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The Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue releases its annual message for the Islamic month of Ramadan, urging all religious believers to extinguish "the fires of hatred, violence and war, and instead light the gentle candle of peace."...
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While the second and final session of the Synod on Synodality will conclude at the end of October 2024, Catholics should not expect major pronouncements on the particular issues raised during the first session and included in its synthesis document....
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Pope Francis also sees the people who suffer for their faith as inspirers of missionary enthusiasm. They can encourage us to live our faith on the front foot and to acknowledge the gift of our call to follow Jesus as something for which we are grateful and not ashamed....
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The church can no more abandon its teachings than it can abandon a sacrament, but how a teaching is presented, how it is inculturated in different local churches, how one teaching relates to another, how the church's teaching in a particular instance assists or hinders the salvation of souls,...
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Pope Francis sends a message to all the children of the world ahead of the first “World Children’s Day” to encourage them to be united and listen to advice from grown-ups because, he says, their “pleases" and “thank yous" are the first step towards a better world....
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Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has provided the following reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B...
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the West's response to it are forcing the Catholic Church to discern anew how to witness to the Gospel demands of peace and justice...
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Although Pope Francis has made it very clear that “martyred Ukraine” is not the aggressor in the conflict and that Russia’s invasion was absolutely unjustifiable, Francis’s reluctance to publicly voice his hope for a Ukrainian military victory has baffled many and has made him the target of fierce criticism,...
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The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, appeals to the faithful around the world to support Christians in the Holy Land....