Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for Ukraine and for Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state welcomed U.S. Vice President JD Vance to the Vatican.
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In an era of vocations undeniably impacted by a statistically declining priesthood, it’s perhaps among the rarest of Catholic news headlines: Seminary opens.
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In a a joyful milestone for the church and lovers of sacred art, Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí venerable April 14, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.
Love, not power saves the world, papal preacher says at service with Vance
Jesus, who redeemed humanity by giving up his life on the cross, shows that it is not strength that saves the world, but the “weakness” of boundless love, the papal preacher told thousands of people gathered for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, including U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Campus Catholic ministry shelters students amid mass shooting at Florida State University
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For deacon headed to Boston Marathon, running is a healing, spiritual encounter
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The Little Flower and the Great Doctor: Àvila, Lisieux to hold events commemorating Carmelite saints
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Bishop welcomes the UK Supreme Court’s ruling: Women are defined solely by biological sex
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‘Why them and not me,’ pope asks after Holy Thursday visit to prison
While he did not celebrate Mass or wash the feet of inmates, Pope Francis made his customary Holy Thursday visit to a detention facility, arriving at Rome’s Regina Coeli jail at about 3 p.m. April 17.
Gaza is in a state of ‘extreme poverty,’ but Christians still share what they have with others
More than 1,500 people have been killed in Israeli bombardment of the enclave since it renewed the Israel-Hamas war on March 18, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said.