‘Amoris Laetitia’ is built on traditional Thomist morality, Pope Francis told a group of Jesuits in Colombia.
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
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Pope Francis: Priests proven to have abused minors cannot appeal
Pope Francis promised “zero tolerance” in his remarks to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
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How to have hope: Pope Francis gives a point-by-point guide
Pope Francis continues to spread his message of Christian hope, aiming especially to reach and inspire young people.
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Pope Francis, Orthodox patriarch will issue joint plea for care of creation
The forthcoming joint message will ask people of all faiths “to adopt a respectful and responsible approach toward creation.”
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Pope Francis: God wants people to dream big, not listen to cynics
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is like an “arsonist,” the pope said, setting people’s hearts ablaze.
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Reverence of the past is not fidelity, Italian biblicist tells priests
Like the religious authorities of the Sanhedrin criticized by Jesus, some clergy are faithful only to themselves, “rich in devout reverence to the past,” wrote Italian biblicist Father Giulio Cirignano.
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Italian Jesuit journal calls out “ecumenism of hate” between some Evangelicals and Catholics in U.S. politics
The article looks at the growing similarities in the rhetoric and world views adopted by evangelical fundamentalists and some “militant” Catholic hardliners.
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Pope praises late-Cardinal Meisner’s faithful, fearless dedication
The 83-year-old cardinal died unexpectedly in his sleep July 5 while on vacation in southern Germany.
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Pope Francis calls for respecting Gard parents’ wishes to care for dying child
Pope Francis called for respecting the wishes of a terminally ill child’s parents to accompany and care for their child “until the end.” Greg Burke, Vatican spokesman, said the pope was following “with affection and emotion” the events concerning Charlie Gard, a 10-month-old infant born in England with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, which causes progressive […]
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Holy See life academy offers prayers to parents of terminally ill baby
Ten-month-old Charlie Gard was born in England with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, which causes progressive muscle weakness, brain damage and respiratory or liver failure; it is typically fatal.