Catholic Review
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News
To recognize and address the poverty of others, Christians must become poor like the figure of Tobit from the Hebrew Bible, Pope Francis said.
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A papal resignation should occur only in “truly extreme cases” and must not “become the norm,” said the former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office.
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Pope Francis was scheduled to undergo surgery at Rome’s Gemelli hospital June 7 to treat a hernia that had developed at an incision of a previous operation, the Vatican said.
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Pope Francis returned to the hospital for a brief medical checkup June 6, the Vatican said.
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Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News
A faster change of course away from today’s throwaway culture and toward greater care for the common good is necessary to ensure the planet’s livability for future generations, Pope Francis said on World Environment Day.
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The Catholic Church’s current Synod of Bishops should not be a “parliament for demanding rights,” but a “journey in accordance with the Spirit,” Pope Francis said.
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Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis called the migration crisis between Mexico and the United States a “serious problem” and praised a U.S. bishop working along the border during an interview with Telemundo journalist Julio Vaqueiro.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry
The pope responded to questions from young people May 25 during a meeting with participants in the Scholas Occurrentes movement.
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The Vatican has pulled from circulation a World Youth Day stamp of Pope Francis with young people in an image that resembles propaganda from Portugal’s former dictatorship.
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Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Caritas Internationalis, the global Catholic charity network, elected Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo to be its new president following a Vatican-mandated overhaul of its leadership.
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Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Meeting with delegates to the general assembly of Caritas Internationalis May 11, the pope underscored the dual nature of the church’s charitable arm as a service of charity and a Catholic institution dedicated to pastoral care.
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Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, was at the Vatican to mark the 50th anniversary of a joint declaration signed by St. Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III in 1973 outlining the beliefs shared by their churches.
