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Israeli police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, many injured - Vatican News
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Israeli police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, many injured

By Nathan Morley - Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday. This site in Jerusalem’s Old City saw frenzied scenes as 150 Palestinians…

16 April 2022 · 2 min read

Pope: UN powerless in Ukraine war, where logic of powerful prevails - Vatican News
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Pope: UN powerless in Ukraine war, where the logic of powerful prevails

By Vatican News staff reporter - logic of powerful - At the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis decried the war in Ukraine, and the powerlessness of the United Nations, noting…

6 April 2022 · 3 min read

DRC: Church authorities and the Government meet to start preparing for Pope Francis’ visit. - Vatican News
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Congo: Church authorities and the Government meet to start preparing for Pope Francis’ visit.

The meeting brought together DRC’s Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the Apostolic Nuncio to DRC, representatives of CENCO and senior government officials.

1 April 2022 · 2 min read

Pope Francis entrusts Apostolic Journey to Malta to Our Lady - Vatican News
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Pope Francis entrusts Apostolic Journey to Malta to Our Lady

By Vatican News staff reporter On the eve of Pope Francis's 36th Apostolic Journey abroad, he went as is his custom to the Roman Basilica of Saint Mary Major to…

1 April 2022 · 2 min read

Canada’s indigenous delegations: ‘Pope Francis listened to our pain’ - Vatican News
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Delegations of Canada’s indigenous peoples: ‘Pope Francis listened to our pain’

By Salvatore Cernuzio - "Truth, justice, healing, reconciliation." - Those words express the goals which delegations from several of Canada’s indigenous peoples came to share with Pope Francis this week,…

29 March 2022 · 6 min read

'Forgotten catastrophe' of Syria's 11-year war deplored by Catholic envoy
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‘Forgotten catastrophe’ of Syria’s 11-year war deplored by Catholic envoy

As much of the world's attention is turned toward the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine, the conflict that has engulfed Syria for 11 years has been largely forgotten.

20 March 2022 · 5 min read

Battle rages as Russian forces try to capture Kyiv - Vatican News
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Battle rages as Russian forces try to capture Kyiv

By Stefan J. Bos - Vatican News Ukrainian forces desperately tried to hold back Russian forces in this village near Kyiv. “Continue to attack, hold the checkpoint,” a soldier shouted.…

14 March 2022 · 2 min read

Vatican Museums: The Works of Mercy #10 - Vatican News

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Vatican Museums: The Works of Mercy #10

"Proclaiming Christ means showing that believing in Him and following Him is not only true and right, but also beautiful. At the heart of the Gospel lies the beauty of…

4 April 2021 · 2 min read

Vatican Museums: The Works of Mercy #5 - Vatican News
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Vatican Museums: The Works of Mercy #5 – Vatican News

Pietro Lorenzetti (Siena c.1280 - 1348), in this portion of a diptych depicting Christ standing before Pilate, offers a simplistic composition, which serves to heighten the drama.

16 March 2021 · 1 min read