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Cardinal Parolin on Pope Francis’ pontificate: No reversals on reforms
Posted on 04/25/2024 03:14 AM ()
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin discusses key issues roiling the Church during the presentation of the new book, “Five questions agitating the Church”, by noted Vaticanist Ignazio Ingrao.
Pope to Hungarian pilgrims: 'The gift of peace begins in our hearts'
Posted on 04/25/2024 02:55 AM ()
Meeting Hungarian pilgrims in the Vatican, Pope Francis encourages them to be men and women of peace and to continue to safeguard their Christian identity, and thanks the Hungarian Church for welcoming Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war.
Archbishop Caccia: We must work to support developing countries
Posted on 04/25/2024 02:36 AM ()
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, speaks at the General Debate of the ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development (FfD), and encourages working in concrete solidarity to reverse growing economic imbalances and to help developing nations.
Pope to Catholic Action: Embracing one another can prevent wars
Posted on 04/25/2024 02:11 AM ()
Pope Francis addresses Italian Catholic Action and emphasises the importance of embracing others through reflections on missing, saving, and life-changing embraces.
Pope: 'A negotiated peace is better than an endless war'
Posted on 04/24/2024 23:43 PM ()
In an interview with CBS, Pope Francis calls for an end to the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and around the world. He says there is room for everyone in the Church pointing out that if a parish priest doesn't seem welcoming, one can look elsewhere: “There is always a place, don't run away from the Church.”
UN Human Rights Chief deplores killings of children and women in Rafah
Posted on 04/24/2024 08:43 AM ()
The United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has decried a series of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the past few days that have killed mostly children and women. He has repeated his warning against a full-scale incursion to an area to which 1.2 million civilians are sheltering.
With the Patriarch of Jerusalem, 200 days since the start of the war
Posted on 04/24/2024 08:32 AM ()
The Cardinal Patriarch of Jerusalem reflects on the ongoing war in Gaza expressing his belief it shows the inevitability of the two-state solution: “There is no alternative to the two states but the continuation of war."
South Sudan: Bishop Hiiboro Kussala reflecting on Vocations highlights gratitude
Posted on 04/24/2024 06:56 AM ()
Reflecting on the recently celebrated World Day of Prayer for Vocations, South Sudan’s Catholic Bishop of Tombura Yambio says he is filled with gratitude for his own call to be a priest, for the priests he works with, and for the number of young people responding to join the seminary in his diocese.
Cisco signs the "Rome Call for AI Ethics"
Posted on 04/24/2024 06:44 AM ()
Cisco, the multinational digital communications technology company, signs the Pontifical Academy for Life’s “Rome Call for AI Ethics” committing to an ethical approach to artificial intelligence in the areas of Ethics, Education and Rights.
UNICEF chief warns of ‘catastrophic’ situation in Haiti
Posted on 04/24/2024 06:16 AM ()
The Director General of UNICEF says more than three million children in Haiti are in need of humanitarian assistance, as conditions in the country continue to worsen.