Wed 02 October 2024: Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a global summit of Catholic leaders, which has postponed action on divisive issues such as women’s ordination until 2025, with a warning that delegates should not seek to foist pet agendas onto the assembly. At a Mass in St. Peter’s Square to open the event, known […]
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Sun 29 September 2024: Pope Francis, asked on Sunday about Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon that killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as well as non-combatants, criticised military attacks that he said go “beyond morality”. On the flight back to Rome from Belgium, the pontiff said countries cannot go “over the top” in using their military […]
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Sat 28 September 2024: The Catholic Church’s failures in responding to sexual abuse by clergy have been in focus again during Pope Francis’ visit this weekend to Belgium, with the pontiff facing calls from high-profile figures and survivors for more concrete action. The country’s king, prime minister and a Catholic university rector led the calls, and in […]
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Wed 25 September 2024: The Saudi Ministry of Hajj has issued a warning to Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs, urging action to prevent Pakistani beggars from entering the kingdom under Umrah visas, Tribune reported According to sources from the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Saudi authorities have raised concerns about the growing number of Pakistani beggars […]
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Gustave Moreau’s The Apparition (1876-1877). Thu 19 September 2024: New norms for differentiating supernatural phenomena from the natural within Roman Catholicism took effect on May 19. The new norms arise from the need to evaluate as quickly as possible the supernatural origin or otherwise of an array of phenomena occurring increasingly within the Catholic world and […]
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Sat 14 September 2024: Saying that both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are “against life,” Pope Francis called on US Catholic voters to choose the “lesser evil” in the US presidential election this fall, said media reports. Speaking to reporters on Friday on his return flight from a 12-day southeast Asian […]
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Wed 11 September 2024: Timor-Leste has had much to celebrate recently. August 30 marked 25 years since the Popular Consultation – or “The Referendum”, as many call it – when more than 98% of the population braced themselves against brutal repression to vote for their freedom. Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, recently visited. This was […]
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Tue 03 September 2024: Pope Francis commenced his most extensive trip to date on Tuesday, kicking off a 12-day, four-nation tour in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Pope shared his hopes for the journey on social media, asking for prayers as he embarked on his mission across Asia and Oceania. 📽️ Pope Francis arrives in Muslim-majority Indonesia […]
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Mon 02 September 2024: Unfvourable attitudes towards Muslims in America have skyrocketed, with prejudice against them now surpassing that of any other religious, ethnic, or racial group, according to a new Brookings Institution poll. The poll reveals a startling increase in unfavourable views toward Muslims and Islam, reaching levels reminiscent of the Trump era. What’s more […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Pope Francis will next week visit Indonesia, making a symbolic stop at a mosque that has the “Tunnel of Friendship,” an extraordinary tunnel linking it to the city’s Catholic cathedral. This visit is part of the pope’s 12-day Asia-Pacific tour. The “Tunnel of Friendship,” measures 28.3 meters, and it connects Southeast […]
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