Minister Xhacka Receives Monsignor Gallagher
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- Created: 19 Marzo 2023
Constantinople Patriarch to visit Lithuania next week
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- Created: 19 Marzo 2023
AL-ABSI, JOHN X, AVRAM II MEET WITH HUNGARY'S PRIME MINISTER
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- Created: 19 Marzo 2023
Pope: welcoming refugees points way forward for future
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- Created: 19 Marzo 2023
Sant'Egidio President Marco Impagliazzo on Pope Francis' 'poor Church for the poor'
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- Created: 13 Marzo 2023
As we commemorate the ten-year anniversary since the College of Cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio to lead the Catholic Church, on 13 March 2013, we speak to Marco Impagliazzo, President of the Community of Sant'Egidio, on Pope Francis' closeness to the poor, the discarded, and those on the peripheries.
Escapist distractions amid Russia’s war
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- Created: 26 Febbraio 2023
A bombastic language and lack of content have produced a soporific and deadly effect on ordinary Russians, prey to despair amid fears of another military call-up. Online, a surreal diatribe about gorgonzola describes, better than any other example, Russians’ desire “not get involved", to turn away from feelings of guilt and shake off the rhetoric of "traditional values".
STATEMENT BY THE HEADS OF CHURCHES REGARDING THE INCREASING CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN THE HOLY LAND
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- Created: 29 Gennaio 2023
Cardinal Parolin: Reconciliation at heart of Pope’s journey to Africa
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- Created: 29 Gennaio 2023
In an interview with Vatican Media, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin shares his hopes that Pope Francis' upcoming Apostolic Visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan will help promote an end to the violence that wounds both nations, saying the Pope's presence "could mark a turning point in the often tragic events in these countries."
Ukrainian journalist: The courage to speak for those no longer able to do so
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- Created: 29 Gennaio 2023
Svitlana Dukhovych, with Vatican News' Ukrainian programme, gives her testimony of reporting on the war in Ukraine, on the occasion of the International Day of St Francis de Sales, organised by the French Federation of Catholic Media, the Dicastery for Communication, SIGNIS and UCSI (25-27 January 2023).
Students from Bossey Ecumenical Institute visit Vatican Media
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- Created: 22 Gennaio 2023
Vatican Secretary of State to visit Azerbaijan
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- Created: 15 Gennaio 2023
Jordan: The Catholic Churches mark the 23rd Pilgrimage Day to the Baptism Site
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- Created: 15 Gennaio 2023
Prior to the religious ceremony, Patriarch Pizzaballa said during the press conference held by the Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM): "We pay prime attention to this holy place and affirm our support for the project designed to develop the Baptism Site which was announced by His Majesty King Abdullah II and His Royal Highness Prince GhaziI Ibn Mohammad."
Bishops from 11 countries meet in Jordan for Holy Land Coordination
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- Created: 15 Gennaio 2023
The annual Holy Land Coordination begins on Saturday 14 January, when Bishops from 11 countries will gather in Jordan to meet with the Christian community. There are more than 200,000 Christians in the country. Its Catholic parishes, schools and social projects form an important part of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
In death, Pell remains a polarising figure
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- Created: 15 Gennaio 2023
It would be hard to name an Australian more polarising than George Pell.
The sudden death of the cardinal, once a right-hand man of the Pope, led to an outpouring of sadness and gratitude for his service by many devout Catholics across the nation and the globe. The bells at St Patrick’s Cathedral in East Melbourne rang for 30 minutes to mark his death and flags outside were flown at half-mast.
The sudden death of the cardinal, once a right-hand man of the Pope, led to an outpouring of sadness and gratitude for his service by many devout Catholics across the nation and the globe. The bells at St Patrick’s Cathedral in East Melbourne rang for 30 minutes to mark his death and flags outside were flown at half-mast.
Pope Francis recalls 25th anniversary of JPII's visit to Cuba
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- Created: 15 Gennaio 2023
AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II: homosexuality contradicts God's plan and the Bible
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- Created: 15 Gennaio 2023
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Homosexual behavior does not conform to the Bible and to the creative will of God, who «created Adam and Eve». This was reiterated by Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, in an Egyptian television interview, Pope Tawadros also referred to specific programs introduced in kindergartens and primary schools that belong to the Coptic Church to raise boys and girls and protect them from theories and theses considered ambiguous and not compliant with the Bible regarding issues related to the relationship between the sexes and sexual orientation.
ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal for ceasefire: "Peace is the greatest gift"
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- Created: 15 Gennaio 2023
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently ask the parties for a ceasefire. We ask that they lay down their arms and seek a peaceful solution. We see many people suffering and it is necessary to create humanitarian corridors in areas of extreme humanitarian crisis, which allow all organizations, local and foreign, to assist displaced people", says to Agenzia Fides Joseph Kung, a lay Catholic from Yangon, head of a private university institute, interpreting the feelings and desires of Catholics and many other citizens of other confessions, in the country tormented by an internal conflict between the army and the Popular Defense Forces (PDF), born in the aftermath of the coup.
Currently, he notes, there is an urgent need "to alleviate the suffering of the millions of people who, in many areas of the country, have been forced to flee their homes and seek precarious shelters".
Currently, he notes, there is an urgent need "to alleviate the suffering of the millions of people who, in many areas of the country, have been forced to flee their homes and seek precarious shelters".
Christian man in Islamabad accused of blasphemy over a social media post
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- Created: 15 Gennaio 2023
Ishtiaq Saleem is accused of posting pictures of the Prophet Mohammad’s name in Arabic tattooed on his body. Upon his arrest, he was beaten. His wife proclaims his innocence, saying that he is illiterate and the victim of a "conspiracy" based on religion. Pakistan’s electronic crimes law as well as blasphemy legislation are used to target religious minorities.
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Scholars rediscover the relevance of Celso Costantini, First Apostolic Delegate in China
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- Created: 01 Gennaio 2023
by Martha Zhao Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one hundred years after his arrival in Beijing, the figure of Cardinal Celso Costantini, the first Apostolic Delegate in China, is being rediscovered and his topicality is reinforced also in the Chinese academic world. On the morning of today, Friday, December 23, a Seminar dedicated to the theme of Sino-Vatican relations during the Republic of China, centered precisely on the figure of Constantine, was organized at the History Department of the East China Normal University, (ECNU), founded in 1951 in Shanghai.
Card Sako: Benedict XVI was a 'great theologian' and 'prophet' of relations with Islam
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- Created: 01 Gennaio 2023
New Archbishop to be elected on Christmas Eve (Updated)
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- Created: 25 Dicembre 2022
The Holy Synod said on Thursday they will elect the new Archbishop out of the triumvirate on Christmas Eve.
Speaking to the media after a meeting of the Holy Synod, Paphos bishop Georgios, the caretaker of the throne, said the members of the Holy Synod will decide among the three who gathered the highest number of votes by the public on Sunday.
Speaking to the media after a meeting of the Holy Synod, Paphos bishop Georgios, the caretaker of the throne, said the members of the Holy Synod will decide among the three who gathered the highest number of votes by the public on Sunday.
Ukraine's president urges Christmas hope despite attacks
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- Created: 25 Dicembre 2022
On Christmas Day, Pope Francis prays for Prince of Peace to end ‘third world war’
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- Created: 25 Dicembre 2022
In Iraq, focus is on role of religious actors in promoting social cohesion, inclusive citizenship
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- Created: 18 Dicembre 2022
A married couple with seven children to be beatified by the Catholic Church for martyrdom by Nazis
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- Created: 18 Dicembre 2022
ASIA/LEBANON - Unprecedented summit between the Patriarchs of the Churches of Syriac tradition
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- Created: 18 Dicembre 2022
Atchaneh (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented and in some respects historic meeting between the leaders of the Churches of the Syriac tradition, to discuss and reflect together on the emergencies and problems faced by Christian communities in the Middle East, in the light of the common spiritual heritage and of the teaching of the Fathers of the Church. This is the only ecclesial meeting convened today, Friday, December 16, at Atchaneh (Lebanon), at the headquarters of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate. The meeting, convened by the Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, sees the participation, among others, of the Syriac-Catholic Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan, the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Raï, the Assyrian Patriarch Mar Awa III and the Chaldean Patriarch Luis Raphael Sako.
Mondo Action of Bulgarian Synod on Serbian tomos & other news
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- Created: 18 Dicembre 2022
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic bishops set up new legal Offices
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- Created: 18 Dicembre 2022
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On December 13th, 2022, the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land (ACOHL) organized a conference for the launching of two new offices: the Safeguarding Office & the Professional Legal Office, which aim to provide support and advice to the Catholic Church in the Holy Land. The conference, which included opening speeches by His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Mgr Adolfo Tito Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy Land, was meant to present the purpose of these offices to the religious congregations and institutes of the Holy Land.