The Vatican has reaffirmed its support of Covid-19 vaccines with both the head of the Pontifical Academy for Life and a Holy See communique reiterating Pope Francis’ insistence that getting inoculated is “an act of love.”
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Pope Francis says domestic violence against woman is ‘nearly satanic’ and that parents should never slap their children
Pope Francis spoke with an abused woman who recently fled her home with her four children.
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Cardinal O’Malley discusses priest and bishop critics of Pope Francis and the polarizing role of media
Cardinal O’Malley said polarization and opposition to Pope Francis includes some prelates in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, but he did not name anyone.
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Second ‘George Floyd’ Pietà icon stolen from Catholic University
A second painting of Jesus and his mother, Mary, in which Jesus is widely thought to be depicted as George Floyd, has been stolen from the walls of the Catholic University of America’s law school.
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Pope Francis at 85: No more Mr. Nice Guy, as church reform hits its stride
Pope Francis is facing a sustained campaign of opposition from some Catholics. He has responded with the papal equivalent of “no more Mr. Nice Guy.”
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Israeli defense company says it protected Pope Francis from rogue drone in Slovakia
An Israeli counter-drone technology company says that it protected Pope Francis and 60,000 people from a rogue drone at an outdoor Mass in Sastin, Slovakia, on Sept. 15.
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‘They don’t see us’: Lay Catholics urge Pope Francis to recognize African American saints
Out of the more than 10,000 men and women recognized as saints—which includes 11 Americans and a total of 899 that have been canonized by Pope Francis—none are African Americans.
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Pope Francis: Decline in vocations is God’s way of making us humble
The decrease of vocations to religious life, including in the Society of Jesus, is a lesson in humility and a reminder that a calling to religious life depends on God, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Greece.
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‘People are desperate’: How Catholic Charities is responding to the devastating tornadoes in Kentucky
“God is not in the devastation. He’s not in the destruction. He was not in the storm,” said the director of Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Owensboro, Ky. “But he’s in the response, and that’s where we are.”
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Tom Quigley, longtime foreign policy adviser to U.S. bishops, dies at 91
Thomas J. Quigley, who worked for 45 years in service to the U.S. bishops, mostly in the realm of foreign policy, died Dec. 11 at age 91.