, October 20.