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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis was not asking Ukraine to consider surrendering to Russia when he called for negotiations to end the war, but he was calling for both Russia and Ukraine to cease hostilities and engage in peace talks, the Vatican's top diplomat said.It's "obvious" that creating the conditions for a diplomatic resolution to the war in Ukraine "is not only up to one side, but to both sides," Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published March 12. The first step toward reaching peace, he added, is "to put an end to the aggression."The responsibility for ceasing hostilities in Ukraine falls "first and foremost to the aggressor," he said without explicitly naming Russia. Only then, he said, can negotiations begin."The Holy Father explains that to negotiate is not weakness, but strength. It is not surrender, but courage," he said.The cardinal's comments came after the release March 9 of port...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The saints are not unreachable "exceptions of humanity" but ordinary people who worked diligently to grow in virtue, Pope Francis said.It is wrong to think of the saints as "a kind of small circle of champions who live beyond the limits of our species," the pope wrote in the catechesis for his general audience March 13 in St. Peter's Square. Instead, they are "those who fully become themselves, who realize the vocation of every person." Pope Francis rides in the popemobile after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 13, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)"How happy would be a world in which justice, respect, mutual respect, the breadth of the spirit (and) hope were the shared norm and not a rare anomaly," he wrote.Just like at his general audience March 6, Pope Francis told visitors in the square that due to a mild cold an aide, Msgr. Pierluigi Giroli, would read his speech. However the pope had seemed recovered when he read the entir...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of U.S. Sister Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and he recognized the martyrdom of a German priest executed by the Nazis and a German nun and her 14 companions who were raped and murdered by Russian soldiers during World War II.After Pope Francis met March 14 with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the Vatican published the list of decrees the pope approved in 12 sainthood causes.The pope recognized the heroic virtues of Sister Hawthorne, who, born in 1851 in Lenox, Massachusetts, was the third and last child of novelist and short-story writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne. She and her husband, George Lathrop, converted to Catholicism, but they eventually separated after his alcoholism led to extremely violent behavior.  Rose Hawthorne is shown in this file photo taken before her work with cancer patients began. (CNS photo/courtesy Dominican Sisters of Hawthorn...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has decided that some of the most controversial issues raised at the first assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will be examined by study groups that will work beyond the synod's final assembly in October.The possible revision of guidelines for the training of priests and deacons, "the role of women in the church and their participation in decision-making/taking processes and community leadership," a possible revision of the way bishops are chosen and a revision of norms for the relationship between bishops and the religious orders working in their dioceses all will be the subject of study groups.That Pope Francis did not wait until the end of the second assembly to convoke the study groups, "shows that he has a heart that listens; he listened and is acting," Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the synod, told reporters March 14.Pope Francis approved the 10 groups and their topics; he asked the groups, coordinated by different offi...
WASHINGTON - On March 26, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in a case that has the potential to make a major impact in the widespread accessibility of chemical abortion (abortion pills). Chemical abortions are now the most common form of abortion in the United States. Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, chairman of the USCCB's Committee on Pro-Life Activities have announced a nationwide invitation to prayer beginning on March 25 (the eve of the oral arguments), through June 2024, when the court's decision is expected. Invitation may be viewed here: https://www.usccb.org/resources/nationwide-invitation-to-prayer.pdf.Background information may be found here: https://www.usccb.org/prolife/nationwide-invitation-prayer.###
Dominican Sister Lucía Caram on the television program "Cuentos Chinos" ("Tall Tales") in Spain. / Credit: MediasetACI Prensa Staff, Mar 14, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA).Yesterday Pope Francis received the controversial nun Sister Lucía Caram and team members of the Spanish-language news portal Religión Digital, which regularly publishes content contrary to Catholic doctrine.The pope's March 13 audience with Caram and the Religión Digital journalists went unmentioned in the Vatican Press Office's daily news brief.In an article, Religión Digital, now in its 25th year, stated that the Holy Father met with its members for half an hour and reportedly encouraged the team: "Do not lose hope. Continue fighting for this living Church and making it known."The article noted that the pontiff met with the visitors in "the back room of the Paul VI Hall, (la auletta)," which is "the same office where he received [Volodymyr] Zelensky, [Nicolás] Maduro, and Raúl Castro," presidents of Ukraine, Venezu...
null / Credit: Ulf Wittrock/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 14, 2024 / 12:45 pm (CNA).A priest in Indiana is suing his diocese for fraud and defamation after he was suspended over what the clergyman claims were false allegations of sexually abusing a minor. Father James DeOreo in a filing at Boone County Circuit Court earlier this month alleged that the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, along with its vicar general, Father Theodore Dudzinski, committed both defamation and fraud, respectively, against DeOreo in a yearslong conflict over accusations against the priest. The filing alleges that in January 2021, a parishioner alleged that DeOreo "abused the [parishioner] by encouraging him to fast and engage in other spiritual and ascetic practices," which eventually led the individual to "suffer an eating disorder."A subsequent investigation found that "no abuse had occurred." The diocese, however, "agreed to pay for the Complainer's psychotherapy" in order to help hi...
Students at the University of California, Berkeley, with the Campanile tower in the background. / Credit: cdrin/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 14, 2024 / 15:25 pm (CNA).After serving at the elite California public university since 1907, the Paulist Fathers announced Wednesday that they will leave the University of California, Berkeley, citing "the changing landscape of the Catholic Church in the United States and the shifting demographics of our own members."In a press release, the congregation of missionary priests said they had decided after a "comprehensive discernment process" to return Newman Hall-Holy Spirit Parish, which serves the university's campus, to the care of the Diocese of Oakland at the end of the academic year. They also announced several other staffing changes related to the Paulists' operations in the U.S., including the closing of several nationwide ministries. "The Paulist Fathers remain committed to sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with mission...
Celebration of Mass at Holy Family Parish in Gaza. / Credit: ACN & Holy Family ParishACI Prensa Staff, Mar 14, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has released a report highlighting that the Christian community in Gaza "is going through the worst period" since the start of the war on Oct. 7, 2023.According to the report released on March 8, Gaza is facing difficult times, with shelling, disrupted communications, and food shortages. Sister Nabila Saleh, a religious of the Holy Rosary Congregation, described the situation as distressing but is grateful for God's grace even in adversity."The little we have is because of God's grace. The people outside suffer even more than we do, because they don't have that consolation at this time," she said.Holy Family Parish in the neighborhood of Al Zeyton, in the north of the Gaza Strip, is one of the places affected by the intense clashes and bombardments. The church is currently sheltering 12...
Pope Francis presides greets pilgrims at a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNARome Newsroom, Mar 14, 2024 / 09:20 am (CNA).The international community on Wednesday sent congratulatory messages to Pope Francis to mark the 11th anniversary of his election to the pontificate, praising him for his leadership and peace initiatives over his nearly-dozen years at the Vatican. "Today, I join millions of Americans in congratulating the Holy Father on this anniversary as he continues his work of leading the Catholic Church and inspiring people around the globe to seek peace, charity, and compassion," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote in a March 13 statement. Blinken in his statement noted that the U.S. and the Vatican are "united by common values such as respect for human rights, including freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression." "We continue to work together to address the challenges of...
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