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Pope at General Audience: Lord’s prayer confronts full range of evil

Pope Francis focuses his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience on the final petition of the Lord’s prayer, saying Jesus is at our side to deliver us from all manner of evil. 

Pope Francis: Never err in seeking dialogue

Pope Francis greeted members of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC) following the General Audience, telling them ... 

Pope gives migrant children a ride on his popemobile

Pope Francis invites eight migrant children who recently arrived in Italy from Libya to take a ride with him on the popemobile as he makes his way through St. ... 

Pope urges Lasallians to care for discarded through education

Pope Francis invites the Brothers of the Christian Schools to continue in their passion to educate those discarded by society and to promote a “culture of the ... 

The Church will soon have two new Saints and a Blessed

Pope Francis on May 13 authorized eight decrees on the miracles and heroic virtues of 8 men and women, five of them Italians, two Brazilians and a Spaniard. ... 

Pope sends condolences for death of Card. Nasrallah Sfeir

Pope Francis sends his condolences upon the death of Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, who died on Sunday just ahead of his 99th birthday. 

Vatican conference on robotics and artificial intelligence

A 2-day conference focusing on the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on humanity, that began in the Vatican on Thursday, is being organized by the ... 

Holy See reiterates promotion and defence of family

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, addressed a conference in ... 

West African Church leaders vow to join forces against terrorism

Members of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa have issued a statement in which they pledge to work together to combat terrorism and pave the way ... 

Card. Filoni to mark 350th anniversary of Church in Thailand 

When the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam was created in 1662 with territories taken from what was then the Apostolic Vicariate of Cochin, it officially marked the ... 

Irish Church Leaders: “A time for courageous leadership”

Christian leaders in Northern Ireland release a joint statement encouraging “substantive development” in talks between political parties, after having met with ... 

Caritas Europa urges future EU parliamentarians to aid families 

In a message in view of the May 15 International Day of Families, Caritas Europa is urging candidates contesting in the European Parliament elections this month ... 

Nicaraguan crisis talks ‘at a standstill’

The spokesman for Nicaragua’s Bishops Conference says crisis talks with the government of Daniel Ortega have stalled, ahead of a deadline to release political ... 

Catholic parish attacked in Niger

A Catholic priest is wounded during an attack on his parish in the Diocese of Niamey in the West African nation of Niger, where Catholic communities are ... 

A look at Amazonia ahead of the October Synod of Bishops

In this video, Vatican Media presents some excerpts of video footage of the Pan-Amazon Region looking forward to the Synod of Bishops in October 2019. 

Sudan military rulers stall power-sharing agreement 

Power-sharing talks in Sudan between the ruling military junta and the leaders of a powerful protest movement collapsed after violent clashes erupted in the ... 

North Korea suffers major drought

North Korea says it’s suffering its worst drought in nearly 40 years. The country is also experiencing severe food shortages. The official Korean Central News ... 

Sri Lanka’s Catholics resume Sunday worship

Sunday Masses in churches resumed for the first time in Sri Lanka on May 13 since the suicide bomb attacks on 3 churches and 3 hotels on Easter Sunday. ...