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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
While intense feelings or drive — passions — are natural, Christians know they must be tamed and channeled toward what is good, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The 116 footnotes in the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s declaration on human dignity reflect the fact that most of the content of the 12,700-word text is not new Catholic teaching.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News
Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death penalty, gender transition surgery, war, sexual abuse and human trafficking, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said in a new document.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
The wounds of Christ’s passion and death and the stigmata given to some Christians over the centuries are reminders of “the pain Jesus suffered in his flesh out of love for us and for our salvation,” Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has reaffirmed the requirement that every diocese, Catholic religious order and institution in the world have clear safeguarding guidelines and procedures and that they are publicly accessible.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
Priests are called to be “a true icon of Jesus,” drawing closer to God the father by devoting their lives to the care of all God’s children, Pope Francis wrote.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News
In a world filled with “bellicose rhetoric,” religious leaders must make extra efforts to speak of peace and to nurture every action and attitude that lessens tensions and increases dialogue, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News
While giving each person his or her due is fundamental for justice, the virtue of justice is not concentrated on the individual in isolation but on ensuring the common good of all, Pope Francis said.
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Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms and a small fabric pouch containing a rosary.
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Filed Under: Easter, News, Vatican, World News
Like the women disciples who discovered Jesus had risen from the dead and ran to tell the others, Christians should be filled with such joy at Easter that they cannot help sharing it with others, Pope Francis said.
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Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Easter is a promise that no matter how dark the world may seem and no matter how heavy the burdens one carries, victory belongs to the Risen Christ and all who believe in him, Pope Francis said.
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Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News
The pope celebrated the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper March 28 at the women’s prison under a tent set up outside.
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