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Pope Tells New Cardinals Never To Stray From The Path Of Jesus

Pope Francis on December 07 encouraged the group of twenty-one new cardinals from across the globe to “walk in the way of Jesus: together, with humility, wonder and joy.” Presiding at Holy Mass for the Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of New Cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pope reminded the prelates receiving the […]

Notre Dame Cathedral ‘Back In The Light’ After Glorious Reopening

The doors of the newly restored Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral were officially reopened to the public during a ceremony on December 07 just over five years after a blaze ravaged the iconic structure’s roof, frame, and spire. The celebration, which began at around 7:20 p.m. local time, was attended by some 1,500 people, including about […]

World Leaders Must Broker Christmas Peace, Pope Francis Urges During Angelus

Pope Francis issued a heartfelt plea for peace dur-ing Angelus on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conce-ption on December 08, urg-ing international leaders to broker ceasefires in conflict zones by Christmas. “I appeal to governments and the international community that a ceasefire may be reached on all war fronts by the Christmas celebrations,” the pope […]

Cardinal Pizzaballa: Pope Francis Calls Holy Family Church In Gaza Every Day

Latin Patriarch of Jeru-salem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, said that Pope Francis is known by the children of Holy Family Church in Gaza as “the grandfather.” During a Dec. 6 press conference organized by Aid to the Church in Need International, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem told journalists “the pope is calling every day at […]

Nicaraguan Dictatorship Kidnaps And Expels Another Priest

The Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, this week kidnapped and expelled from the country Father Floriano Ceferino Vargas, a priest of the Diocese of Bluefields. Medardo Mairena, a former peasant leader now in exile, stated on X that “Father Floriano Ceferino Vargas, parish priest of the Church of […]

Christmas Celebratory Again In Holy Land Amid Ongoing War; Patriarch Urges Pilgrims To Return

Christmas this season in the Holy Land will be celebratory, despite ongoing blood-shed and war, the patriarchs of the Holy Land said, as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa encouraged pilgrims to come back to the birthplace of Jesus. “Pilgrimage is now absolutely safe and also important for society,” Pizzaballa said in Cologne Dec. 3, reported KNA, a […]

Nicaea Anniversary To Witness ‘Growing Communion’ Of Catholic And Orthodox

Pope Francis affirmed his intention to attend next year’s celebration marking 1,700 years since the first Council of Nicaea, in Iznik in north-west Turkey. “I am thinking of going there,” the Pope told participants at the Vati-can’s International Theological Commission last week. In a letter to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, he voiced […]

Church Leaders Express ‘Hope’ That Syrian Regime Will Respect Christian Communities

Catholic Church leaders in the U.S., Rome, and the Middle East have expressed cautious “hope” that the new regime in Syria will respect Christian communities after a lightning offensive by Islamist rebel groups toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Bishop Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon and chairman of […]