Cardinal Parolin: Every pope, from St. Paul VI to Pope Francis, has tried to resolve what Pope Benedict described as a difficult situation in China.
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Pope Francis: True change requires input of everyone, not just the powerful
The world will not overcome the current crisis if only big businesses, financial institutions and the powerful have a voice, Pope Francis said.
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Vatican reaffirms, clarifies church teachings on end-of-life care
“The church is convinced of the necessity to reaffirm as definitive teaching that euthanasia is a crime against human life because, in this act, one chooses directly to cause the death of another innocent human being.”
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Papal safeguarding commission meets online and in Rome
Father Zollner said the working group he belongs to, on education and formation, talked about the four webinars on safeguarding that were held over the summer and sponsored by the women’s International Union of Superiors General.
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Network offers orders help in reforming institutional child care
Religious orders are creating new ways to promote family and community-based child care as opposed to institutionalized care.
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Pope Francis: It is impossible to bear the tragic loss of a child without God’s help
“Every tragic death brings with it great pain. But when it snatches (the lives of) five adolescents and a young mother, it is immense, unbearable without God’s help,” he told members of the victims’ families Sept. 12.
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Cardinal Sarah to bishops: Facilitate Mass in person as soon as conditions permit
Church services and Mass online cannot compare to or replace the in-person participation of the faithful, Cardinal Sarah told the world’s bishops.
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Pope Francis: With millions deprived of basic needs, Christians must act
During a livestream from the library of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis continued a series of talks on the principles of the church’s social doctrine as a guide for healing and building a better future.
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Can E.T. call anyone? Jesuit astronomer studies intragalactic possibilities
It’s a long-standing puzzle: If there is such a high probability of life existing elsewhere in the universe, then, as Enrico Fermi was alleged to have said, “Where is everybody?
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Pontifical academy unveils effort to fight mafia’s ‘deviant spirituality’ of Mary
The figure of Mary is often distorted and exploited by criminal organizations as a way to make people more submissive and “turn them into slaves,” according to Father Stefano Cecchin.