(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Friday with leaders of the Focolari movement who are holding their General Assembly at Castel Gandolfo from September 1st to 28th. Half a century on from the Second Vatican Council, he said, they are called, with the whole Church, to follow a new path of evangelisation, witnessing God’s love…
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(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has addressed the UN Security Council open debate on threats to international peace and security saying that the global cooperation in the fight against terrorism “must also address the root causes upon which international terrorism feeds” . While denouncing the “the dehumanizing impact of terrorism…
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(Vatican Radio) The Office for Papal Liturgical Celebrations has published the calendar of celebrations to be presided by the Holy Father in October. They include: Saturday, October 4, a Vigil of Prayer in preparation of the Synod on the Family, in St. Peter’s Square beginning at 6pm Rome time. October 5, XXVII Sunday of Ordinary…
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(Vatican Radio) The head of the Vatican’s Council for Christian Unity says he regrets that Catholics and Orthodox leaders are unable to give a stronger sign of unity for Christians suffering persecution in the Middle East. Cardinal Kurt Koch has just returned from a meeting in Amman where he served as co-president of the Joint…
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(Vatican Radio) During his morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis warned us to beware of vanity, which takes us far from the truth and makes us seem like “soap bubbles.” Taking the first reading as his starting point, he emphasised that when they do good, Christians must avoid the temptation to “make…
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