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Bishop Poisson: Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples advancing in Canada
Posted on 09/26/2023 06:55 AM ()
Opening the annual Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) in King City, Ontario, CCCB President highlights the important achievements in the long journey to healing and reconciliation with the Indigenous Peoples.
Pope Francis videocalls the 95-year-old grandmother of Vatican official
Posted on 09/26/2023 05:59 AM ()
Pope Francis calls 95-year-old Sosamma Antony, the grandmother of Monsignor George Koovakad, the Vatican official who organizes his apostolic journeys.
The Ugandan mission among refugees in Adjumani, Arua Diocese.
Posted on 09/26/2023 05:59 AM ()
On Sunday, the Church commemorated the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa and the Missionaries of Africa have a new mission in the refugee settlements of northern Uganda, where they witness the love of God among refugees displaced by internal wars in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pope prays for victims of tragic fire in Benin
Posted on 09/26/2023 05:02 AM ()
Pope Francis sends a telegram of condolences expressing his sorrow for a tragic incident in the West African nation of Benin in which at least 35 people lost their lives.
A book on secrecy and transparency in the Church
Posted on 09/26/2023 05:01 AM ()
In a quest for transparency of the Church, especially in the cases of abuse, the Church has to be prudent, call the authors of a book on transparency and secrecy in the Church. Unlimited transparency can harm victims, but that does not justify the common practice of secrecy, they highlight.
A conversation on African Christianity and Gospel inculturation
Posted on 09/26/2023 04:59 AM ()
African Christianity faces challenges due to a lack of inculturation of the Gospel, and African cultures can offer much to the Christian theological conversation, according to a Nigerian theologian and a religious sister.
"Canillitas": The Salesian documentary that gives voice to exploited children
Posted on 09/26/2023 04:05 AM ()
The tragic condition of 340,000 children working in the Dominican Republic prompts the Salesian Congregation to intervene with the launch of projects to recuperate the minors and the production of a documentary that recounts the scourge of child labour.
'Laudate Deum,' to be title of Pope's Apostolic Exhortation on climate
Posted on 09/26/2023 03:07 AM ()
The title of Pope Francis' next Apostolic Exhortation will be "Laudate Deum," the Pope himself revealed, while addressing participants in a meeting of Latin American university rectors in the Vatican, and as he vehemently warned against a throwaway culture.
Australian Bishops: Indigenous Voice referendum also ‘a moral issue'
Posted on 09/25/2023 06:06 AM ()
The upcoming Australian Indigenous Voice referendum is not just a political issue, but also a moral one, according to Australia's Catholic Bishops.
Pope Francis: Child sexual abuse concerns the entire society
Posted on 09/25/2023 04:45 AM ()
Addressing a delegation of the Latin American Research and Training Commission for the Protection of Minors (CEPROME), Pope Francis highlights the progress made by the Church in eradicating the scourge of child sexual abuse, and calls for continued action to safeguard vulnerable people.