Pope Francis

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-urges-swiss-guards-to-cultivate-community-life.html

Pope urges Swiss Guards to cultivate community life
06 May 2024, 11:36

Pope Francis greets the officers and new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guards on the day of the swearing-in ceremony, and encourages them to cultivate human relationships and community life in their service.
By Lisa Zengarini

Pope Francis received in audience the Swiss Guards on Monday as they prepare for the traditional swearing-in ceremony of the new recruits which takes place every year on May 6.

The day marks the anniversary of the heroic sacrifice of 147 Swiss Guards who died while defending Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome in 1527 by the landsknechts, the German mercenaries of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
To the Pontifical Swiss Guard (6 May 2024)

Video at the link below--
https://www.youtube.com/user/vatican
6 May 2024 Swiss Guard Swearing-in Ceremony

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-receives-president-of-albania.html

Pope receives President of Albania
06 May 2024, 12:33

Pope Francis and President Bajram Begaj of Albania meet in the Vatican and remember the communist regime's religious persecution of Christians and the Albanian people's efforts to protect Jewish people.
By Deborah Castellano Lubov

Pope Francis received the President of the Republic of Albania, Mr. Bajram Begaj, in the Vatican on Monday, at which time, they recalled the harsh religious persecution of Christians under communism and the protection offered by the Albanian people to Jews.

Following his meeting with the Pope, the President met with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, accompanied by the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher.

According to a statement issued by the Holy See Press Office, the discussions held at the Secretariat of State were "cordial," expressing appreciation "for the positive bilateral relations," and mentioning "some open questions in the relations between Church and State."
 

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News/articles from May 7...

{1)  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257600/vatican-to-publish-new-document-on-marian-apparitions-next-week
Vatican to publish new document on Marian apparitions next week
By Courtney Mares
Rome Newsroom, May 7, 2024 / 09:02 am

(2)  https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2024/05/for-second-time-in-a-month-weapons-detected-at-a-papal-event
For second time in a month, weapons detected at a papal event
By Crux Staff
May 6, 2024

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News/articles from May 8...

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(1)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-at-audience-the-world-needs-christian-hope.html
Pope at Audience: The world needs Christian hope
08 May 2024, 08:43

Pope Francis reflects on the theological virtue of hope as he continues his cycle of catecheses on the vices and the virtues.
By Christopher Wells
 
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-entrusts-wars-to-the-blessed-mother.html
Pope: Pray Rosary for Our Lady's intercession in wars lashing our world
08 May 2024, 10:16

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-gift-of-peace-st-stanislaus-krakow-audience-poles.html
Pope: May St. Stanislaus obtain for us gift of peace
08 May 2024, 11:14

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2024.index.html
Audiences 2024
General Audience of 8 May 2024 - Cycle of Catechesis. Vices and Virtues. 18. Hope

(2)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-audience-work-is-care-consultation-vatican-labour-rights.html
Pope: Migration is the antidote to demographic decline
08 May 2024, 13:26
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
To the Participants in the Consultation “Care is Work, Work is Care” of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (8 May 2024)

(3)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-mandate-to-parish-priests-to-be-missionaries-of-synodality.html
Pope urges parish priests to become missionaries of synodality
08 May 2024, 15:25
 
https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/05/08/240508f.html
Mandate of the Holy Father Francis to Parish Priests on the occasion of the International Meeting “Parish Priests for the Synod” (2 May 2024), 08.05.2024

(4)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-asia-mottos-logos-png-singapore-timor-indonesia.html
Logos and mottos for Pope’s visit to Asia released
08 May 2024, 12:00

(5)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-05/cities-of-refuge-conference-changes-vatian-ruffini-beltrami-art.html
Vatican conference on building a network of "cities of refuge"
08 May 2024, 17:15

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News/articles from May 9...

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(1)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-proclaims-jubilee-may-hope-fill-our-days.html
Pope proclaims Jubilee: ‘May hope fill our days!’
09 May 2024, 17:52

At a ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica on Ascension Thursday, Pope Francis solemnly proclaims the upcoming Jubilee Year 2025, consigning the Bull of Indiction – “Spes non confundit. Hope does not disappoint” – to the Archpriests of the Papal Basilicas and representatives of the world’s bishops.
By Christopher Wells
 

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-vespers-homily-jubilee-2025-christian-hope.html
Pope: May the Jubilee be a time to rediscover, proclaim, build hope
09 May 2024, 18:28

Pope Francis calls Christians to be builders of hope as he celebrates Vespers after presiding at the ceremony to officially proclaim the Jubilee of 2025.
By Linda Bordoni
 

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/bulls/documents/20240509_spes-non-confundit_bolla-giubileo2025.html
SPES NON CONFUNDIT

BULL OF INDICTION
OF THE ORDINARY JUBILEE
OF THE YEAR 2025

FRANCIS
BISHOP OF ROME
SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD

TO ALL WHO READ THIS LETTER
MAY HOPE FILL YOUR HEARTS

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2024.index.html
Homilies 2024
Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ - Consignment and reading of the Bull of Indiction for the Jubilee 2025 and Second Vespers (9 May 2024)

(2)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-05/behuman-event-for-a-global-pact-on-fraternity.html
#BeHuman event for a global pact on fraternity
09 May 2024, 15:41

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News/articles from May 10...

(1)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-natality-birth-rate-consumerism-materialism-elderly-suicide.html
Pope: Consumerism, not overpopulation, to blame for world hunger
10 May 2024, 11:56
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
To participants in the fourth edition of the General States of Natality (10 May 2024)

(2)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-divine-liturgy-is-personal-and-communal-encounter-with-god.html
Pope: Liturgy is a personal and communal encounter with God
10 May 2024, 12:10
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
To the Delegation of the Higher Institute of Liturgy of Barcelona (Spain) (10 May 2024)

(3)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-calls-for-a-theology-of-love.html
Pope Francis calls for a ‘theology of love’
10 May 2024, 12:24
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
To the Delegation of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT) (10 May 2024)

(4)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-to-merrimack-college-educate-students-to-grow-in-solidarity.html
Pope to Merrimack College: 'Educate students to grow in solidarity'
10 May 2024, 12:30
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
To the Delegation of the Institute of Higher Education "Merrimack College", in Massachusetts (10 May 2024)

(5)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-letter-john-paul-ii-foundation-for-sahel.html
Pope calls for sustainable human development in West Africa
10 May 2024, 12:41
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2024.index.html
Messages Pontifical Messages 2024
Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the creation of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel (7 May 2024)

(6)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-05/behuman-for-a-world-pact-on-fraternity.html
#BeHuman: For a world pact on fraternity
10 May 2024, 16:16

Building on last year’s first World Meeting on Human Fraternity, the Vatican’s Fratelli Tutti Foundation hosts second event with the title “Be Human,” bringing together 30 Nobel Prize winners and leading figures from international organisations for a dialogue on peace.
By Alessandro De Carolis
 

(7)   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-to-visit-rome-campidoglio-in-june.html
Pope Francis to visit Rome's Campidoglio in June
10 May 2024, 16:39

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News/articles from May 11...

(1)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-war-is-a-defeat-for-humanity-and-a-deception.html
Pope Francis: War is a defeat for humanity and a deception
11 May 2024, 13:06

Addressing some 350 participants in the second World Meeting on Human Fraternity, Pope Francis encourages them to persevere in their efforts to promote human fraternity in a broken world, reiterating that war is a defeat and also a deception.
By Lisa Zengarini
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
To Participants in the "World Meeting on Human Fraternity" event (11 May 2024)

(2)  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/world-meeting-human-fraternity-pope-children-round-tables.html
#BeHuman: Pope to participate in Round Table dedicated to children
11 May 2024, 13:11

Saturday afternoon sees Pope Francis joining the Round Table "Children: Generation Future" in the new Synod Hall in the Vatican. Ten other Round Tables” take place during the day that concludes with a concert in the portico of St. Peter's Basilica.
By Michele Raviart
 
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-children-behuman-fraternity-childrens-table-world-day.html
Fraternity is every child’s mother tongue
11 May 2024, 20:30

The “Children's Table” was a joyful and spontaneous moment at the World Meeting on Human Fraternity. Children responded enthusiastically to the Pope on the definition of happiness, peace, and friendship, before the he signed the "Children’s Declaration on Fraternity."
By Jean-Charles Putzolu
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
II World Meeting on Human Fraternity (WMHF) - Round table on "Children: Future Generation" (11 May 2024)

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https://www.youtube.com/user/vatican
#Be Human Children's Table, Pope Francis 11 May 2024

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News/articles from May 12...

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-with-his-ascension-jesus-leads-our-way-to-heaven.html
Pope: With His Ascension Jesus leads our way to Heaven
12 May 2024, 12:07

Addressing the crowds gathered in Saint Peter's Square for the Regina Caeli prayer on Ascension Sunday, Pope Francis recalls how Jesus' return to the Father opens the way to Heaven for us.
By Lisa Zengarini

At the Regina Caeli prayer from the Apostolic Library this Sunday, marking the Ascension of the Lord in Italy and many other countries around the world, Pope Francis reflected on the meaning for us of Jesus rising into Heaven and sitting at the right hand of God (Mk 16:19).

The Pope explained that Christ’s ascension opens the way for us.  “Jesus' return to the Father appears to us not as a separation, but rather as an anticipation of our final destination,” he said.   As a “climbing partner” when we climb towards the summit of a mountain, He drags the Church, His body, to Heaven where he has ascended.
 
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-appeal-exchane-prisoner-russia-ukraine.html
Pope: Holy See ready to facilitate exchange of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war
12 May 2024, 12:58

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-regina-caeli-communications-mothers-day.html
Pope: ‘Don’t lose sight of the wisdom of the heart!’
12 May 2024, 13:45

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2024.index.html
Angelus - Regina Cæli 2024
Regina Caeli, 12 May 2024

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-syro-malabar-liturgy-dispute-raphael-thattil.html

Pope to Syro-Malabar faithful: Unity is a duty
13 May 2024, 11:22

Meeting with the head Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, which has been divided for a number of years by a fierce liturgical dispute, Pope Francis emphasises the importance of obedience to ecclesiastical authorities.
By Joseph Tulloch

Pope Francis met on Monday morning with Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, the head of Kerala’s Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

The Pope’s address to Archbishop Thattil ranged over a number of topics, from the ancient history of the Church in Kerala to the liturgical dispute which has been raging there for a number of years.
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
To the faithful of the Syro-Malabar Church (13 May 2024)

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-knowledge-must-be-inclusive.html

Pope Francis: ‘Knowledge must be inclusive’
13 May 2024, 12:35

Meeting with students at a number of Vatican institutions, Pope Francis warns against the “toxic, unhealthy and violent” information that can lurk in social media.
By Lisa Zengarini

Pope Francis received in audience on Monday some 200 students and teachers of the Vatican School of Paleography, Diplomatic and Archival Studies and of the Vatican School of Library Science as they celebrate their 140th and 90th anniversary of foundation, respectively.

Welcoming them in the Clementine Hall, the Pope expressed his gratitude to the two reputed higher education institutions, and underscored the importance of their work of forming people who "do accurate research in all circumstances to reach the truth”. “Yours is truly a service to solidity of the teachings you have received, a much-need solidity in times when news is sometimes spread without checks and research,” he said.
 
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may.index.html
Speeches 2024 May
To teachers and students of the Vatican School of Palaeography, Diplomatics and Archival Studies and the Vatican School of Library Science (13 May 2024)

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-05/a-jubilee-grace-vatican-announces-holy-year-indulgence.html

‘A Jubilee grace’: Vatican announces Holy Year Indulgence
13 May 2024, 12:34

Following the solemn indiction of the Jubilee 2025 by Pope Francis last week, the Apostolic Penitentiary has published a Decree that provides the details for the Indulgences that will be granted during the Holy Year.
By Christopher Wells

The Catholic faithful will have multiple ways to gain the Jubilee Indulgence for the 2025 Holy Year, according to a new decree promulgated by the Apostolic Penitentiary – the Vatican Office with overall responsibility for the granting and use of indulgences.

In the wake of the Second Vatican Council, Pope St Paul VI taught, “An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints.” Indulgences are plenary (full) or partial depending on whether they remove all or part of the temporal punishment due to sin. 
 
http://www.penitenzieria.va/content/dam/penitenzieriaapostolica/indulgenze/inglese.pdf
DECREE ON THE GRANTING OF THE INDULGENCE
DURING THE ORDINARY JUBILEE YEAR 2025
CALLED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

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https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2024/05/for-second-time-in-a-month-weapons-detected-at-a-papal-event

For second time in a month, weapons detected at a papal event
By Crux Staff
May 6, 2024

ROME – Less than a month after a man on New York’s “most wanted” list was arrested in St. Peter’s Square with three knives ahead of a papal audience, a parish priest from the Czech Republic was detained Sunday before the pontiff’s Angelus address after being found to have an air gun, two knives, a box cutter and a screwdriver in his bag.

According to media reports, the 59-year-old priest, identified as Father Milan Palkovic, who was wearing a cassock, claimed the items didn’t belong to him but to another man attending the Angelus, who was also detained, and that they were for “personal defense.”

The two men reportedly were part of a group of pilgrims from the Czech Republic who had arrived in Rome by bus.

A police spokesperson said the items have been confiscated, and an investigation is underway to determine why the two men wanted to bring them into the pope’s Angelus address. One theory is that the other man, aged 60, whose name has not been revealed, may have passed the bag to Palkovic, believing that his priestly garb would allow him to pass undisturbed.
 

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https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257671/9-things-to-know-and-share-about-fatima

9 things to know and share about Fátima
By Jimmy Akin
National Catholic Register, May 13, 2024 / 14:09 pm

May 13 is the optional memorial of Our Lady of Fátima, arguably the most prominent approved apparition of the 20th century. It became famous the world over, particularly for its three-part “secret.”

Here are nine things to know about this Marian apparition.

1) What happened at Fátima, Portugal?

A young shepherd girl, Lucia dos Santos, said she experienced supernatural visitations as early as 1915, two years before the famous appearances of Our Lady of Fátima.

In 1917, she and two of her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, were working as shepherds tending their families’ flocks. On May 13, 1917, the three children saw an apparition of a lady from heaven. She told them, among other things, that she would return once a month for six months.

At her third appearance, on July 13, Lucia was shown the secret of Fátima. She reportedly turned pale and cried out with fear, calling Our Lady by name. There was a thunderclap, and the vision ended.

The children again saw the Virgin on Sept. 13.

In the sixth and final appearance, on Oct. 13, a dramatic outward sign was given to those gathered to witness the event. After the clouds of a rainstorm parted, numerous witnesses — some as far as 40 miles away — reported seeing the sun dance, spin, and send out colored rays of light.
 

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257675/virgin-mary-today-asks-same-she-asked-of-little-shepherds-107-years-ago-cardinal-says
Virgin Mary today asks same she asked of little shepherds 107 years ago, cardinal says
By Natalia Zimbrão
ACI Digital, May 13, 2024 / 16:18 pm

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-message-world-day-for-grandparents-and-elderly-2024.html

Pope: The elderly are the 'firm foundation' of the future
14 May 2024, 14:03

In his Message for the Fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will take place on 28 July 2024, Pope Francis recognizes the situation of many elderly people today, and assures them: “God never abandons His children, never.”
By Sr. Francine-Marie Cooper, ISSM

“Do not cast me off in my old age” (cf. Ps 71:9): This sincere plea, taken from Psalm 71, is the theme of the Fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will take place on 28 July 2024.

Pope Francis chose the Theme for the Day, which is organised by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.

In his Message for the Fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Francis reassured the addressees that “God never abandons His children, never.”

He referred to the elderly as “the firm foundation" on which “new” stones can rest, in order to join in erecting a spiritual edifice (cf. 1 Peter 2:5).”
 
https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/05/14/240514d.html
Message of the Holy Father Francis for the Fourth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly (28 July 2024), 14.05.2024

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-meets-elderly-priests-in-a-roman-parish.html

Pope Francis meets elderly priests in a Roman parish
14 May 2024, 19:55

Pope Francis meets some 70 priests who have been ordained 40 years ago or more for a closed-door conversation at a Roman parish near the Vatican, and greets a group of primary school students and children attending catechism classes there.
By Salvatore Cernuzio

Pope Francis’ visit to the Roman parish of San Giuseppe al Trionfale, not far from Saint Peter’s Basilica, on Tuesday afternoon, began with a kiss on the head of little Rebecca, 2 years old, daughter of one of the parish catechists, when he hadn't even got out the car. Then, as he left his white Fiat 500L, he was greeted by the applause of the hundreds of people gathered in the churchyard of the basilica (or even looking out from windows and balconies) and hailing “Francesco! Francesco!"

The church founded by Don Luigi Guanella at the beginning of the 20th century and still run by the Guanellians (also known as Servants of Charity), was the setting of Pope Francis’ private meeting with some 70 priests who have been ordained 40 years ago or more.
 

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https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257682/explainer-what-has-the-vatican-already-said-about-discerning-marian-apparitions

What has the Vatican already said about discerning Marian apparitions?
By Courtney Mares
Rome Newsroom, May 14, 2024 / 13:52 pm

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández will unveil guidelines for discerning Marian apparitions and other supernatural phenomena on Friday, but it is not the first time that the Vatican’s doctrine office has issued a directive for how the Church should respond to news of an alleged apparition.

Fifty years ago officials from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith identified how the emergence of mass media had created an environment in which news of an alleged apparition could spread rapidly and quickly draw larger crowds than in past centuries thanks to the ease of modern travel.

Officials from the congregation met to discuss problems that could come up in examining apparitions in November 1974 and agreed on a procedure for Church authorities to follow in the case of a reported apparition.

The Vatican’s doctrine office made these norms public with the approval of Pope Paul VI in 1978, just three years before Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was named the prefect of the congregation.

First, when a Church authority is informed of a new purported apparition or revelation, specific criteria should be used to judge whether or not cult or devotion should be allowed.

Criteria that would lead to a negative judgment on the alleged apparition included:
 

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-poland-kazakhstan-voice-unborn-bell.html
Pope blesses "Voice of the Unborn" bell destined for Kazakhstan
15 May 2024, 12:15

Pope Francis blesses the "Voice of the Unborn" bell, which will be taken to Kazakhstan, and will serve as a reminder of the importance of protecting human life from conception to natural death.
By Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik & Fr. Jakub Nagi

"The Holy Spirit always raises us to a higher level of selfless and practical love towards the poor, the sick and the vulnerable, such as conceived children."

Pope Francis offered that reflection during his greetings to Polish pilgrims at the Wednesday General Audience.

He praised an initiative that will bring a bell called the “Voice of the Unborn” to Kazakhstan, saying it will “serve as a reminder of the importance of protecting human life from conception to natural death.”

Ahead of the General Audience, the Pope blessed the bell and rang it with two Polish children.

The initiative was promoted by the Yes to Life Foundation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, based in Poland.
 

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Video, with English commentary, at the link...

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-at-audience-charity-is-the-work-of-the-holy-spirit-in-us.html
Pope at Audience: Charity is the work of the Holy Spirit in us
15 May 2024, 09:18

Pope Francis reflects on "charity" at his weekly General Audience, saying that the theological virtue "comes from God and is directed towards God, and enables us to love God... and to love our neighbour as God loves them."
By Christopher Wells

Pope Francis turned his thoughts to the theological virtue of charity on Wednesday as he continued his series of catechesis on the vices and the virtues.

He began his reflection with the passage of St Paul: “So faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” The Holy Father noted that these words were addressed to the Christians of Corinth, who suffered from division and strife – even in the celebration of the Eucharist.
 
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-appeal-afghanistan-floods-general-audience-peace.html
Pope asks international community to help flood-hit Afghanistan
15 May 2024, 10:13

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2024.index.html
Audiences 2024
General Audience of 15 May 2024 - Cycle of Catechesis. Vices and Virtues. 19. Charity

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-peace-is-made-with-our-hands-not-just-by-the-powerful.html

Pope: 'Peace is made with our hands not just by the powerful'
15 May 2024, 13:40

Pope Francis pens the preface of the book "Justice and peace will embrace", a collection of reflections published ahead of his pastoral visit to the Italian city of Verona, in which he reaffirms that we are all called to be artisans of peace in our daily life.
By Salvatore Cernuzio and Lisa Zengarini

“Peace is made with our hands”. It is not only built by the powerful "with their choices and their international treaties,” we too can build peace, "in our homes, in the family, among neighbours, in our workplaces, in the neighbourhoods where we live".

Pope Francis offered that reminder in the preface to a new book collecting texts and reflections on the relationship between justice and peace.

Titled “La pace e la giustizia si baceranno” ("Justice and peace will embrace "), the book, was released on Wednesday by the Vatican Publishing House LEV and L'Arena, ahead of his pastoral visit to the  northern Italian city of Verona , on May 18 , which will have justice and peace as its focus.
 

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Global experts and leaders convene for Vatican climate summit
15 May 2024, 15:16

Scientists, regional and local leaders, and experts from universities around the world meet in the Vatican for a Summit entitled, "From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience," promoted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
By Thaddeus Jones

Experts and leaders from around the world are meeting at the Vatican for a Summit looking at the climate crisis affecting the planet with a special focus on how to effectively manage and deal with it. The Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences are hosting the three-day Summit entitled, "From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience."

Sharing ideas and solutions

The meeting from 15 to 17 May brings together experts in the field of climate change together with city mayors and regional government leaders who are dealing with its effects. They come from the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Researchers from universities around the world are also participating. All are contributing their own presentations in the meeting sessions taking place inside Vatican City.
 
Respecting the dignity of human life

In his Apostolic Exhortation, Laudate Deum, Pope Francis, underscored the dangers the world faces due to the impact of climate change, affecting the most vulnerable people especially, as well as the urgent need to work together to address the crisis.

“This is a global social issue and one intimately related to the dignity of human life. The Bishops of the United States have expressed very well this social meaning of our concern about climate change, which goes beyond a merely ecological approach, because 'our care for one another and our care for the earth are intimately bound together.'”