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Vatican secretary of state says Ukraine’s military advances into Russia are ‘worrying’

August 14, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A Ukrainian military vehicle drives from the direction of the border with Russia carrying blindfolded men in Russian military uniforms in the Sumy region on Aug. 13, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. / Credit: ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Get… […]

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Bishop of Shanghai defends China’s religious freedom record at Vatican conference

May 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Shanghai Bishop Shen Bin speaks to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin at a Vatican conference on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. / Credit: Fabio Gonnella/EWTN

Rome Newsroom, May 22, 2024 / 13:14 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Shanghai defende… […]

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Vatican, Vietnam announce agreement on permanent papal representative

July 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican on July 27, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Denver, Colo., Jul 28, 2023 / 08:04 am (CNA).
Praising improved relations, the Holy See and the government of Vietnam have announ… […]

Features

Are Pope Francis’ most recent appointments non-ideological?

April 14, 2023 William Kilpatrick 33

A recent National Catholic Reporter (NCR) piece points out that due to retirements and other factors, “Pope Francis faces chance to radically reshape US Catholic hierarchy.” Most of the experts interviewed by NCR predicted that […]

The Dispatch

Defendant in Vatican trial claims Pope Francis knew all about the London property deal

July 12, 2022 Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency 3

Vatican trial (file image) / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jul 11, 2022 / 06:08 am (CNA).
As the Vatican’s historic trial revolving around a London property deal and allegations of corruption continues, the question of what Pope Francis himself … […]

Features

The Cardinal Zen situation puts spotlight on frayed Vatican-China relations

May 14, 2022 Christopher R. Altieri 7

The Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, finally talked directly and explicitly about the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen. He spoke of the affair Friday, with reporters present for an event at Rome’s Pontifical […]

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Why the pope’s representative in Kyiv is fighting ‘fake news’

April 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency, Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, the apostolic nuncio to Ukraine. / Arturiuxs via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Rome Newsroom, Apr 13, 2022 / 07:20 am (CNA).
Earlier this month, the Vatican’s embassy in Ukraine published a post “fact-checking” recent… […]

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Here’s what Pope Francis says about World War III in a new book

April 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis, pictured on July 30, 2016. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Vatican City, Apr 13, 2022 / 06:45 am (CNA).
In the introduction to a new book, Pope Francis says that the world is moving toward World War III as if it were unavoidable, but… […]

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Cardinal Parolin: Ukraine has the right to defend itself, but arms shipments could cause ‘terrible’ escalation

April 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin talks to EWTN Vatican correspondent Colm Flynn on March 19, 2022. / EWTN.

Vatican City, Apr 7, 2022 / 10:34 am (CNA).
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, has reiterated t… […]

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Although he might not be well known outside of certain theological circles, Dr. Hans Boersma is one of the finer young Evangelical theologians writing today. He is the J.I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent […]

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