Musk meets pope, uses Twitter to announce the audience
esla CEO Elon Musk, whose $44 billion bid to buy Twitter remains in limbo, used the social media platform to announce he had met with Pope Francis.
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esla CEO Elon Musk, whose $44 billion bid to buy Twitter remains in limbo, used the social media platform to announce he had met with Pope Francis.
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CHICAGO (CNS) — Saying he watched “in horror” news reports in the aftermath of a mass shooting during a suburban Fourth of July parade, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago offered prayers for the victims.
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Mexico’s Catholic bishops’ conference called Monday on parishes throughout the country to put photos of dead nuns and priests in their churches this Sunday and to hold Masses for all those killed in gang-fueled violence.
Read MoreThe Assessment the Pope proffers as a question is that which he will share with the Cardinals in August, specifically on the Reform of the Roman Curia.
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Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new Pew survey of transgender persons: As I pointed out in Common Sense Catholicism, higher education corrupts our capacity to exercise common sense. This is most glaringly obvious among white people…
Read MoreIn this new interview, the Holy Father says that, on his return from his Apostolic Journey to Canada, it’s possible he might go to Ukraine.
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Read MoreLast Thursday, June 30th, 2022, the restored miraculous icon of Our Lady of Damascus, which dates back almost one thousand years, was officially inaugurated at the Greek-Catholic church in Valletta, Malta. Such a great project of conservation and restoration, which lasted three years to end, was effectively executed by the firm Atelier del Restauro. The[…]
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In a wide-ranging interview with the Reuters news agency, Pope Francis condemned abortion, dismissed the idea that he’s preparing to resign and said he still hopes to be able to visit Russia and Ukraine in the fall.
Read MoreThe Vatican secretary of state presides at Mass for peace and reconciliation in the Central African country that Pope Francis was supposed to visit from July 2-5
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Vatican City, Jul 5, 2022 / 06:53 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has expressed shock and sadness over the mass shooting that led to the death of at least six and wounded some 30 other…
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Christ poses the question, “What does it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) The answer is not difficult to ascertain. It profits him nothing. The question is stated in such a way as to contrast quantity with quality and indicate that no amount of possessions a […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2022 | China, Chinese bishops, Chinese Catholics, lead, News, Ostpolitik, papal interview, Pope Francis, Vatican, Vatican-China |
In the second part of an interview with Reuters, the first part of which was published Monday, Pope Francis said he hopes the Vatican’s provisional agreement with China will be renewed, and believes it is the right choice in the long run.
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Read MoreVatican City, Jul 5, 2022 / 04:49 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said he hopes the Vatican’s provisional agreement with China on the appointment of Catholic bishops will be renewed for the second time in October.
In comments to Reuters published Tuesday, the pope said “the agreement is moving well and I hope that in October it can be renewed.”
The Vatican-China agreement was first signed in September 2018 and then renewed for another two years in October 2020. The terms of the agreement have not been made public.
Pope Francis spoke to Reuters about the China deal in a 90-minute interview which also covered his health, resignation rumors, and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
In September 2021, the Vatican confirmed that the sixth Catholic bishop had been ordained under the agreement’s terms.
Seven bishops ordained before the 2018 agreement have also had their positions regularized by the Vatican.
Pope Francis said the appointment of bishops under the deal in China “is going slowly, but they are being appointed.”
The slow process, he said, is “‘the Chinese way,’ because the Chinese have that sense of time that nobody can rush them.”
Father Bernardo Cervellera, former editor-in-chief of AsiaNews, told CNA last year that the bishops who have been nominated and ordained are close to the Patriotic Catholic Association, “so this means that they are very near to the government.”
The Catholic Church is still in need of around 40 more bishops in China, according to Cervellera.
In the Reuters interview, Pope Francis said the Chinese “also have their own problems because it is not the same situation in every region of the country. [The treatment of Catholics] also depends on local leaders.”
He also defended the Vatican-China deal against its critics.
“Diplomacy is the art of the possible and of doing things to make the possible become a reality,” he said.
He compared today’s critics and those who spoke negatively of the Vatican’s diplomatic decisions during the Cold War, when the popes struck deals with Eastern European communist governments in an attempt to protect the interests of the Catholic Church.
“Diplomacy is like that. When you face a blocked situation, you have to find the possible way, not the ideal way, out of it,” the pope said.
Read MoreThe Vatican’s unofficial representative in Hong Kong – Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona – has warned Hong Kong Catholics the freedoms of the past are over. As the Vatican considers whether to renew its deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the 54-year-old prelate warned missionaries to prepare for a tough future as the CCP tightens control
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