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27/01/2021

Pope at Audience: The Bible, the place where God meets man

Pope Francis walks through the gates of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during his visit to the Memorial in 2016 (file photo)

27/01/2021

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope says remembering is an expression of humanity

A man holds an image of Fr. Stan Swamy, SJ

27/01/2021

UK Bishops urge Indian government to release Fr Swamy

27/01/2021

Official theme song for World Youth Day 2023 released

Publication of a Research Report on Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland

27/01/2021

Abp Martin asks forgiveness of survivors following NI Mother and Baby report

A woman prays while attending a recent Catholic festival

27/01/2021

Philippine Bishops urge Catholics to be charitable despite pandemic

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26/01/2021

Carlo Petrini and the new humanism that Laudato Si’ initiates

The idea of an integral ecology, that sees “strong” connections between environmental and human suffering, is the “great and extraordinary reflection that Pope Francis hands on to ...

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Nigeria

26/01/2021

Archbishop Kaigama reiterates calls for improved security for Nigerians

26/01/2021

Cardinal Sako laments recent Iraqi insecurity, launches prayer initiative

A woman fleeing violence in Tigray walks in a camp on the Sudan-Ethiopia border

26/01/2021

“Aid to the Church in Need”: possible atrocities in Tigray

The Pontifical Foundation, “Aid to the Church in Need”, is warning that hundreds of people are being killed in the conflicts in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and that shops, schools, ...

Pope Francis attends the funeral of Dr Fabrizio Soccorsi in the Vatican's Church of S. Maria Regina della Famiglia

26/01/2021

Pope Francis attends funeral of his personal doctor

Pope Francis attends the funeral of Fabrizio Soccorsi, his personal doctor who died on 9 January. The funeral Mass was celebrated by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

A Laudato si' meeting moderated by Joaquim Lesne in the diocese of Liège

27/01/2021

Care of creation: Liège, a diocese in transition

Since September 2020, the Belgian diocese of Liège has established a contact person for integral ecology, inspired by the environmental and social reflections contained in Pope Francis' encyclical ...