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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To improve the church’s safeguarding approaches and measures, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said it relied on extensive input and feedback from victims/survivors in its second annual report. As a consequence, the report featured a chapter listing more than 20 major concerns drawn up by its victim/survivor focus…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Power, possessions and rank do not satisfy the deep desire for real meaning in life, Pope Leo XIV said. “It is only the resurrected Jesus who can give the true and lasting peace that sustains and fills us,” the pope said in English Oct. 15 during his weekly general audience in…
WASHINGTON – The Catholic Church in the United States will commemorate National Vocation Awareness Week, November 2-8. Each year, national Catholic organizations, dioceses, schools, and local parish communities sponsor events and provide different resources to raise awareness for vocations, and help those who are discerning a vocation, particularly one to ordained ministry or consecrated life.…
WASHINGTON – When the U.S. bishops gather in November for their Fall Plenary Assembly, November 10-13, they will elect the next president and vice president for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The president and vice president are elected from a slate of 10 candidates who have been nominated by their fellow bishops. They…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Making the first state visit of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV met Italian President Sergio Mattarella and spoke of common concerns, including war, migration, ecology and Italy’s declining birthrate. “In a climate of cordial respect, the Catholic Church and the Italian state collaborate for the common good — at the service…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In separate videos recorded in English, Spanish and Italian, Pope Leo XIV urged every Catholic parish around the globe to observe World Mission Sunday Oct. 19 and take up the annual collection that supports Catholic missionary work. “When I served as a missionary priest and then bishop in Peru, I saw…