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Pope Francis has written a letter in which he advises that reading novels and poems should be encouraged in the training of future priests. The head of the Catholic church cites authors like C.S. Lewis (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) and Marcel Proust (“In Search of Lost Time”) alongside poets like Paul Celan, Jorge Luis Borges and T.S. Eliot in the letter, “On the Role of Literature in Formation”, which was written on 17 July and published in various languages on Sunday. Pope Francis writes that literature is “listening to another person’s voice” and that while it is often considered unnecessary...
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Rome (AFP) - US Cardinal Sean O'Malley, known for championing survivors of sexual abuse and pushing the Catholic Church to reform, is stepping down as the Archbishop of Boston, the Vatican announced Monday. The 80-year-old will be replaced by Richard Henning, the 59-year-old bishop of Providence, to helm the fourth-largest diocese in the United States, the Vatican said in a statement. It did not give a reason, saying only that Pope Francis had accepted O'Malley's resignation. In the Catholic Church, bishops who lead a diocese have a traditional retirement age of 75, but the pope has the dis...
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The Pope and the Vatican – these words have become near synonymous to many. But, Popes did not live at the Vatican until the 14th century. Now archaeologists say they’ve found the remains of what might be an ancient palace, the residence of the papal seat of that time. An excavation team uncovered the architectural structure when working on a piazza outside the Archbasilica of St John Lateran in central Rome. According to the Italian Ministry of Culture, which made a statement on the discovery last week, it is surrounded by defensive walls that could have been built as early as the 9th century...
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Pope Francis said global democracy was “not in good health” as he encouraged Catholics to work for peace in Ukraine, Palestine and other conflict zones. His comments came during a visit to the northern Italian city of Trieste on Sunday which marked the 50th Social Week of Italian Catholics – this year addressing the theme of democracy in crisis. As part of the trip, he went to the Generali Convention Centre where the leader of the Catholic Church addressed the state of global democracy and its functionality. “Let’s be honest, in today’s world democracy is not in good health,” Francis said. “I ...
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Before flying to Italy's southern Puglia region to meet world leaders at the G7 summit, Pope Francis hosted a very different audience at the Vatican today, celebrating the importance of humour. The pontiff welcomed more than 100 comedians from 15 nations, including US celebrities Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Colbert, Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon. “In the midst of so much gloomy news, immersed as we are in many social and even personal emergencies, you have the power to spread peace and smiles,” Francis told the comedians. “You unite people, because laughter is contagious,” he continu...
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Washington (AFP) - Pope Francis made a foray into the US election season with a rare television interview Sunday, calling harsh anti-migrant attitudes "madness" and criticizing right-wing US Catholic figures for overly conservative stances against his social teachings. Speaking in his native Spanish through a translator for more than an hour, Francis told CBS News program "60 Minutes" that the closing by the state of Texas of a Catholic charity offering humanitarian assistance was absurd. "That is madness. Sheer madness. To close the border and leave them there, that is madness. The migrant ha...
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Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed US bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent conservative who had repeatedly criticised his papacy, following concerns over the clergyman's leadership and governance. The Vatican did not explain the move, a rare sacking in the Catholic Church, where troublesome senior clerics are normally encouraged -- or told -- to resign. But a US cardinal said it was linked to an inquiry ordered by Francis into "all aspects of governance and leadership" of Strickland's Tyler diocese in Texas. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, also of Texas, said the so-called apos...
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Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed US bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent conservative who has repeatedly criticised his papacy, the Vatican announced. The rare decision to remove a senior Catholic figure came after Francis sent two US bishops to visit Strickland's Texas diocese in June. "The Holy Father has relieved from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Tyler (US) Joseph E. Strickland," the Vatican said in a statement. It said the bishop of Austin, Joe Vasquez, had been named as apostolic administrator of the diocese, but gave no further details. The Vatican h...
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Céline Dion has made her first public appearance in nearly four years as she continues to battle stiff-person syndrome. The ‘My Heart Will Go On’ singer, 55, revealed her diagnosis in December 2022, which forced her to pull the plug on her ‘Courage World Tour’, but she dropped in on an NHL game at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Monday (30.10.23) night between the Vegas Golden Knights and her hometown team the Montreal Canadiens. After the game, which saw the Habs lose, Céline went into the locker room and chatted with everyone there as she went around and shook their hands, with the Canadiens ...
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Vatican City (AFP) - Not far from the Vatican, where hundreds of Catholics have gathered to debate the future of the Church, purple-clad activists make their voices heard against the "patriarchy", chanting "Ordain women priests!" . The place of women in the Catholic Church -- led for 2,000 years by a man, and which outlaws abortion, female priests and does not recognise divorce -- is one of the hot topics at the general assembly of the Synod of Bishops taking place over four weeks. Women campaigning for change have come to Rome to make their case, from Europe and the United States to Australia...
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