Full text: Pope Francis’s homily on Pentecost Sunday
May 31, 2020
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‘Let us go back to the origin of the Church, to the day of Pentecost. Let us look at the Apostles’
‘Racism is not a thing of the past’ – US bishops respond to George Floyd killing
May 30, 2020
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Leaders of the US bishops’ conference said the fight to eradicate racism is a pro-life issue
Minnesota bishops: Death of black man in police custody a ‘tragedy’
May 27, 2020
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“People need to feel safe in their communities and have trust in law enforcement, who should exercise their power in a spirit of service,” the bishops said.
Chinese bishop who suffered years of forced labour dies at 98
May 27, 2020
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A Chinese underground bishop who was sentenced to 10 years of forced labour in the 1980s for taking Catholics on pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan died this month at the age of 98.
Book calling for Catholic blessing of same-sex couples was requested by Austrian bishops’ conference
May 27, 2020
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The work includes a liturgical section with suggestions for how a blessing of same-sex unions might be ‘celebrated’ in Catholic churches
Pope Francis to return to window overlooking St Peter’s Square for Sunday prayer
May 26, 2020
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Pope Francis will deliver his Regina Coeli address from the window overlooking St Peter’s Square this Sunday for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were imposed
California churches can reopen at 25 per cent capacity
May 26, 2020
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Churches in California can begin holding services again at a limited capacity, the state announced on Monday
Record numbers leave Church in Munich archdiocese
May 26, 2020
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A record number of people left the Church in the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising last year, a local statistical office says
Pope Francis and Catholic shrines to offer rosary for Mary’s help during pandemic
May 26, 2020
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Pope Francis will pray the rosary in the Vatican Gardens’ Lourdes grotto on Saturday, as Catholic shrines from around the world join via video streaming
Archbishop Ganswein: ‘Our times require courageous and convincing testimonies’
May 26, 2020
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A new book collects the writings of Archbishop George Ganswein, and aims to call Catholics to evangelization, and to joy.
Pope Francis remembers 25 years of ‘Ut unum sint,’ John Paul II’s letter on Christian unity
May 26, 2020
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Pope Francis on Monday remembered Ut unum sint, St Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on ecumenism, on the 25th anniversary
Pope Francis entrusts China to the Blessed Virgin Mary
May 25, 2020
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Pope Francis has entrusted China to the Blessed Virgin Mary and asked people to pray for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the country