Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Stopping to gaze at and perhaps pray before a Nativity scene is one of the best ways to remember the real meaning of Christmas, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Making churches accessible and services understandable is important, but having wheelchair ramps and sign-language interpreters is not enough for a parish to call itself “inclusive,” Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News
Italy’s declining birthrate is alarming, and groups that assist Italian families must do more both in terms of lobbying and witnessing to the joy of family life, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News
Migration across the Mediterranean Sea is as old as humanity, and while some governments say they want to stop that movement of people, it will not and should not happen, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
After postponing his trip last July, Pope Francis has rescheduled for Jan. 31-Feb. 5 his trip to Congo and his ecumenical visit to South Sudan, the Vatican announced.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
While formal dialogue about the theological and historical causes of the splits in Christianity are essential, so, too, is a recognition that “sinful actions and attitudes” have contributed and continue to contribute to divisions in the body of Christ, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
A daily examination of conscience is an important tool for recognizing where God is at work in one’s life and where “the evil spirit” tries to lead one astray, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News
In a wide-ranging interview with top staff of America magazine, Pope Francis decried increased polarization within the Catholic Church, affirmed the need to involve more women in church administration but ruled out women priests and emphasized the importance of the ministry of individual bishops over the role of a bishops’ conference.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
After learning that Cardinal Angelo Becciu and a relative of his secretly recorded a phone call with Pope Francis, the Vatican’s chief prosecutor said his office is considering a new charge — one of criminal conspiracy — against the cardinal, who has been on trial since July 2021 for financial malfeasance.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Violence against women is “a social scourge that is also linked to cultural attitudes, ingrained mentalities and prejudices,” so education, prevention and swifter justice are needed to end it, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
Nine months after Russia launched its war on Ukraine, Pope Francis wrote to the Ukrainian people expressing his admiration for their courage and commitment to their country in the face of so much death and destruction.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The spiritual practice of discernment, of seeing where God is at work in one’s life and what God is calling one to do, includes examining what brings a sense of consolation and spurs one to do good, Pope Francis said.
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