After meeting with Pope Francis and other Vatican official, the president of the bishops’ conference said claim that German church is moving toward schism are ‘meant to intimidate us.’
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Pope Francis: Seminaries should form humble servants—not ‘supermen’
The mission of a seminary “is not to form ‘supermen’ who pretend to know and control everything,” but to help seminarians become priests who are humble servants, Pope Francis said.
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Ukrainian archbishop tells Pope Francis: Russia wants to destroy, not negotiate
Pope Francis reiterated the Holy See’s commitment to end the fighting and find a way to obtain “a just peace.”
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Pope Francis on All Souls’ Day: At our final judgment, all that counts is how we loved the poor.
The Gospel teaches people how to live while awaiting death and God’s judgment, loving because he is love, Pope Francis said during a Mass at St. Peter’s on All Souls’ Day.
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Pope Francis: Saints weren’t conformists. They were revolutionaries who lived the beatitudes.
The multitude of men and women honored on the feast of All Saints lived according to the Eight Beatitudes.
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Vatican Museums repatriates mummies to Peru
“More than objects, they are human beings.” said Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State.
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Making the church more inclusive while staying true to teaching: Vatican releases synod’s synthesis document
“The quality of homilies is almost unanimously reported as a problem.”
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The Vatican and China renew agreement on appointing bishops for third time
Many dioceses are still without bishops or have very elderly bishops, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, but the process is continuing.
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Vatican cardinal tells EWTN: Catholic media must be in communion with pope
Media, especially those calling themselves Catholic, “must strive not to spread hate, but rather to promote a non-hostile communication,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin told employees of EWTN and its affiliated outlets.
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Vatican life office defends appointing a pro-choice economist
The nomination of Mariana Mazzucato raised concern in some quarters because of her retweets or positive comments on tweets in June criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overrule Roe v. Wade.