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- Dec 10, 2019
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Go to confession, let yourself be consoled, pope says
- Dec 10, 2019
Anyone who wants to experience the consolation and tenderness of God simply needs to go to confession, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass.
Syria’s Assad says Pope Francis has ‘incomplete’ picture of the war
- Dec 10, 2019
In a new interview, Syrian President Bashar al Assad responded publicly to a letter he received from Pope Francis over the summer voicing concern about civilian casualties in the country’s ongoing civil war, saying the pope has an incomplete picture of the conflict influenced by the west.
Experts say formal Vatican-China ties are a distant hope
- Dec 10, 2019
Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, chancellor of Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences, raised eyebrows this weekend when he said the next step for the Vatican and China would be to establish formal diplomatic relations and spoke of a possible future papal trip, yet experts say official ties are still a long way off.
Pope prays for ‘Normandy Summit,’ peace in Ukraine
- Dec 9, 2019
Pope Francis offered prayers for a summit in France that will seek to bring an end to the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine.
Argentine politicians show rare sign of unity during Mass at Marian shrine
- Dec 9, 2019
Sunday, when the Church celebrated the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Argentina saw an event labeled by participants and observers as “historic:” The incumbent president and the president-elect took part in a Mass in the country’s famed shrine of Lujan and shared the sign of the peace with an embrace rarely seen in the country’s politics.
Catholics split, Vatican largely mum on Hong Kong protests
- Dec 9, 2019
As protests continue to unravel in Hong Kong, the Vatican has maintained its silence and Catholics appear split about what exactly their role is and just how political they ought to be.
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