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WASHINGTON – As Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its third year, the need for humanitarian assistance has greatly increased to help the millions of Ukrainians impacted by violence and destruction. People are struggling to survive in the cold winter with little food, heat, or shelter, said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like a giant Tinkertoy construction, a skeletal tower of scaffolding slowly inched its way up the twisting bronze columns of the baldachin over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica. Workers are erecting metal scaffolding around the 100-foot-tall baldachin over the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb.…
WASHINGTON – “Conversations about love, marriage, sexuality, family, and the human person can be confusing and polarizing”, said Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester. “This is why I am pleased to announce the launch of Love Means More to help bring clarity and compassion to those questions.” As the month of February brings cultural attention to…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The second assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will meet Oct. 2-27 and will be preceded by several formal studies coordinated by the synod general secretariat working with various offices of the Roman Curia. The Vatican announced the dates for the assembly Feb. 17, indicating that the desire of…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Vices, such as vanity and greed, are like “wild beasts” of the soul that risk tearing people apart, Pope Francis said. Vices “must be tamed and fought, otherwise they will devour our freedom,” he said Feb. 18 before reciting the Angelus prayer with about 15,000 visitors in St. Peter’s Square. Visitors…
BOLOGNA, Italy (CNS) — Incense slowly drifted upward, not below the vaulted ceiling of Bologna’s Basilica of San Petronio, but toward the fluorescent lighting and steel beams in the city’s convention center, which for three days bore the trappings of a temple rather than those of a corporate meeting place. From Feb. 11-13, the Italian…