(Vatican Radio) It is Pope Francis’ express will that grave cases regarding the abuse of minors by clergy be dealt with rigorously and without delay. Moreover with “the full assumption of responsibility by the institutions of the Holy See”. This is according to a statement released by Holy See Press Office Director, Fr. Federico Lombardi SJ…
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(Vatican Radio) The Holy See has called for “an authentic cultural change” to combat climate change which is man-made and therefor man’s responsibility. That was the focus of an address delivered Tuesday evening to the UN Climate Change Summit in New York by the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. Below the full text of…
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Tuesday met with a group of bishops from Ghana, who are in Rome on their ad limina visit. Ghana is a west African country with 27 million people, with Catholics making up around 15% of the population. In his speech, which was handed to the bishops, he spoke about the…
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Vatican City, 23 September 2014 (VIS) – A press conference was held in the Holy See Press Office this morning, in which Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, along with Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil, secretary of the same dicastery, presented the Holy Father’s message…
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Vatican City, 23 September 2014 (VIS) – The full text of the Holy Father’s Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2015 is published below: “Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus is ‘the evangeliser par excellence and the Gospel in person’. His solicitude, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalised, invites all of us to…
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