Belarusian archbishop says Vatican doing all it can to secure his return

A Belarusian archbishop who has been denied entry back into his own country said the Vatican was doing everything in its power to resolve the situation and help him return. To live in “forced exile” is difficult, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk told SIR, the news agency of the Italian bishops’ conference. “I can only live in... Read More

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October 13, 2020

Vietnamese archbishop: Use the internet to imitate Blessed Carlo

A Vietnamese archbishop has urged young people to imitate Blessed Carlo Acutis by establishing close links with God and other people on social media. Ucanews.com reported that about 500 young people attended a special meeting, ‘Access the Internet With Carlo’, on 10th October at Tan Phuoc Church, the day Blessed Carlo was beatified in Assisi, Italy.... Read More

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October 3, 2020

Sydney archbishop welcomes state plan to protect victims of modern slavery

Archbishop Anthony Fisher and archdiocesan staff have welcomed a commitment by the government of New South Wales to enact anti-slavery legislation passed by the Australian Parliament more than two years ago. The state of New South Wales endorsed the Modern Slavery Act 2018 and supported, in principle, a recommendation to implement the act before the... Read More

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September 26, 2020

Iraqi archbishop who saved ancient manuscripts nominated for EU prize

An Iraqi archbishop who helped save hundreds of ancient manuscripts from being destroyed by Islamic State militants was among the nominees for the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize. In a statement, the European Parliament announced that Chaldean Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa of Mosul was nominated for the 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which is awarded annually “to honour exceptional individuals... Read More

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September 18, 2020

Catholics in Belarus criticise lack of information on fate of archbishop

Catholic representatives in Belarus said they were not invited to talks between Vatican and government officials and criticised a “lack of information” about the fate of their exiled bishops’ conference president. “Unfortunately, we have absolutely no information about what’s happening and still await word from Rome about what was discussed,” said Fr Yuri Sanko, spokesman for the... Read More

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August 6, 2020

‘These were innocent children,’ archbishop says of South Sudan murders

The Catholic Archbishop of Juba condemned “in the strongest terms possible” the murder of three young girls, killed while watching television in their Juba home. The girls – ages nine, seven and four – were the children of Edward Jami Andrea, a lecturer at the Upper Nile University in the capital. The children were alone... Read More

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July 23, 2020

Not all in same boat: Some communities ‘sink more easily’

The global Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted humanity’s vulnerability and interdependence, as well as serious social and economic inequalities, the Pontifical Academy for Life said in a new document. The eight-page reflection, ‘Humana Communitas’ in the Age of Pandemic, details a number of key and ‘untimely meditations on life’s rebirth’ in the face of a global health,... Read More

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June 26, 2020

Don’t ‘blackmail’ children into coming to church, archbishop says

Although he said, “I would never go to war” over the proper age to administer the sacrament of Confirmation, Archbishop Rino Fisichella said too often it seems that the sacrament is delayed to “blackmail” young people into continuing to come to church. The archbishop, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation, made the... Read More

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June 12, 2020

Pope phones Brazilian archbishop as pandemic spreads

As the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil continued to grow and as the country’s daily death toll surpassed that of the United States, Pope Francis telephoned Archbishop Orlando Brandes of Aparecida, asking him to assure Brazilians of his prayers. According to Vatican News, the call on 10th June was the third Pope Francis had... Read More

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Belarusian archbishop says Vatican doing all it can to secure his return

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Sydney archbishop welcomes state plan to protect victims of modern slavery

Iraqi archbishop who saved ancient manuscripts nominated for EU prize

Catholics in Belarus criticise lack of information on fate of archbishop

‘These were innocent children,’ archbishop says of South Sudan murders

Not all in same boat: Some communities ‘sink more easily’

Don’t ‘blackmail’ children into coming to church, archbishop says

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