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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January 8, 2021

Capitol invasion adds to challenges facing incoming Biden administration

When Joe Biden takes the oath of office as president on 20th January, he’s going to face more than political challenges of getting his legislative priorities implemented, constitutional law experts said. The real challenge, they said, will be trying to overcome the view of millions of Americans who doubt the legitimacy of his election because of... Read More

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April 9, 2020

Catholic schools must face pandemic challenges, Vatican office says

While the coronavirus pandemic has proven challenging for schools and parents in educating children, it is also a chance for Catholic schools to confront those challenges with courage, said the Congregation for Catholic Education. “This crisis can become an opportunity for Catholic educational institutions across the world to strengthen their testimony to their identity and... Read More

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September 13, 2019

Pope calls for global alliance to better educate young people

Pope Francis said the challenges facing humanity and the Earth are so urgent and important that he has invited world leaders, educators and young people to come to the Vatican next spring to launch a global alliance for building a new, more humane future. “Never before has there been such need to unite our efforts... Read More

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April 3, 2019

Papal document addresses challenges of evangelising in the digital age

While digital communications and social media can be used as a tool of evangelisation and a place of dialogue with others, they also can be lonely environments where young people fall prey to humanity’s worst vices, Pope Francis wrote. In his new apostolic exhortation to young people, ‘Christus Vivit’ (‘Christ Lives’), the pope warned that... Read More

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November 27, 2018

Catholic boxer plans to use proceeds of big bout to help the homeless

Catholic boxer Tyson Fury has claimed he plans to give his seven-figure pay day for Saturday’s fight with Deontay Wilder to “the poor and to build homes for the homeless”. The undefeated 30-year-old is expected to earn a career-high purse when he challenges WBC heavyweight champion Wilder at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. After being such... Read More

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October 4, 2018

‘Unthinkable pain, raw emotion’ remain a year after Vegas shooting, says bishop

This last year “has been a time of unthinkable pain and raw emotion for the Las Vegas community and for families devastated” by the mass shooting of 1st October 2017, Bishop George L. Thomas said at an interfaith prayer service at Guardian Angel Cathedral, in Winchester, Nevada. “But it has also been a time when... Read More

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