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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News
Before Pope Francis presides over Mass Nov. 17 for the World Day of the Poor, he will bless 13 keys to represent the 13 new houses he has pledged to pay for in Syria during the Holy Year 2025, the Vatican said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Efforts to slow climate change and mitigate its impact, particularly on the poor, are being thwarted by selfishness, the Vatican secretary of state told world leaders at the COP29 climate conference.
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OSV News
Filed Under: En Español
La Virgen María es un modelo del tipo de apertura al Espíritu Santo que todos los cristianos deberían tener, una apertura que le permitió decir “sí” al plan de Dios para la salvación del mundo, dijo el Papa Francisco.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to say “yes” to God’s plan for the salvation of the world, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
Meeting Nov. 11 with members of FADICA, a network of foundations and donors supporting Catholic activities and initiatives, the pope spoke to them about what it means for the Catholic Church to be a “‘synodal’ community.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
The Christian saints in heaven enjoy full unity and should inspire all Christians to continue to pray and work together for the unity of the churches, Pope Francis told the patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The Vatican secretary of state said his prayer for Donald J. Trump is that God would grant him wisdom “because that is the main virtue of those who govern according to the Bible.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Books, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News
In preparation for the Holy Year 2025, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican publishing house, prepared collections of Pope Francis’ writing and preaching about Christian virtues with new introductions from the pope.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis has decided to include Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples among the prelates he will make cardinals Dec. 7, the Vatican press office said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News
Remembering the cardinals and bishops who died in the past year, Pope Francis prayed that after their loving service to the Catholic Church “they may exult in eternal communion with the saints.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass with several hundred mourners.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
God wants everyone to be a saint, and the clearest path to achieving that goal is loving service to others, Pope Francis said.
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