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Vatican Responds to Widespread Backlash on Same-sex Blessing Directive

Jan 4, 2024

The Vatican’s doctrine office issued a response on Thursday to “clarify the reception of Fiducia Supplicans” amid widespread international backlash to the Vatican’s recent declaration on same-sex blessings.

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Here’s the full text of the Vatican’s response to dubia on divorced and remarried Catholics

Oct 3, 2023

Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka had submitted to the Vatican a request for pastoral guidance.

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IMBISA Launches Golden Jubilee Celebrations with Call to Turn Challenges into Opportunity “to increase faith, hope”

Pope Francis addresses the crowd at the proclamation of the papal bull “Spes Non Confudit,” meaning “Hope Does Not Disappoint,” at the Vatican on Thursday, May 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN/Vatican Pool

In Papal Bull Titled “Hope Does Not Disappoint”, Pope Francis Announces How, When Church’s 2025 Jubilee Will Begin

Pope Francis at vespers following the proclamation of the papal bull “Spes Non Confudit,” meaning “Hope does not disappoint,” at the Vatican, Thursday, May 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Full Text of “Hope Does Not Disappoint”, Papal Bull for Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee

Today, May 9, We Celebrate St. Pachomius

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Nigeria’s Makurdi Diocese Orders “immediate” Closure of Catholic School after Attack to “avoid unimaginable disaster”

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“Barbaric act”, “act of blind hatred”, Catholic Bishops, Pope Francis on Bombing of Mugunga IDP Camp in DR Congo

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Nigeria’s Makurdi Diocese Orders “immediate” Closure of Catholic School after Attack to “avoid unimaginable disaster”

“Very distasteful, divisive”: Malawi’s Catholic Bishops Decry Utterances Fomenting Religious Intolerance

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO). Credit: CENCO

“Barbaric act”, “act of blind hatred”, Catholic Bishops, Pope Francis on Bombing of Mugunga IDP Camp in DR Congo

Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB). Credit: KCCB

Flash Floods in Kenya: Catholic Bishops “call for swift action to save lives”, Appeal for “generous acts of charity”

Members of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa. Credit: Fr. Dumisani Vilakati,

IMBISA Launches Golden Jubilee Celebrations with Call to Turn Challenges into Opportunity “to increase faith, hope”

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Nigeria’s Health Sector Subjected to “years of neglect by government”: Catholic Archbishop Decries Human Capital Flight

Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of Caxito Diocese in Angola. Credit: Radio Ecclesia

Angola’s Political, Civil Leaders “must set an example of service”: Catholic Bishop Emphasizes Patriotism

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his Wednesday general audience on May 8, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Hope "is a gift that comes directly from God"

Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna of Mozambique’s Catholic Archdiocese of Beira. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Beira

Engage in Research, “give rise to something new”: Catholic Archbishop to University Students in Mozambique

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Catholic Archbishop Attributes Instability of Angola’s Christian Families to “lack of true friendship”

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