The Book of Revelation will be the motivating text of this year’s Biblical Festival, now in its eighteenth edition. After a long interruption due to covid, the Festival, promoted by the Society of St. Paul and the diocese of Vicenza, will be holding numerous live events from 5-29 May in the cities and provinces of… Read more »
On February 8, Safer Internet Day was celebrated all over the world. This 19th edition of the Day focused primarily on teaching children and teenagers how to approach the Internet in a safer way, given the fact that every day about 175,000 young people worldwide connect to the Internet for the first time in their…
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The Pope has approved the motto Pilgrims of Hope as the theme of the 2025 Jubilee Year. “Like every motto,” said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, “the meaning of the entire Jubilee journey begins with the terms chosen to condense it and this motto brings out two words…
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 56th WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY Listening with the ear of the heart
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According to data collected by Fides News Agency, twenty-one missionaries were killed throughout the world in 2021: 12 priests, 1 male religious, 2 women religious, and 6 lay people. Regarding the continental distribution of those killed: the highest number recorded was in Africa, followed by the Americas, Asia, and lastly Europe. In the collection of… Read more »
On 9 December, a meeting was held in the Vatican to highlight moral and ethical issues regarding the impact of today’s new technologies in the post-pandemic world. The theme developed was “Promoting Integral Human Development and Peace in the Digital Age. New Technologies in the Post-Covid World.” The meeting was organized by the Dicastery for… Read more »
The Laudato si’ Platform is an online hub that collects, directs and coordinates global and local initiatives inspired by the encyclical on the care of creation. The Platform is open to anyone who wants to participate in it. All human beings are invited to become ecological citizens of our common home, the earth. The Platform…
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The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network has launched a new and updated version of Click To Pray 2.0, the papal app that helps people pray for the challenges of humanity and the mission of the Church. The digital platform offers users a variety of specific propositions to pray together with Pope Francis on a daily basis…
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On Sunday, 10 October 2021, Pope Francis officially opened the Synod on Synodality with the celebration of the Eucharist in St. Peter’s Basilica. Next Sunday, 17 October, each bishop will officially open the Synod in his own diocese. Thus an ecclesial journey has begun that will lead to the celebration of the Synod of Bishops…
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A year after the publication of the encyclical Fratelli Tutti, the Vatican hosted a day-long meeting entitled Faith and Science: Towards COP26. Various religious leaders and scientists participated in the event. At the center of it all was a Joint Appeal addressed to the participants in the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which will…
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