Indonesian priest leads crusade against climate change
Father Marselus Hasan’s use of hydroelectricity is empowering farmers to build better lives and look after the planet
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Father Marselus Hasan’s use of hydroelectricity is empowering farmers to build better lives and look after the planet
Read MoreVatican City, Jan 27, 2020 / 04:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis has asked for people to spend a moment in prayer and recollection on Monday for International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
January 27 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwit…
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(In light of the feasts of Edith Stein and Maximilian Kolbe, here is a re-post of a reflection I wrote upon my own visit there as part of a parish pilgrimage to Poland in 2015). To be honest, I was not fully aware until I came to Auschwitz a few years ago while on pilgrimage[…]
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‘May the Lord welcome the deceased in his peace, comfort families and support the great commitment of the Chinese community’
Read MoreLaunching a new pastoral plan (“Evangelizing Community, Serving God, Humanity and all Creation”), Bishop Sithembele Sipuka, president of the bishops’ conference, spoke of “the realization by the bishops that as a Church in this …
Read MoreCardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 85, was Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops from 2000 to 2010; he succeeds Cardinal Angelo Sodano. The dean, considered first among equals in the College of Cardinals, presides over the cardinals’ meetings betw…
Read More“The parties focused on the challenges the country currently faces and on the importance of promoting stability and the reconstruction process, encouraging the path of dialogue and the search for suitable solutions in favour of citizens and with …
Read MoreOn January 25, the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, Pope Francis celebrated Vespers in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (video, booklet). “They showed us unusual kindness“ (cf. Acts 28:2) was the theme of the …
Read MoreThe Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota is the Church’s highest appellate canonical court.
Read More270 people were killed in the January 2019 Brumadinho dam disaster.
Read MoreThe Pope’s annual message is traditionally released on January 24, the memorial of St. Francis de Sales (patron of journalists); in 2020, the day will be celebrated on May 24. Pope Francis writes, “I would like to devote this year’s M…
Read MorePope Francis approved decrees on the causes of the martyrdoms of 3 Capuchin Franciscans (Spain, 1936) and 10 priests and lay faithful slain in Guatemala (1980-1991), paving the way for their beatification. In addition, the Pontiff approved decrees reco…
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Bryant was raised Catholic and credited his faith with helping him through a challenging period in his life
Read MoreReading 1 2 Sm 5:1-7, 10
All the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said:
“Here we are, your bone and your flesh.
In days past, when Saul was our king,
it was you who led the children of Israel out and brought them back.
And the LORD said …
In 2019, Pope Francis issued Aperuit illis, an apostolic letter instituting the annual Sunday of the Word of God, which takes place on the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. On January 26, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica (video, …
Read MoreFather Gonzalo Aemilius, 40, was ordained in 2006 and is known for his work with street children and drug addicts. He succeeds Msgr. Fabian Pedacchio, an Argentine priest.
Read More“I wish to be close to and pray for the people who are sick because of the virus that has spread through China,” Pope Francis said on January 26 in reference to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. “May the Lord welcome the dead into his …
Read More“Tomorrow we are all invited to set aside a moment of prayer and recollection, saying in our hearts: never again,” the Pope said on January 26, the day before the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Pope Francis visited the concen…
Read MoreIn his January 26 Angelus address (video), Pope Francis reflected on Matthew 4:12-23, the Gospel of the day.
Read More“You are the ‘living stones’ to which St. Peter first referred,” the Prince of Wales said during his speech. “And I need hardly say that it would be the greatest tragedy if those ‘living stones’ were to disapp…
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