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Council of Cardinals commences April meetings in the Vatican
Posted on 04/15/2024 05:24 AM ()
April 15 marks the start of the April working session of the C9 - Council of Cardinals, in the presence of Pope Francis.
The invisible and indelible wounds of war
Posted on 04/15/2024 05:13 AM ()
Dr. Richard Mollica, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, shares with Vatican Media his decades of experience in assisting trauma survivors as they and their families seek healing from the hidden wounds of war.
Poland: Thousands join National March for Life in Warsaw
Posted on 04/15/2024 01:38 AM ()
Thousands of people express their support for the lives of unborn children and their opposition to expanding access to abortion, as they took part in Poland’s National March for Life on Sunday.
Cardinal Parolin tells university students their commitment counts
Posted on 04/14/2024 12:19 PM ()
The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, encourages university students of the Università Cattolica in Milan, to make the most of their time now, in order to create a better future.
Ukraine military fears more losses at battlefields
Posted on 04/14/2024 08:41 AM ()
Ukraine’s military chief warned that the battlefield situation in the industrial east has “significantly worsened in recent days,” amid concerns that warming weather allows Russian forces to launch a fresh push along several stretches of the more 1,000 km-long (620-mile) front line.
Calls for calm after Iran launches massive missile attack
Posted on 04/14/2024 08:00 AM ()
The Israeli military says 99% of the drones and missile fired at it from Iran overnight were intercepted without hitting their target.
Over Taxation of Kenyans: A matter of concern, says the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
Posted on 04/14/2024 06:53 AM ()
The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has expressed deep concern over the increasing burden of taxation on Kenyans. Addressing the media, just before the weekend, the Bishops who were meeting for the Plenary Assembly held at Roussel House, Karen Nairobi, raised the issue of taxation, among other pressing matters affecting the nation.
Pope calls for every effort for dialogue and peace in Mideast
Posted on 04/14/2024 04:45 AM ()
At the conclusion of Sunday's Regina Coeli, Pope Francis makes a heartfelt appeal to halt the spiral of violence in the Middle East and for all nations to favour negotation and peace efforts, while assisting those suffering in Gaza.
Pope at Regina Coeli: How beautiful is it to share our faith
Posted on 04/14/2024 04:25 AM ()
During his Sunday Regina Coeli this third Sunday of Easter, Pope Francis invites faithful to remember their personal encounters with the Lord and to consider how truly beautiful it is for us to share and transmit our faith.
Cardinal Tolentino de Mendonça: WYD are indispensable, even after 40 years
Posted on 04/14/2024 02:00 AM ()
Forty years after the first worldwide gathering of young people in St. Peter's Square in 1984, a procession carrying the World Youth Day Cross recalls the many fruits of the initiative set in motion by Pope St. John Paul II.