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Pope Francis prays for people displaced by St. Vincent volcano eruptions

April 23, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Vatican City, Apr 23, 2021 / 08:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Pope Francis expressed his solidarity on Friday with the thousands of people displaced by ongoing volcanic eruptions on the island of St. Vincent in the […]

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Pope Francis celebrates name day with poor as the Vatican’s free vaccinations continue

April 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis marks name day with Rome’s poor receiving COVID-19 vaccine. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Apr 23, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Friday celebrated the feast of St. George, his namesake, with 600 of Rome’s poor and needy, as … […]

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Pope Francis meets with Legionaries of Christ leader

April 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis receives Fr. John Connor, general director of the Legionaries of Christ, in a private audience at the Vatican, April 22, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Apr 22, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis received Fr. John Connor, the … […]

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Pope Francis: The biggest defeat for an athlete is to not play as a team

April 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets a delegation from the Pro Recco Waterpolo 1913 Team at the Vatican, April 22, 2021. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Apr 22, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis met with a water polo team Thursday and shared a message about the i… […]

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On Earth Day, Pope Francis says the world is ‘at the limit’

April 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 5

Pope Francis delivers his message at the Vatican for Earth Day, April 22, 2021 / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Apr 22, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
In a message marking Earth Day, Pope Francis urged world leaders to “act with courage, operate with justi… […]

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Cardinal Semeraro: Blessed Carlo Acutis was ‘an authentic apostle of the rosary’

April 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Carlo Acutis. / carloacutis.com

Vatican City, Apr 22, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
A Vatican cardinal has said that Blessed Carlo Acutis’ love for praying the rosary in his “short but full” life exemplified timeless wisdom.Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, … […]

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Pope Francis hopes Lebanon can regain the ‘strength of the cedars’

April 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Saad Hariri, Prime Minister-designate of Lebanon, meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, April 22, 2021. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Apr 22, 2021 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis met the prime minister-designate of Lebanon in a private meeting … […]

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Vatican unveils official prayer of 2022 World Meeting of Families

April 22, 2021 CNA Daily News 5

CNA Staff, Apr 22, 2021 / 07:00 am America/Denver (CNA). The Vatican unveiled Thursday the official prayer of the 2022 World Meeting of Families in Rome. The Diocese of Rome and the Dicastery for Laity, […]

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Vatican dedicates May to global rosary ‘marathon’ for end of COVID-19

April 21, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Vatican City, Apr 21, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The Vatican has announced a rosary initiative dedicating the month of May to prayer for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of th… […]

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‘Go to Joseph’: What popes from Bl Pius IX to Francis have said about St Joseph

April 21, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

A detail from Joseph with the Child and the Flowering Rod, by Alonso Miguel de Tovar (1678–1752). Public Domain.

Rome Newsroom, Apr 21, 2021 / 10:01 am (CNA).
The proclamation of the Year of St. Joseph by Pope Francis in December 2020 coincided … […]

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