Category: Vatican

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More Light on St. John Paul ll’s love life – Isaac Gomes (Kolkotta)

Source MailOnline News – Thursday, Feb 18th 2016 2PM  The Pope and the married woman who was the secret love of his life: Treasure trove of letters and photographs shed light on John Paul II's extraordinarily close relationship with philosopher  Letters...

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The Vatican’s child abuse response – BBC News

The UN has accused the Vatican of "systematically" adopting policies allowing priests to sexually abuse thousands of children. Pope Francis has said that dealing with abuse is vital for the Church's credibility, and that "sanctions" must be imposed against perpetrators. But the Church has been...

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Pope John Paul II letters raise debate about celibacy – BBC News

Emotionally charged letters sent by Pope John Paul II to a married woman have shed new light on the pontiff's personal life and raised questions about the meaning of celibacy. His relationship with Polish-born American philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka lasted more...

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Pope Francis in Mexico: let gratitude to God shape your lives

Ecatepec, Mexico, Feb 14, 2016 / 12:39 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Thanksgiving was the focus of Pope Francis’ Sunday Angelus remarks in Mexico. He invited the Mexican faithful to help make their country “a land of opportunities” while not forgetting their...

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Pope to Mexican leaders: Remember your young people

By Ann SchneibleMexico City, Mexico, Feb 13, 2016 / 09:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis marked his first full day in Mexico by urging the nation's leaders and diplomats to protect the future of the nation's young people. “A people with...

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Francis meets Russian patriarch in Cuba: He declares, ‘We are brothers’

In the pic: Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Pope Francis meet at Jose Marti International Airport                                            in Havana Feb. 12. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Joshua J. McElwee,  in NCR, Feb. 12, 2016 HAVANA, CUBA: The Roman Catholic pontiff and the...

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Pope Francis has a new book for kids

By Elise HarrisA collection of 30 letters and drawings from children around the world aged 6-13, the book contains both head-scratching questions from the youth, as well as Pope Francis' answers. “This book is the very first book by a Pope...

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Pope departs for Cuba, Mexico

(Story – Matters India) Pope Francis departed Rome Friday morning on his way to Mexico for a weeklong pastoral visit that will take him to Mexico City, to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and to some of the...

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More allegations emerge as Mount St. Mary’s controversy boils

By Adelaide Mena and Matt Hadro. (In the pic: The seminary at Mount St. Mary's University. Credit: Jon Bilous) Already facing turmoil, the second-oldest Catholic university in the country is now seeing alumni and former faculty members publicly expressing their concerns over President...

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Why this Silence, why no Transparency?

Vatican abuse commission member responds to leave of absence controversy – Marie Collins, Feb. 9, 2016, in NCR                        Editor's Note: Marie Collins is an Irish sexual abuse survivor and a member of Pope Francis' Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. She wrote...

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The astonishing secret history of the Pope who fought Hitler

By Kevin J. Jones. Washington D.C., Feb 5, 2016 / 03:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Pius XII's secret support for the attempted overthrow of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler is the subject of a new book that draws on wartime documents and interviews...

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Pope Francis: It’s not us, but God who takes the first step

by Elise Harris –  Vatican City, Jan 31, 2016 / 05:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis said that it’s the weak and vulnerable who are most valuable in God’s eyes, and stressed that it’s always him who takes the initiative in...

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Pope’s envoy at IEC: ‘Church should return to youth’

Cebu City (Matters India): “Instead of expecting the youth to return to the Church, the Church should return to the youth.” The representative of Pope Francis at the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC), Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar, posed this...

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Mercy and mission go hand-in-hand, Pope says

By Ann Schneible. Vatican City, Jan 30, 2016 / 06:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Mercy and the Christian responsibility to be missionaries are closely connected, Pope Francis said Saturday, kicking off the first in a series of special audiences for the Jubilee Year...