(Vatican Radio) The Holy See’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin has sent a message of condolence on behalf of Pope Francis for the family of the U.S. journalist James Foley, brutally executed by Islamic State militants. The message was read out Sunday at a memorial mass for Foley at the family’s Catholic parish, Our…
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message to the Methodist and Waldensian (Valdese) churches on occasion of their 24-29 August Synod in Torre Pellice, Turin, Italy. The telegram, signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father, offers the Pope’s “fraternal” welcome and assures participants of his spiritual…
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This Thursday night Saint Joseph Parish will be hosting Doug Barry for the Battle Ready Rally. Are you prepared for the fight? Everyone has a battle. What’s Yours? The Battle Ready initiative is about being aware of, preparing for and engaging in spiritual warfare! The event is for Men, Women and Youth ages 7 and…
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(Vatican Radio) In a letter addressed “to the Catholic episcopal conferences, t? the world’s religious and political leaders, (and) to all people of good will,” the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych, speaks about the extremely difficult situation in Ukraine. “For nine months,” he says, “Ukrainians have been…
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(Vatican Radio) Below, please find Vatican Radio’s translation of Pope Francis’ Angelus address for Sunday, 24 August 2014, the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel of this Sunday (Mt 16:13-20) is the celebrated passage, central to Matthew’s account, in which Simon, in the name of the Twelve, professes his faith in Jesus as “the…
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