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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis urged prideful people to recall one of Jesus’ moral commandments to “never judge.” The sin of pride “ruins human relationships” and is an evil that “poisons the feeling of fraternity that instead should unite humanity,” the pope wrote in the catechesis for his general audience in St. Peter’s Square…
WASHINGTON – The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation announces the publication of a new agreed statement entitled, The Pastoral Care of Mixed Marriages: Neither Yours nor Mine – but Ours. The document was finalized at the Spring 2023 meeting of the Consultation which took place at St. Augustine’s Seminary of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. The Consultation…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Crying out to God and demanding answers when one’s child dies is anything but a sign of a lack of faith, Pope Francis told a group of grieving Italian parents. “There is nothing worse than silencing pain, putting a silencer on suffering, removing traumas without facing them, as our world often…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Making the world a better place for everyone starts with prayer and little steps like saying hello, sorry or thank you, Pope Francis said in a letter to the world’s children. “Our world will change if we all begin with these little things, without being ashamed to take small steps, one…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Orbiting the sun nearly 1 million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is reshaping the way scientists understand the universe and its origins, a number of astronomers said at a Vatican-sponsored meeting. “The telescope is able to see things that prior telescopes just could not see,” Jonathan Lunine, a…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ language surrounding pastoral blessings — which the Vatican said can be spontaneously given to people in same-sex relationships — is not entirely new for a pope, a Vatican editorial said, and can even be traced back to his immediate predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. In an editorial for Vatican News…