Humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path of self-destruction, Pope Francis said, commemorating Earth Day with a video message.
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
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Pope Francis calls for monthlong global prayer marathon for end of pandemic
Pope Francis has called for a global prayer marathon for the entire month of May, praying for the end to the pandemic.
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Pope Francis criticizes politicians who turn their back on the poor
When political life turns its back on the poor, it “will never be able to promote the common good,” Pope Francis said.
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Vatican Observatory launches podcast and new website
The podcasts are available on several platforms and they feature one of the pope’s own Jesuit astronomers speaking with a notable figure in the world of space exploration or science.
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Pope Francis will use reflections and drawings from kids for this year’s Stations of the Cross
The Vatican’s Stations of the Cross will feature texts and drawings from a troop of Italian scouts, two group homes for disadvantaged young people and a parish that serves people who are differently abled, the homeless and survivors of domestic abuse.
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Vatican statistical yearbook: The number of Catholics is growing on every continent—except Europe.
The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world has shown steady growth, while the number of religious men and women continued to decrease, according to Vatican statistics.
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In response to question on same-sex unions, Cardinal Farrell says no one can be excluded from the love of the church
While the Catholic Church cannot bless unions that are not sacramental marriages, the church will always welcome and accompany everyone, no matter their situation in life, said the prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.
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Pope Francis names Cardinal Joseph Tobin to congregation that helps name bishops
Pope Francis has named Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, a member of the Congregation for Bishops, the office that advises the pope on the nomination of bishops around the world.
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The Vatican’s doctrinal office is ‘no longer the Inquisition,’ Cardinal Ladaria says
Called the Sacred Roman and Universal Inquisition when it was instituted in 1542, the congregation was initially a tribunal exclusively for cases of heresy and schism.
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Pope Francis advances sainthood cause of Jerome Lejeune, founder of the first Down syndrome clinic
The Catholic physician and researcher Jerome Lejeune devoted his life to protecting unborn children with Down syndrome from so-called “therapeutic abortion.”