Christians, Muslims must spread hope, says Vatican message for Ramadan

Christians and Muslims share a conviction that God calls them to be “witnesses, restorers and builders of hope” both in this life and for the life to come, said the leaders of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. In a message wishing Muslims a peaceful and fruitful month as they fast during Ramadan and a joyful celebration of... Read More

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April 19, 2021

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 17, 2021

Five top-5 lists drawn from the Vatican’s Statistical Yearbook

The countries in the world with the most people baptised Catholics continue to be, in order: Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, the United States and Italy. But, according to the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, as of 31st December 2019, the order and even the countries are different when looking at the number of dioceses or other... Read More

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April 16, 2021

Prevention and healing work better when faiths work together, says Vatican expert

Jesuit Fr Hans Zollner, one of the Vatican’s top experts in the field of clergy sexual abuse, said during an interfaith symposium on the subject that working together will help eliminate sexual abuse in different faiths. “I’ve seen that both faith leaders, and those who are involved as boots on the ground, are quite sensitive... Read More

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April 14, 2021

Italy issues arrest warrant for broker in Vatican property deal

Italian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian broker who served as the middleman in the Vatican’s majority stake purchase of a property in London’s posh Chelsea district. According to court documents, Italy’s finance police requested the warrant after an investigation into Torzi and three associates who are suspected of money laundering, fraud... Read More

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April 13, 2021

Cardinal unveils major Vatican conference on priesthood slated for 2022

Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February 2022. “A theological symposium does not claim to offer practical solutions to all the pastoral and missionary problems of the Church, but it... Read More

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April 12, 2021

Cardinal Cassidy, Vatican’s former top ecumenist, dies at 96

Australian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, a longtime Vatican diplomat and former president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, died on 10th April at the age of 96 in Newcastle, Australia. He celebrated his 80th birthday nine months before the death of St John Paul II, so was not eligible to vote in the April 2005... Read More

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April 10, 2021

Vatican Observatory launches podcast and new website

Vatican Observatory fans and astronomy nerds will want to check out the observatory foundation’s new podcast, website and online store for the usual ‘merch’ of hoodies, caps, tote bags and phone cases, as well as bright posters of the Horsehead Nebula, the Milky Way and other starry scenes. People will find everything at vaticanobservatory.org and... Read More

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April 5, 2021

Vatican calls for action to assist people displaced by climate change

Whether people admit it or not, climate change and environmental destruction are forcing millions from their homes, and Catholics have a responsibility to assist them, Pope Francis wrote in the preface to a new document. “When people are driven out because their local environment has become uninhabitable, it might look like a process of nature,... Read More

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