(Vatican Radio) Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako is expressing concern for the some 120,000 Iraqi refugees who’ve fled Mosul and villages in the Nineveh Plains. In an interview with the Italian periodical Oasis, the Iraqi Patriarch said the children need to go to school and with winter approaching, families need shelter and warmth. Tens of…
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(Vatican Radio) To prevent evil from entering into our hearts, there is an ancient, but very good, practice: the examination of conscience. That was Pope Francis’ message during the morning homily Friday at Santa Marta. The Gospel of the day reminds us that the devil always comes back to us; he never stops tempting man.…
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(Vatican Radio) Prayer is a central part of life at the Synod Assembly, and of the work of the Synod Fathers. On Friday morning, at Terce – the Church’s official praise of God at the “third hour” of the morning – Bishop Arnold Orowae of Wabag, Papua New Guinea, delivered the homily. In his remarks…
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(Vatican Radio) “I came to this Synod with a lot of hope”, says Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne, Australia. “In my words, I suggested that we need to use in our teaching and in a way faithful to our teaching, words that engage with the experience of families”. Listen to his full interview with Emer…
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(Vatican Radio) How can the Church remain true to its core beliefs while showing mercy, compassion and forgiveness to individuals who fail, in so many ways, to live up its high ideals? That’s the question at the heart of the Synod of Bishops on the Family which is moving towards the conclusion of its first…
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