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News – Vatican
May 7, 2021

‘Front-line’ priests should have priority access to vaccine, cardinal says

Priests who are ministering “on the front lines” in parishes, prisons and hospitals should be considered “at-risk” and receive priority in Covid-19 vaccination programmes, said the head of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy. Ongoing cooperation is needed between government and Church leaders “aimed at enabling clergy – at least those ‘in the care of souls’ –... Read More
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May 7, 2021

Pope will open an online meeting on ‘demographic winter’ in Italy

Pope Francis is scheduled to open a meeting discussing the challenges posed by Italy’s low birthrate. “For more than a decade, Italy has become an increasingly elderly and less populated country, suffering from structural and legislative shortcomings at the fiscal, economic and social level,” which have all exacerbated a drop in births, according to a press release about the meeting.... Read More
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May 7, 2021

Cardinal Turkson urges graduates to impact troubled world

The head of the Vatican’s justice, peace and human development efforts urged over 700 graduates of the University of Saint Francis to follow the example of their school’s namesake and the advice of the pope who shares his name. “Consider what impact you make in life,” said Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral... Read More
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May 6, 2021

Pope to institute formal ‘ministry of catechist’

While millions of laypeople around the world are recognised as catechists in their parish or diocese, Pope Francis is preparing to formally institute the “ministry of catechist.” The Vatican press office said that Pope Francis’ apostolic letter “Antiquum Ministerium” (“Ancient Ministry”), instituting the ministry, would be released on 11th May. Pope Francis has often spoken of the importance of selecting, training and supporting catechists, who... Read More
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May 6, 2021

Pope approves canonisations, but doesn’t set date because of pandemic

The sainthood causes of seven men and women – including the hermit Blessed Charles de Foucauld and the Indian martyr Devasahayam Pillai – cleared their final hurdle during a recent “ordinary public consistory,” a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process. The meeting included a prayer, an affirmation... Read More
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May 5, 2021

Pope: One act of pure love is greatest miracle Christians can perform

Contemplative prayer transforms and purifies the human heart, Pope Francis said. Being contemplative in prayer is an act of faith and love, it is “the ‘breath’ of our relationship with God,” he said during his weekly general audience. Continuing his series of talks on prayer, the pope reflected on contemplative prayer, which is not so much a way of doing, “but a way of being,” he said. “Being contemplative does not... Read More
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May 5, 2021

Markets need regulation; poor need protection from fallout, pope says

Financial speculation is unsustainable and dangerous, therefore, markets must be regulated and the poor protected, Pope Francis said. “We still have time to start a process of global change to put into practice a different, more just, inclusive, sustainable economy that leaves no-one behind,” he said. In a video message released by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the pope offered his prayer intention for the month... Read More
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May 5, 2021

Pope updates Vatican judicial laws so cardinals and bishops can face trial

Updating the laws that govern the Vatican’s civil judicial system, Pope Francis stated that cardinals and bishops accused of a crime can now be tried in a Vatican court. The pope said the new measure, issued “motu proprio,” on his own accord, reflects the “fundamental equality of all” by ensuring that the Vatican judicial system conforms to the principle that “among all the faithful... Read More
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May 4, 2021

At Rosary, pope prays resources move from military to pandemic prevention

Under the gaze of a seventh-century icon of Mary, Pope Francis launched a monthlong, global recitation of the Rosary, pleading for Mary’s intercession for the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. And he prayed on 1st May that Mary would move people’s consciences “so that the enormous amounts spent to increase and perfect weapons are instead used to promote research... Read More
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May 4, 2021

Pope Francis asks for prayers for peace in Myanmar

With an ongoing military crackdown and political upheaval in Myanmar, Pope Francis called for prayers for peace and reconciliation in the country. After reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer with visitors in St Peter’s Square on 2nd May, the pope said, “We have entered the month of May in which popular piety expresses devotion to the Virgin Mary in many ways.” The pope said... Read More
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