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September 16, 2019

Pope Francis has urged Catholics to pray for politicians. Members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors have met again in Rome. An archbishop has confronted Argentina’s president during Mass, reports Inés San Martín. Sandro Magister asks why the Pope “has not said one word” about the Hong Kong protests. Joseph Hellweg examines

Pope Francis: Life imprisonment forgoes the ‘right to start over’

September 16, 2019

In an audience with penitentiary staff and prison chaplains, Pope Francis said Saturday that sentencing prisoners to life imprisonment diminishes their “right to hope.” “It is up to every society … to ensure that the penalty does not compromise the right to hope, that prospects for reconciliation and reintegration are guaranteed,” Pope Francis said September

Pope blesses icon for the people of Syria

September 16, 2019

Pope Francis blessed an icon bound for the people of Syria on Sunday as part of an initiative by a leading Catholic charity to enkindle faith and hope in a country shattered by suffering. The icon of the Our Lady of Sorrows, Consoler of the Syrian People, was blessed by the pontiff at a private

Prince of Wales to attend Newman’s canonisation in Rome

September 16, 2019

Prince Charles will attend the canonization of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman next month. The heir to the British throne will travel to Rome to witness the canonization Mass of the first non-martyr English saint since the Reformation. After the Mass in St Peter’s Square on October 13, the Prince of Wales will attend a

How one professor overcame profound suffering to embrace the Catholic faith

September 16, 2019

Ignatius Press has produced an excellent book aimed at those thoughtful atheists or agnostics who think that one has to choose between faith and reason and that it is not possible to hold both in a dynamic if mysterious equilibrium. Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism, edited by Brian Besong and Jonathan