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Pope prays for victims of spiked violence in Central African Republic

“Painful news unfortunately comes from the Central African Republic, which I carry in my heart, especially after my visit in November 2015,” the pope said after clashes surged in the country causing many victims. Pope Francis also thanked “all those who work for the good of the people and for peaceful coexistence.”

Pope names new cardinals from Laos, Mali, Sweden, Spain and El Salvador

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May 21, 2017

In what has become a trademark of this pontificate, Francis blindsided long-time Vatican watchers and even most of his closest collaborators when he announced the names of five new cardinals today. He did so at the end of his Sunday Regina Coeli prayer, which during the Easter season replaces the traditional Angelus.

Ivanka Trump to meet Sant’Egidio on anti-trafficking efforts

While in Rome with her father, Ivanka Trump is scheduled to meet with the Community of Sant’Egidio, one of the “new movements” in the Catholic Church, to discuss efforts to combat human trafficking. As part of that session, Ivanka will meet several female victims of trafficking. It’s an issue on which the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See and Sant’Egidio have long collaborated.

Jesuit’s book explores benefits, pitfalls of the internet universe
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- May 20, 2017
David Gibson reviews a new book by Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro titled “Friending God.” In the book Spadaro underlines how the internet has become an actual “place” in our daily lives and that evangelization in the technological age “means to bear witness.”
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It’s official: Callista Gingrich to be Trump’s Vatican ambassador
- Pope/Trump, Vatican
- May 20, 2017
The White House on Friday confirmed President Donald Trump’s intent to name Callista Gingrich, wife of former House speaker Newt Gingrich, as his ambassador to the Holy See. The announcement comes days before Trump is set to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican, and was taken as a positive sign by one former U.S. envoy to the Vatican in terms of how seriously Trump may view the relationship.
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Pope Francis blesses homes outside of Rome
- Vatican
- May 19, 2017
Wearing a stole and holding a aspergillum to sprinkle holy water, Pope Francis greeted families and blessed about a dozen homes in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome. It was the latest of his “Mercy Friday” visits.
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