St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon faced persecution as the first Korean priest. Yet he continued to spread the Gospel and evangelize the people of his nation.
Pope Francis
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Vatican confirms Pope Francis trip to Lisbon and Fatima for World Youth Day
Pope Francis will travel to Portugal for World Youth Day in the first week of August and include a stop at the popular Marian shrine in Fatima, the Vatican confirmed.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Update: Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to conduct Ukraine peace mission
Pope Francis’ peace mission, which he first announced on April 30, now appears to be underway.
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Vatican police fire shot at car after driving past Swiss Guards; driver apprehended after reaching courtyard
The Vatican said the driver was about 40 years old and was in a “serious state of psychophysical alteration.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Vatican II: Rupture or reform?
George Weigel’s new book, ‘To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II,’ is a defense of the council against those who think it created a rupture with tradition (for better or for worse).
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: St. Francis Xavier is an example to young people who feel restless
In his weekly general audience, Pope Francis uses St. Francis Xavier as an example of missionary zeal who spread the Gospel to people who had never heard it before.
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Bishop Strickland tweets that he rejects Pope Francis’ ‘undermining the Deposit of Faith’
Bishop Strickland wrote that he believes Pope Francis is the pope, but he “reject(s) his program of undermining the Deposit of Faith.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis meets with President Zelensky in the Vatican for first time since the war in Ukraine began
Pope Francis emphasized in particular “the urgent need for ‘gestures of humanity’ towards the most fragile persons, the innocent victims of the conflict.”
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Pope Francis urges Italians to have more kids, not pets
Pope Francis joined Giorgia Meloni in encouraging young Italians to have more children, saying, “Let us not resign ourselves to sterile dullness and pessimism.”
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What the synod doc says about women, and what it could mean for the future of the church
The Synod on Synodality is good news for all the baptized, and in particular, it is good news for women.