AP News, by Sylvie Corbet: Pope Francis expressed “shame” for himself and the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday for the scale of child sexual abuse within the church in France and acknowledged failures in putting the needs of victims first….

Vatican News, by Lydia O’Kane: When the Pope arrived for this Apostolic Visit to Slovakia on Sunday, the banners to greet him read “Viva Papa Francesco” or “Long Live Pope Francis.” As he departed on Wednesday, following the celebration of…

Vatican News, by Communiqué of the Holy See Press Office: Today, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the President of Ireland, His Excellency Mr. Michael D. Higgins, who subsequently met with His Eminence Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin,…

Vatican News, by Robin Gomes: The Abrahamic Family House, which encloses a synagogue, a church and a mosque in a single complex, and which is scheduled to be inaugurated in 2022, is 20 percent complete, the Higher Committee of Human…

LifeSite, by Michael Haynes: The Vatican is celebrating an ecumenical movement designed to promote “ecological conversion” and to respond to Pope Francis’s persistent calls to heed the “cry of the Earth.” Starting September 1, the World Day of Prayer for…

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Vatican News, by Linda Bordoni: Pope Francis has repeatedly appealed for prayers and international aid for Lebanon as its people and the millions of mostly Syrian refugees it hosts, bear the brunt of what the World Bank describes as one…

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NPR, by The Associated Press: Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada said Thursday investigators have found hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children — a discovery that follows last month’s report of…

Vatican News, by staff writer: In a note released on Tuesday, The Apostolic Penitentiary explains that “in order to increase the devotion of the faithful and for the salvation of souls,” grandparents, the elderly and the faithful will be able…

Vatican News, by staff writer: Opening his video message on the occasion of the 109th meeting of the International Labour Organisation, Pope Francis noted that in recent months, the organization has done “a commendable job of dedicating particular attention to…