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                    <![CDATA[Pope prays for El Salvador Martyrs 40 years after their death]]>
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                    <![CDATA[40 years after their death, Pope Francis recalls the brave missionary women who were brutally murdered in El Salvador as they worked to make the lives of those suffering the county's civil war easier.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-francis-general-audience-prayer-el-salvador-martyrs.html</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:16:12 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Africa: Young Catholic media professionals begin online course]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Forty young African media professionals, this week started a three-week online training programme organised by SIGNIS Africa under the banner: Citizen journalists of hope. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2020-12/africa-young-catholic-media-professionals-begin-online-course.html</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:40:10 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Cardinal Cantalamessa to preach Advent sermons at Vatican ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Preacher to the Pontifical Household, newly created Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, will begin a series of sermons for Advent this Friday, 4 December. The sermons will be delivered in the Paul VI Hall, due to the necessity of social distancing during the pandemic. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-12/cardinal-cantalamessa-to-preach-advent-sermons-at-vatican.html</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[UN seek to ship aid to Tigray region]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The United Nations says that Ethiopia will allow aid into the country's Tigray region.
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-12/un-seek-to-ship-aid-to-tigray-region.html</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:00:11 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[International slavery abolition day highlights plight of victims of modern slavery]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is marked annually on 2 December. It is a day set aside to raise awareness and to reinforce global efforts in combatting the scourge of modern slavery.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-12/modern-slavery-pope-francis-un-world-day.html</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 12:23:05 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope prays for Nigeria after terror attack on farmworkers]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis appeals for prayers for Nigeria, where a group of terrorists killed over 100 farm labourers in the country’s northeast.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-francis-appeal-nigeria-farmworkers-killed-boko-haram.html</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:12:21 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope at Audience: God blesses us despite our sins]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Reflecting on blessing as an essential dimension of prayer, Pope Francis in his General Audience says that our response to the God who blesses is also by blessing. We do it through the prayer of praise, adoration and thanksgiving.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-francis-general-audience-prayer-blessing.html</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:07:47 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Council of Cardinals reflects on life of the Church in midst of pandemic]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Council of Cardinals gathered virtually on Tuesday afternoon for their regularly scheduled meeting. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/council-of-cardinals-reflects-on-life-of-church-in-pandemic.html</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 10:26:25 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Dismay as Egypt 'suspends' investigation of Italian student]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Authorities in Cairo have suspended an investigation into the 2016 murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-12/egypt-italy-regeni-investigation-suspended.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:56:22 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Vatican launches website dedicated to “Fratelli tutti” encyclical]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announces a new, intuitive website dedicated to Pope Francis’ encyclical "Fratelli tutti".]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-12/fratelli-tutti-website-dicastery-human-development.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 17:34:59 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope’s December prayer intention: For a life of prayer]]>
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                    <![CDATA[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 may nourish our relationship with Jesus Christ.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-s-december-prayer-intention-for-a-life-of-prayer.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 17:15:21 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[St Nicholas Serata: Roman charity event goes virtual]]>
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                    <![CDATA[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 need.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-12/saint-nicholas-serata-charity-event-st-patricks-church.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 17:02:12 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Safeguarding ministry and inculturation]]>
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                    <![CDATA[An online roundtable via webinar connected hundreds of people involved in safeguarding in the Church throughout the world, and focused on the perspective of inculturation. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-12/safeguarding-ministry-inculturation-uisg-usg-protect-minors.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:52:30 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[US Bishops oppose excluding undocumented immigrants from census]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Bishop Martin Dorsonville, chairman of the USCCB’s Commission on Migration, issues a statement voicing the Bishops’ opposition to the Trump administration’s plans to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-12/us-bishops-oppose-excluding-undocumented-immigrants-from-census.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:37:42 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Cardinal Grech: In encountering each person we come closer to Jesus]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Cardinal Mario Grech describes the latest consistory and speaks of how Pope Francis’ most recent words have resonated with him]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-12/cardinal-grech-interview-encounter-consistory.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:00:17 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis upholds testimony of the Zairean Rite in video message]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis releases a video message to coincide with the publication of "Pope Francis and the Roman Missal for the Dioceses of Zaire" by the Vatican Publishing House. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-congolese-rite-roman-missal-rita-kongo.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 15:53:09 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[ Pope Francis: The Zairean Rite is a “promising model” for the Amazon]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis praises the Zairean Rite in a preface he wrote for a new book published by the Vatican Publishing House.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-francis-zairean-rite-preface-book-amazon.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:38:17 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[WCC: 'Find  hope in the birth of Jesus amid the covid-19 crisis']]>
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                    <![CDATA[A Christmas message released by the interim  General Secretary of the World Council of Churches urges Christians to find hope in the good news of the birth of Jesus amidst the Covid-19 crisis.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-12/wcc-christmas-message-hope-covid-19.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:55:07 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope appoints new Bishop for Buffalo, USA]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Bishop Michael William Fisher has been named as the fifteenth Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, USA. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-appoints-new-bishop-for-buffalo-usa.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:03:27 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Laudato si’ bears fruit: from the Living Chapel, new trees for the world]]>
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                    <![CDATA[A work of art constructed with plants, recycled material and musical harmony aims to reforest the planet, beginning in the heart of Rome, in support of the UN’s Trillion Tree Campaign. It is the Living Chapel in the Botanical Garden, a concrete fruit of the commitment to creation proposed by Pope Francis in “Laudato si’”. With us are Consuelo Fabriani and Father Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-12/laudato-si-story-living-chapel-rome-botanical-garden.html</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:11:37 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope spells out six points on which to build social rights]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis sends a videomessage to social justice judges of the American and African continents and urges them to base their material reshaping of social justice on six fundamental points. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-11/pope-francis-video-message-social-rights-judges.html</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:31:04 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope to social rights judges: justice is truly just when it makes people happy]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis sends a video message to judges from the Committee of Social Rights of Africa and America, urging them to promote justice, dignity and equality.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-11/pope-francis-judges-social-rights-justice.html</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:30:55 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[New Zealand bishops pledge to act to stop abuse in the Church]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Catholic Church in New Zealand says it is committed to work with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care established in 2018 by the government to inquire into and report upon responses by institutions to instances and allegations of historical abuse in state care and faith based institutions between 1950 and 2000.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-11/new-zealand-catholic-church-royal-commission-abuse.html</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:44:01 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Vatican launches “A Light Has Shone” initiative for Christmas season]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Pontifical Academy for Life launches a campaign of Christmas greetings beginning from 1 December to spread a message of hope and peace to the world amid the ongoing health crisis.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-11/pontifical-academy-life-a-light-has-shone-initiative-christmas.html</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:07:59 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Nigeria: Brutal attack leaves scores of people dead and missing]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Burials are taking place in northeast Nigeria for scores of farmworkers murdered as they worked in rice fields. No group has claimed the attack but officials say it carries the hallmarks of Boko Haram militants who have been terrorizing the region for more than 10 years and control part of the territory.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-11/nigeria-killings-borno-state-boko-haram.html</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:28:32 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope will not be  in Piazza di Spagna for Immaculate Conception]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Due to the ongoing health emergency, Pope Francis will not be going to Piazza di Spagna for the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Instead, the Holy Father will entrust the city of Rome, its inhabitants, and the many sick people throughout the world to the Blessed Virgin Mary in a private act of devotion.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-11/pope-will-not-be-in-piazza-di-spagna-for-immaculate-conception.html</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:18:11 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Kate Raworth: reroute economy in human and ecological values]]>
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                    <![CDATA[In an interview organised by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, economist Kate Raworth, an advisor to the Pope’s Covid-19 commission, discusses the importance of giving room to young economists. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-11/kate-raworth-interview-reroute-econmics-human-ecological-values.html</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:58:35 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis: Charity of St Andrew, encouragement in difficult times]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis sends a message to his Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the feast of the Apostle Andrew, patron saint of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-11/pope-francis-charity-of-st-andrew-encouragement-in-difficult-ti.html</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:51:08 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Ethiopia: Army takes control of Tigray]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces the end of military operations in the Tigray region after the army took full control of the regional capital.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-11/ethiopia-army-takes-control-of-tigray.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 15:10:23 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Mexicans face difficult Christmas due to pandemic]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Christmas Festivities or lack of them is going to leave an ache in the hearts of millions of family orientated Mexicans this year. While many will risk everything and anything to be together and close, for this most holy and cherished festive celebration, many others will remain in isolation, in the midst of pandemic, hoping for a vaccine to return to a normality, which is forever changed. 
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-11/mexicans-face-difficult-christmas-due-to-pandemic.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 14:39:09 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis prays for Central America hit by natural disasters]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis, following the recitation of the Angelus on this the first Sunday of Advent reiterated his closeness to the people of Central America who are suffering as a result of recent natural disasters.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-11/pope-francis-prays-for-central-america-hit-by-natural-disasters.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 13:25:50 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope at Angelus: Advent is a continuous call to hope]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Following Mass with new Cardinals in St Peter’s Basilica on the First Sunday of Advent, Pope Francis during the Angelus told the faithful that this season is one of expectation and hope.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-11/pope-at-angelus-advent-is-a-continuous-call-to-hope.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:26:30 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope at Mass: ‘Faith is a love story for people in love!”]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis and the new Cardinals created during Saturday’s Consistory concelebrate Mass on the First Sunday of Advent inviting the faithful to get close to the Lord and to serve their neighbours. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-11/pope-mass-advent-cardinals-homily.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 10:27:18 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Vatican Museums: Come, let us worship #1]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“The depiction of Jesus’ birth is itself a simple and joyful proclamation of the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.” These words of Pope Francis recall how the birth of Jesus has inspired generations of artists throughout history to evangelize through beauty. Every week the Vatican Museums and Vatican News offer a masterpiece from the pontifical collections, which are accompanied with a reflection from the Popes.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-11/vatican-museums-art-prayer-faith-christmas-advent-pope-1.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 09:17:26 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[The Pope and the new Cardinals visit Benedict XVI]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, greeted and blessed the 13 new Cardinals whom he met in the chapel of the “Mater Ecclesiae” monastery in the Vatican after the consistory.]]>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:41:31 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Ethiopia: Government launches offensive on Mekelle]]>
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                    <![CDATA[
Ethiopian government forces have reportedly launched an offensive to capture the regional capital Mekelle in the north of the country. Pope Francis has repeatedly appealed to the parties involved to refrain from violence and protect civilians.  ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-11/ethiopia-tigray-offensive-humanitarian.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:42:58 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Belarus President prepared to resign under new Constitution]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Belarus' longtime President Alexander Lukashenko says he is prepared to resign if a new constitution is adopted. His announcement follows months of protests against his disputed re-election in August.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-11/belarus-president-lukashenko-opposition-protests-new-constitutio.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:32:34 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Cardinal Gregory’s vision: protect, care for and strengthen the flock]]>
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                    <![CDATA[On Saturday afternoon, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington DC became Cardinal Wilton Gregory. At that moment, he also became the first African-American Cardinal.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-11/cardinal-gregory-washington-consistory-interview.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:17:42 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope urges new cardinals to stay on the Lord’s road]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis urged new cardinals he created on Saturday not to stray away from “journeying on God’s road”.  The red colour of the cardinals’ attire, which symbolizes blood, he warned,  “can, for a worldly spirit, become the colour of a secular ‘eminence’”.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-11/pope-francis-homily-consistory-new-cardinals.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:06:38 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[The Church’s new cardinals – who’s who?]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Who are the 13 new cardinals from around the world created by Pope Francis at the consistory of Nov. 28 in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican?  They hail from 8 nations of Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. 

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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-11/vatican-new-cardinals-biography-consistory.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:52:51 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Cardinal Nichols: 'No to cuts on expenditure for overseas aid']]>
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                    <![CDATA[Cardinal Vincent Nichols expresses concern at government plans to cut expenditure on aid to poor countries. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-11/cardinal-nichols-uk-government-expenditure-overseas-aid.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:28:55 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Covid: after State and Market, now is the time for Community]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis is certain of this and is repeating it to everyone: we will emerge either better or worse after the pandemic The global crisis requires that the parameters of human co-existence be rethought through the lens of solidarity. Based on this foundational idea, the "Covid-19: Building a Healthier Future" has been created in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, to offer a vision that might lead to the beginning of a new fraternity after the pandemic.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-11/vatican-covid-project-zamagni-solidarity-economy-pope-francis.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:01:58 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Advent in a time of pandemic]]>
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                    <![CDATA[As governments look to easing COVID-19 restrictions over the Christmas holidays, bishops conferences in a number of countries are putting measures in place for the Advent season that encourage people to share hope.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-11/advent-in-a-time-of-pandemic.html</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 13:56:49 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope appeals for end to violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pope Francis appeals for an end to violence and the restoration of peace in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, as the Prime Minister announces an assault on the regional capital.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-11/pope-francis-appeal-tigray-ethiopia-conflict-peace.html</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:07:54 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Cardinal Czerny: young people and migrants at heart of better post-Covid world]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Undersecretary of the Vatican’s Migrants and Refugees Section addresses participants at an online seminar organized by Sophia University in Tokyo, one year after Pope Francis’ visit. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-11/covid-czerny-japan-pope-fratelli-tutti-migrants-young-people.html</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:16:59 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Hungary and Poland pledge to veto EU Budget ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Hungary and Poland's prime ministers have vowed to uphold their veto of the European Union's next budget - and its massive coronavirus pandemic relief fund. In Budapest, both leaders said they oppose a mechanism that ties payment of funds to the rule of law principles. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-11/hungary-poland-eu-budget-coronavirus-recovery-fund.html</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:13:22 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Philippine Church dedicates 2021 pastoral year to missionary renewal]]>
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                    <![CDATA[In 2021, the Philippine Church marks 500 years of the arrival of the Gospel in the land. The Philippine bishops have chosen, “Missio ad Gentes”, as the theme of the pastoral year 2021. ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-11/philippine-bishops-valles-pastoral-letter-2021-pastoral-year.html</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:45:47 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[All things consistory: linguistic origin....]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Have you ever wondered what the word “consistory” means? Or where the word “cardinal” comes from?  ]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-11/consistory-linguistic-origin-latinist-fr-reginald-foster.html</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:24:34 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Vatican launches #aGiftOfWisdom campaign ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life launches an initiative to promote bonding between young people and the elderly.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-11/dicastery-laity-closeness-wisdom-elderly-young-coronavirus.html</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 14:54:34 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <![CDATA[Cardinals-designate gear up for unusual Consistory]]>
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                    <![CDATA[As 13 men prepare to become Cardinals on Saturday, Covid-19 restrictions promise to make the event slightly unusual, though not unprecedented.]]>
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                <link>https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-11/consistory-pope-francis-coronavirus-peripheries.html</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:14:29 +0100</pubDate>
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