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Four missionary women who were brutally murdured 40 years ago in El Salvador

02/12/2020

Pope prays for El Salvador Martyrs 40 years after their death

Mourners attend the funeral of the massacred farmworkers

02/12/2020

Pope prays for Nigeria after terror attack on farmworkers

Pope Francis at the General Audience of December 2, 2020.

02/12/2020

Pope at Audience: God blesses us despite our sins

The World Food Programme delivers aid to a village in South Sudan as part of its effort to provide assistance to millions of people impacted by the pandemic and with famines looming

02/12/2020

“Fratelli tutti”: an invitation to act now for a post-pandemic world

Bishop Sithembele Sipuka, President of Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference

02/12/2020

South African Bishop: The ending year calls for reflection on the signs of the times

December 2 is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

02/12/2020

International slavery abolition day highlights plight of victims of modern slavery

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01/12/2020

Pope’s December prayer intention: For a life of prayer

In a video message for his December prayer intention, Pope Francis speaks about the power of prayer to change reality and our hearts, and prays that, through a life of prayer, we ...

02/12/2020

Council of Cardinals reflects on life of the Church in midst of pandemic

Father - now Cardinal - Cantalamessa kneels before an Advent sermon in 2019

02/12/2020

Cardinal Cantalamessa to preach Advent sermons at Vatican

The new website dedicated to the "Fratelli tutti" Encyclical

01/12/2020

Vatican launches website dedicated to “Fratelli tutti” encyclical

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announces a new, intuitive website dedicated to Pope Francis’ encyclical "Fratelli tutti".

Cover of the book "Pope Francis and the Roman Missal of the Dioceses of Zaire" with preface by Pope Francis

01/12/2020

Pope Francis: The Zairean Rite is a “promising model” for the Amazon

Pope Francis praises the Zairean Rite in a preface he wrote for a new book published by the Vatican Publishing House.

A homeless person sleeps rough near Rome's main train station

01/12/2020

St Nicholas Serata: Roman charity event goes virtual

As Covid-related restrictions encroach on family gatherings at Christmas, one Catholic community in Rome is offering people everywhere the chance to refresh their holiday cheer by giving to those in ...