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Christ is alive: Synthesis of the Apostolic Exhortation 

Andrea Tornielli, the editorial director for the Dicastery of Communication, provides a detailed synthesis of the Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Christ is Alive!" 

Pope to Young People: God loves you, the Church needs you

Pope Francis’ post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation is presented at a Press Conference in the Vatican. The result of last October’s Synod on Young People, the ... 

Pope's April prayer intention: For medical personnel in conflict zones

Pope Francis on Thursday released a video message accompanying his prayer intention for April, which this month is for doctors and their humanitarian ... 

Pope to journalists: Champion factual reporting, human dignity

Pope Francis during an address to German journalists in the Vatican on Thursday, stresses the importance of factual reporting, dialogue and the dignity of the ... 

La Salle Missionary found dead in Peru

A member of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, Brother Paul McAuley, was found dead on Tuesday in Peru, on the grounds of an international ... 

Pope greets Rainbow Choir: the elderly are humanity’s memory

Before his general audience on Wednesday in the Vatican, Pope Francis greeted representatives of a home for the elderly with Alzheimer’s from Bonheiden, ... 

Pope at Audience: Building bridges through hope

Pope Francis devotes the General Audience to his recent visit to Morocco. Drawing on the theme of the trip, "Servant of Hope”, he tells the faithful in St ... 

Pope at Mass: ‘Pray with courage, putting it all on the line’

In his homily at Mass in the Casa Santa Marta on Thursday, Pope Francis invites us to pray courageously to the Lord, especially during Lent. 

Card. Parolin: religious freedom continues to be violated around the world

Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin on April 3 addressed a symposium on religious freedom sponsored by the US Embassy to the Holy See in Rome. 

Caritas’ youth program gets boost from Pope’s Apostolic Exhortation

Caritas Internationalis’ worldwide program for young people received an important boost this week, with the publication of Pope Francis’ new Apostolic ... 

Pope Francis appoints new Archbishop for Washington

The Holy Father appoints Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory, Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington D.C. in the United States. 

English and Welsh Bishops: 2020 will be “Year of the Word”

The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales commemorate the anniversaries of Verbum Domini and St. Jerome by dedicating the year 2020 to the Bible under the title ... 

A young woman’s take on “Christ is alive”

The Pope's Apostolic Exhortation, “Christ is alive”, dedicated to young people, is rendered public on Tuesday morning at the Holy See Press Office. 

Card Ranjith backs Sri Lanka’s anti-drug campaign 

The Archbishop of Colombo organized a march and protest against drug crimes on March 31. President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wikcremasinghe also addressed ... 

The youth of India await the October Synod Document

Indian priest, Fr. Amarnath Dinesh Roy speaks about his expectations regarding Pope Francis’ post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to young people entitled “Christ ... 

A youth minister in South Africa on 'Christus vivit'

In connection with the publication of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation dedicated to young people and the Church, we shine the spotlight on the challenges of ... 

Report warns that millions will be affected by food crises in 2019 

Tens of millions of people across the world will be affected by food crises this year. The alarm comes in a report by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture ...