Fraternity needed to address global challenges, Vatican official says

Fraternity is more than just a virtuous principle, it is a necessary means to confront the great humanitarian and social challenges facing the world, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. Addressing a virtual event sponsored by the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to UN agencies in Geneva, Cardinal Parolin said that in multilateral... Read More

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April 7, 2021

Cardinal Parolin says Church divisions stem from misunderstanding ‘reform’

Days after the preacher of the papal household called on Catholics to repent for the ways they are dividing the Church, the Vatican secretary of state said the divisions are real and they are harmful. “Anyone who sees the situation of the Church today has to worry about these things because they are there,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary... Read More

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February 4, 2021

Pope prays for peace and reconciliation in Cameroon, cardinal says

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, recently embarked on a six-day visit to Cameroon to convey Pope Francis’ affection and closeness to the people of the country who suffer amid the throes of civil unrest. According to Vatican News, the purpose of Cardinal Parolin’s visit to Cameroon from 31st January to 3rdFebruary was to show the concern of the pope and the Catholic... Read More

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January 27, 2021

Fight against climate change can’t be done alone, cardinal says

Climate change is a global problem that requires the commitment and collective response of all humanity, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. In a video message to the virtual “Climate Adaptation Summit” hosted by the Netherlands, Cardinal Parolin said that the scientific data available shows “the urgent need for swift action within a context of... Read More

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December 10, 2020

Vatican secretary of state hospitalised

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, was hospitalised on 8th December in preparation for a scheduled surgery to treat an enlarged prostate, the Vatican press office confirmed. Cardinal Parolin, 65, was being treated at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, according to the press office. “It is expected that he can leave the hospital in a few days and gradually resume his... Read More

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October 7, 2020

Pope Benedict had approved the Vatican-China agreement, cardinal says

The Vatican-China agreement on the appointment of bishops was a pastoral, not political agreement, that also had been approved by Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican Secretary of State said. Every pope, from St Paul VI to Pope Francis, has tried to resolve what Pope Benedict described as a difficult situation “of misunderstandings and incomprehension” that did not benefit... Read More

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September 23, 2020

UN must recommit to serving the common good, Cardinal Parolin says

Marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, Cardinal Pietro Parolin called on the United Nations to renew its commitment to the ideals upon which it was founded. Cardinal Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said that while the United Nations has worked for decades to alleviate poverty, promote peace and champion human rights, “there... Read More

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September 16, 2020

Cardinal Parolin hopeful Vatican-China agreement will be extended

As the expiration of a provisional agreement signed between the Vatican and China approaches, the Vatican secretary of state said he hopes it will be extended. “Our intention is that it will be prolonged, that it will continue to be adopted ‘ad experimentum’,” or on a trial basis, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, according to SIR,... Read More

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September 5, 2020

Continuity in particularity: Cardinal looks at Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI

Between Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI, there is ‘continuity of magisterium and particularity in pastoral style’, but even more, there is ‘a living communion of affection’, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. What retired Pope Benedict XVI once described as the importance of ‘newness and continuity’ in the teaching of the... Read More

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August 18, 2020

Vatican official: Christians can offer hope with beauty of Christ’s love

Christians are called to share their experience of God’s beauty, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. People of faith find in God, who became flesh, ‘the wonder of living’, he said in a written message to participants in an annual meeting of the Communion and Liberation movement. ‘Isn’t this amazing discovery perhaps the... Read More

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