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Holy Spirit is ‘main actor’ of Amazon synod, pope says in opening remarks
October 07, 2019
In his opening remarks for the Amazon synod Monday, Pope Francis said the assembly’s working document is meant to be “destroyed” as the starting point of the work of the Holy Spirit, who he prays will guide the synodal process. “Synod is to walk together under the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit,” the
Pope Francis prays for ‘daring prudence’ during Amazon synod
October 06, 2019
At the opening Mass for the Amazon synod Sunday, Pope Francis prayed that the Holy Spirit would give the bishops prudence, wisdom, and discernment to help the Church in the Pan-Amazonian region be renewed by the fire of faith. “Prudence is not indecision; it is not a defensive attitude,” he said in St. Peter’s Basilica
Cardinal Baldisseri: Amazon synod’s working doc ‘not magisterium’
October 03, 2019
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, head of the Synod of Bishops, has played down the importance of the Amazon synod’s working document, saying it is neither a “papal document” nor “magisterium.” In response to a question about the criticisms some bishops and cardinals have expressed about the working document, or Instrumentum laboris, Baldisseri said, “criticisms are good.”
Pope Francis appoints Maltese bishop pro-secretary general of Synod of Bishops
October 02, 2019
Pope Francis has nominated Maltese Bishop Mario Grech as pro-secretary general of the Synod of Bishops to work alongside secretary general Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri. In a declaration to journalists on October 2, Balidisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops since 2013, said the pro-secretary general will “walk alongside” him in his role and participate in
Pope Francis: without the Holy Spirit, evangelisation becomes proselytising
October 02, 2019
Guidance by the Holy Spirit is integral to sharing the Gospel with others and bringing them to Christ, Pope Francis said during the general audience Wednesday. To try to convince people that Jesus is God without the guidance of the Holy Spirit “is not evangelization,” he said on October 2. “If there is no Holy
Vatican prosecutors conduct raid on Secretariat of State offices
October 01, 2019
Vatican prosecutors seized documents and electronic devices in a raid executed Tuesday at the offices of the most senior curial department. According to a statement from the Holy See press office on October 1, the raid was conducted at the offices of the general affairs section of the Secretariat of State. The action was authorized
Pope Francis institutes day to promote knowledge and love of scripture
September 30, 2019
Pope Francis has declared the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be the Sunday of the Word of God in order to promote a closer relationship with holy scripture and its dissemination in the world. “A day devoted to the Bible should not be seen as a yearly event but rather a year-long event, for
Fr James Martin meets Pope Francis at Vatican
September 30, 2019
Pope Francis met Fr James Martin, SJ, in a private audience in the apostolic palace inside the Vatican. Martin said on Twitter on September 30 that his meeting with Pope Francis lasted 30 minutes, and that he shared with him “the joys and hopes, and the griefs and anxieties, of LGBT Catholics and LGBT people
Pope Francis: Love children and the elderly – or expect ‘demographic winter’
September 30, 2019
In his Monday morning homily at the Vatican’s Santa Marta guesthouse, Pope Francis said the vibrant presence of elderly and young people in communities demonstrates the presence of God. “The abundance of elderly people and children. This is the sign that when a people care for the old and for the young, and consider them
‘Be a voice of conscience,’ Pope tells Catholic press
September 23, 2019
Pope Francis told an association of Italian Catholic news agencies Monday to stay close to the Magisterium and to use their work to distinguish what is good from what is evil. “To renew your harmony with the magisterium of the Church, I urge you to be a voice of conscience, of a journalism capable of
Pope Francis to doctors: Assisted suicide is ‘false compassion’
September 20, 2019
Pope Francis told a group of Italian doctors Friday they must resist the temptation to participate in assisted suicide or euthanasia, which trades the dignity of the patient for a “false compassion.” “It is important that the doctor does not lose sight of the singularity of each patient, with his dignity and fragility. A man
Blood of St Januarius liquefies on feast day
September 19, 2019
The miracle of the liquefiction of the blood of early Church martyr St. Januarius took place Thursday in Naples. The blood was shown to have liquefied shortly after 10 a.m. during Mass in the Naples’ Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary. The Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, who in his
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