Pope Francis held a private audience with Nadia Murad, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and survivor of the Islamic State-led genocide in Iraq, Aug. 26 at the Vatican. She is the first Iraqi and Yazidi to be awarded a Nobel Prize.
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Pope Francis is sending a quarter of a million dollars for Haiti relief efforts
The donation is meant to be “an immediate expression” of Pope Francis’ “feeling of spiritual closeness and paternal encouragement” for the people there.
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Update: Cardinal Burke on a ventilator in ‘serious but stable condition’ with Covid-19
U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke remains hospitalized, on a ventilator, “in serious but stable condition” with COVID-19, a spokesman said late Aug. 17.
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Pope Francis and bishops appear in new vaccine PSA: Getting vaccinated is ‘an act of love’
The video insists that vaccines are safe, effective and an “act of love.” It features Pope Francis as well six cardinals and archbishops from North, Central and South America.
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Vatican bank posts healthy profit despite economic shock of pandemic
The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank, showed a net profit of 36.4 million euros ($44.1 million) in 2020, according to its annual report.
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Vatican doubts new claims that St. Peter’s bones are in a forgotten tomb
The remains of St. Peter may have been and possibly still could be buried in catacombs under the Mausoleum of St. Helena, according to a paper published recently by three Italian researchers.
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Pope Francis asks every Catholic to join a new grassroots movement to save the environment
Pope Francis asked everyone to join a new global grassroots movement to create a more inclusive, fraternal, peaceful and sustainable world.
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Pope Francis: Countries with declining birthrates are ‘rich in resources but poor in hope’
The pope encouraged all government efforts for helping families’ real needs, saying, “if families are not the focus of the present, there will be no future.”
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Science, faith and Dr. Fauci meet this week at the Vatican
Much is still unknown about the 2019 novel coronavirus and why it can kill so many people and yet also can infect many more without causing any symptoms, Dr. Anthony Fauci told a Vatican conference.
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Pope Francis prays for 130 refugees drowned in Mediterranean
“Brothers and sisters, let us all ask ourselves about this umpteenth tragedy. It is a shameful moment.”