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Pope Francis: Make an examination of conscience

(Vatican Radio) To prevent evil from entering into our hearts, there is an ancient, but very good, practice: the examination ...

Fraternal Delegates to Synod on Family: we share same concerns, hopes

(Vatican Radio) Participants of the extraordinary Synod for the Family took a pause at the end of their first week ...

Synod concludes first phase of debate on family life

(Vatican Radio) Bishops and lay experts attending the Synod on the Family are coming to the end of their first ...

Pope to celebrate Mass of Thanksgiving for Canadian Saints

(Vatican Radio) At a press conference today at the Vatican, Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada ...

What is equipollent canonization?

Pope Francis on Sunday will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving in St. Peter’s Basilica for the canonization of two ...

Church in Korea opens an exhibit to commemorate the Pope's visit

A photo exhibition to commemorate the key moments of the visit of Pope Francis to South Korea and to remind ...

Oct. 12, 2014

VATICAN NEWS

POPE FRANCIS

Pope Francis calls Genoa’s Archbishop after floods

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has called Italian Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco to express his concern for the people of Genoa who suffered devastating flooding Friday after ...

Pope at Santa Marta: What we dare not hope for

(Vatican Radio) We ask for a lot of things when we pray, but the greatest gift that God can give us is the Holy Spirit ...

Pope: divisions between Christians are wounds in the Church

Pope Francis appealed for Christian unity on Wednesday pointing out that divisions between Christians of different denominations are hurtful for the Church and for Christ ...

Mass at Santa Marta -That ‘more’ of God

“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks ...

Pope Francis to address top European Institutions

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will travel to Strasbourg to address the European Parliament and the Council of Europe on November 25, 2014.

A statement released ...

At the General Audience the Pope speaks of the path toward Christian unity- Let us not give in to division

During the General Audience in St Peter's Square on Wednesday, 8 October, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the nature and beauty of the ...

Upcoming consistory to discuss Christians in the Middle East

(Vatican Radio) A consistory for the causes of saints has been expanded to include a discussion of the situation facing Christians in the Middle East ...

Pope in Santa Marta: Remembering the story of God’s love for us

(Vatican Radio) If we want to give glory to God, we must remember all He has done for us. But that also means remembering our ...

Pope to Synod Fathers: speak frankly and listen humbly

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis addressed the Fathers of the Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Monday morning, as they began their first full ...

Mass at Santa Marta- Lest we forget

What is prayer? It means “remembering our history, before God. Because our history” is “is the history of his love for us”. During the Mass ...

ROMAN CURIA

Holy See at UN on most important development goal

(Vatican Radio) The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, described the eradication of extreme poverty as the most important ...

Holy See at UN laments health policies detrimental to the unborn

(Vatican Radio) The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, lamented that many people see migration only in a negative ...

When Paul VI spoke of Nazareth as a model of family life

(Vatican Radio) As our popular 'Latin Lover' Father Reginald Foster turns 75 , Veronica Scarisbrick shares with listeners an address by Paul VI this Carmelite deeply ...

Bishop Orowae: family is first seat of evangelisation

(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 ...

Synod seeks to model God's marriage of justice and mercy

(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 ...

Bishop Kang: practical solutions in keeping with the faith

(Vatican Radio) As the work of the Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops continues, several participants have been sharing their their early impressions with ...

“Useless slaughter”: believers and the Holy See during the First World War

Vatican City, 10 October 2014 (VIS) – A press conference was held yesterday at 11 a.m. in the Holy Press Office to present the International ...

Synod: the Church, a place for families in crisis

(Vatican Radio) What can the Church do to accompany families in difficult pastoral situations such as the separated, divorced or divorced and remarried, single parents ...

Africa, Islam and the light of the Gospel on Synod agenda

(Vatican Radio) How the Church upholds the dignity of homosexuals in Africa. How it deals with the problems of a polygamous family. And why it ...

Seventh General Congregation: The pastoral challenges concerning openness to life

Vatican City, 9 October 2014 (VIS) – The seventh general Congregation, which took place this morning was divided into two phases: the first consisting of further ...

APPOINTMENTS

Pontifical Acts - 10 October

Vatican City, 10 October 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Jose Joao dos Santos Marcos of the clergy of Lisbon, Portugal, as coadjutor ...

Pontifical Acts - 8 October

Vatican City, 8 October 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has:

- appointed Bishop Fausto Tardelli of San Miniato, Italy, as bishop of Pistoia (area 821, population ...

Pontifical Acts - 7 October

Vatican City, 7 October 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Krakow, Poland, presented ...

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Oct. 12, 2014

WORLD NEWS

Malala of Pakistan and Satyarthi of India share Nobel Peace Prize

Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work for children's rights ...

AMERICA/ARGENTINA - During the debate on drugs, the government also looks at the position of Bishops

Buenos Aires - The government of Cristina Kirchner is at a crossroads with regards to the strategy to be adopted on the consumption of drugs. A ...

ASIA/IRAQ - Festival of young Christians in Ankawa. To keep hope alive

Erbil - The Chaldean Church organized a three-day festival for young people in Ankawa - Erbil suburb inhabited by Christians - with a program characterized by moments of ...

WHO in Sierra Leone: Horrendous scenes of suffering among Ebola victims

(Vatican Radio) The World Health Organization, WHO has warned that Ebola is now entrenched in the capital cities of all three worst-affected countries and is ...

Nobel Prize for Literature awarded

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize ...

Ukrainian president: Border control key to ending conflict

(Vatican Radio) Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has urged the West to help control the Ukrainian-Russian border amid United Nations concern over a mounting death ...

South Sudan celebrates St. Daniel Comboni Day by revisiting his vision

(Vatican Radio) On 10 October 2014, the religious family of St Daniel Comboni in Juba, South Sudan, comprising priests, brothers and sisters celebrates Comboni Day ...

Sao Tome and Principe to hold parliamentary and local elections this Sunday

Voters in Sao Tome and Principe will be casting their ballots in the country’s parliamentary and local elections on Sunday 12th October. The former ...

AFRICA - The campaign "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" has been launched

Rome - "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" is the title of the campaign promoted by associations of African and ...

ASIA/INDIA - Christians to the government: "We are not terrorists"

Bhopal - Christians in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have sent a letter reminding the government that they are "not terrorists and are not involved ...

Oct. 12, 2014

CHURCH IN THE WORLD

Catholics and Methodists meet in Assisi to discuss common call to holiness

(Vatican Radio) Catholic and Methodist leaders are gathering in Assisi this week for a meeting of their Joint International Commission, reflecting on ‘The Call to ...

Iraqi Patriarch Sako calls for ‘new education’ of youth for peace

(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 ...

Syria: abducted Franciscan priest released

(Vatican Radio) The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has confirmed that Father Hanna Jallouf OFM, the Franciscan parish priest kidnapped in Syria by brigades linked to ...

28th Sunday of the Year – October 12, 2014

Is 25:6-10a; Phil 4:12-14, 19-20; Mt 22:1-14

A small boy was consistently late coming home from school. His parents warned him one ...

AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mission Month: schools in Sucre also go on missions

Sucre - During mission month the Catholic Church invites all people to join in solidarity activities and help in the collection of donations on 19 October ...

EUROPE/GERMANY - Newness of the Blessed Scalabrini in the Migration world today

Stuttgart - The work, thoughts and spirituality of Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini , Bishop of Piacenza, Father and Apostle of migrants, were the themes of the Scalabrini-Fest ...

ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Church of Phnom Penh launches the Year of Charity

Phnom Penh - The Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh announced the opening of a special "Year of Charity": this is the first visible fruit of the ...

AFRICA/SOMALIA - "After military action, social and economic development is now necessary", said Mgr. Bertin

Mogadishu - "Military operations must be followed by a real economic development and the creation of State structures if one wants to stabilize Somalia", says to ...