The breach of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 sent shock waves around the world.
Assault on U.S. Capitol shocks the world
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Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, Vatican, World News
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Australians call on authorities to solve mystery of funds from Vatican
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News
People inside and outside the church are calling on authorities to get to the bottom of mystery funds transferred from the Vatican to Australia.
Pope to skip Dec. 31, Jan. 1 liturgies due to sciatica, Vatican says
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Pope Francis will not preside over the traditional end-of-the-year prayer service nor the New Year’s Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica due to “painful sciatica,” the Vatican said.
Vatican calls for equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution
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Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The Vatican’s coronavirus commission and the Pontifical Academy for Life issued a joint statement calling for a coordinated international effort to ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.
‘Ad Patris domvm’: Famed Carmelite Latinist dies at 81
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Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Discalced Carmelite Father Reginald Foster — a world-renowned teacher of Latin, former longtime Vatican Latinist and colorful character who intrigued journalists — died in Milwaukee Dec. 25 at the age of 81.
Pope announces yearlong reflection on family, ‘Amoris Laetitia’
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Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Parenting, Vatican, World News
As the fifth anniversary of his apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” approaches, Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church will dedicate more than a year to focusing on the family and conjugal love.
Pope on Christmas: Share hope, promote peace, give vaccine to all
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Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
On a Christmas like no other, Pope Francis prayed for people who could not be with their families because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he urged everyone to recognize and help those who are suffering even more.
Pope at Christmas: Jesus’ birth brings hope in troubling times
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Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The birth of Christ is a gift from God that brings people hope and courage in troubled times, Pope Francis said Christmas Eve.
Christmas ‘hijacked’ by consumerist mentality, pope says
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While Christmas has become a universal holiday, even for many nonbelievers, its celebration always should focus on the reality that God sent his son into the world to save humanity, Pope Francis said.
Two Vatican cardinals test positive for COVID-19; one hospitalized
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Two top Vatican officials — Cardinal Konrad Krajewski and Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello — have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, Italian media reported, and a Vatican source confirmed.
Vatican: Without alternatives, current COVID-19 vaccines are morally acceptable
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The Vatican’s doctrinal office said that when alternative vaccines are not available, it is morally acceptable to receive COVID-19 vaccines developed or tested using cell lines originating from aborted fetuses.
Christmas is sign of God’s preferential love for the poor, cardinal says
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Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Reaching out to and helping the poor “is to imitate God; it is to make oneself small out of love in order to raise up the other,” the preacher of the papal household told Pope Francis, officials of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees.
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