Vatican pro-life chief: Only palliative care offers 'death with dignity'
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Dying is part of the process of living and should not take place in a pre-cemetery," said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president...
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Pope welcomes Merrimack College leadership at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- University students today need an education that not only prepares them for a career but helps them face personal challenges and...
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Gov. Healey addresses Vatican climate summit
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Faith leaders must collaborate with public and private partners to set an example on combating climate change for the communities...
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As cross and tower bells return to Notre Dame, firefighters' chaplain recalls battle to save icon
PARIS (OSV News) -- The cross over Notre Dame's choir and the eight bronze bells in the north tower can now be reinstalled in their rightful place in the...
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Pope meets senior priests, encourages dialogue with young clergy
ROME (CNS) -- Pope Francis, who was ordained to the priesthood 54 years ago, encouraged senior priests in the Diocese of Rome to be "witnesses of memory,"...
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Christian love embraces the unlovable, enemies, the unborn, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While it is easy for people to love what is good and beautiful or to be generous and heroic for an ideal, Pope Francis said Christian...
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Don't antagonize the elderly, pope says in grandparent's day message
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The elderly must not be accused of saddling younger generations with their medical expenses and pensions -- a notion which foments...
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Catholic wartime teacher never abandoned her call, even under threat of arrest
KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) -- This Catholic teacher worked to bolster the spiritual and cultural identity of Polish slave laborers, for which she died a...
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Vatican norms for Jubilee indulgence include pilgrimage, penance, service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pilgrims passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica during the Holy Year 2025, going to confession, receiving Communion...
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Small group reports show synodal hopes, concerns of parish priests
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As more than 200 priests from around the world met to share how their parishes experience a sense of shared mission and shared decision-making,...
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Al proclamar el Año Santo, el Papa dice que es tiempo de fortalecer y compartir la esperanza
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- "Ha llegado el momento de un nuevo Jubileo, para abrir de par en par la Puerta Santa una vez más y ofrecer la experiencia...
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Proclaiming Holy Year, pope says it is time to strengthen and share hope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "The time has come for a new Jubilee when once more the Holy Door will be flung open to invite everyone to an intense experience...
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Holy Year 2025 holds ecumenical promise, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' document proclaiming the Holy Year 2025 draws special attention to the ecumenical possibilities of the celebration,...
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Thousands of Maronites welcome St. Charbel's relics to new Australian home
SYDNEY (OSV News) -- Thousands of Maronite Catholics shut down the streets of the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl to welcome relics of Lebanon's most well-known...
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Jubilee countdown: Preparations for 2025 Holy Year move into high gear
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- For more than 700 years, the Catholic Church has celebrated "jubilee" or "holy" years as special times to renew people's faith and...
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Vatican to publish updated norms for investigating alleged apparitions
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish its new norms for the discernment of apparitions and other supernatural...
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Pope encourages Swiss Guard to foster friendships, avoid isolation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting members of the Swiss Guard, including 34 new recruits, Pope Francis thanked them for their dedication and generous service...
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Pope urges reparation to the Sacred Heart, including for abuse crisis
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The spiritual practice of reparation "may be somewhat forgotten or wrongly judged obsolete" today, but it is essential for the promotion...
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Pope: Families must help each other, build communities focused on Christ
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Loneliness causes tremendous harm, including to families, Pope Francis told international leaders of the Teams of Our Lady lay movement. "With...
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Fear is the great nemesis of faith, pope says at general audience
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The greatest enemy of faith is fear, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience. That is why faith is the first gift "that...
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Religious formation must also be human, ongoing, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Seminarians and religious men and women need well-rounded formation throughout their lives, not only at the onset of their religious...
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Shared responsibility is ancient faith practice, experts tell pastors
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Synodal assemblies and listening sessions are not a new Catholic invention; gatherings of the faithful to pray, discuss divisive...
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Alleged victims of Father Marko Rupnik: His art cannot be separated from abuse claims
TURIN, Italy (OSV News) -- For the rector of the world's second largest church after St. Peter's Basilica -- the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in...
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Global group of pastors looks at parishes, synodality and mission
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The collaboration of laity and priests in the life of a parish and in outreach to the surrounding community "is not a strategy,"...
Read MoreNew photos reveal many sides of Padre Pio
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A foundation that promotes devotion to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more widely known as Padre Pio, is making 10 never-before-seen photographs...
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As women, children starve, Sudan in desperate need of help, say Catholic aid workers
(OSV News) -- Catholic agencies, along with other Christian charities in Sudan, have intensified their food distribution campaign across the country to...
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Synod asks pastors to share stories, see how God is at work
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- By sharing their own stories and those of their parishes, pastors from around the world can help each other see where God is present...
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Like Venice, people are beautiful, fragile, pope says in city built on water
VENICE, Italy (CNS) -- Visiting a lagoon of tiny islands, canals and narrow walkways for one day, Pope Francis moved around Venice by boat, bridge and...
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Pope praises artists, encourages prisoners to never lose hope
VENICE, Italy (CNS) -- The rusted wrought iron frame and grate of an old well became a garden of crocheted flowers inside the courtyard of the Giudecca...
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It's the year of the Paris Olympics. Here are the Catholic must-sees in the French capital
(OSV News) -- More than 15 million visitors are expected to descend upon the city of Paris this summer for the 2024 Olympics. The French capital will serve...
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British bishops spell out rejection of gender ideology
OXFORD, England (OSV News) -- Catholic bishops in England and Wales have rejected "gender identity theory," reminding Catholic schools and parishes to...
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Pope suggests playing checkers to keep the mind sharp
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While misusing modern forms of media dulls the mind, games like checkers are a simple way to stimulate one's intellect and foster...
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Pope meets head of Cisco as AI ethics pact continues to grow
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis met briefly with Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco Systems -- the U.S. digital communications conglomerate -- after Robbins...
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Catholic chat bot: Putting AI at the service of the church
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Before converting to Catholicism, Michael Baggot took his questions about faith and the church to the first place many people go...
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Pope tells seminarians to integrate spiritual, intellectual lives
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Candidates to the priesthood must integrate their spiritual, intellectual and community lives so they become pastors who can respond...
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A better world can't be built 'lying on the couch,' pope tells children
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Peace can spread and grow from "small seeds" like including someone who is left out of an activity, showing concern for someone who...
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Pope asks lay Catholics to prepare for synod's 'prophetic' stage
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The most important outcome of the current Synod of Bishops on synodality is the synodal process itself and not the hot-button topics...
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Human rights advocate: Dictatorship profanes Nicaraguan churches
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (OSV News) -- Authorities in the city of León, Nicaragua, chose an unusual place for setting up a boxing ring and staging...
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Faith, hope, love are antidote to pride, pope says at audience
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While the virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance are the marks of a righteous individual, the virtues of faith, hope...
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Argentina's slum priests hope for papal Mass at pope's favorite soccer stadium
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (OSV News) -- An Argentine priest who works with the country's poorest and most vulnerable people is hopeful that Pope Francis...
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Pope clears way for canonization of Oblates of the Holy Spirit founder
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As doctors were preparing to certify the brain death of a Brazilian man in 2010, members of a local Catholic charismatic prayer group...
Read MoreHaiti violence, lawlessness forces longtime U.S. missionary priest to evacuate
(OSV News) -- As Haiti's capital spirals into lawlessness, a longtime U.S. missionary has been forced to evacuate -- while Haitian Catholics in the U.S....
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Jesus laid down his life out of love for each person, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Jesus called himself the "good shepherd," he was telling people not only that he was their guide, but that they were important...
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Pope's representative to U.S. warns of 'auto-referential' church
ROME (CNS) -- The Catholic Church in the United States is grappling with a tendency to become more "auto-referential" and withdraw itself from the international...
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'Patriarch of the West' reappears as papal title in Vatican yearbook
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The 2024 edition of the Vatican yearbook has inserted "Patriarch of the West" as one of the historical titles of the pope. In 2006,...
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