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Vatican City, Jun 2, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis said Wednesday that just as Jesus prayed for his friends while on earth, he also prays for each person eternally before the Father in heaven. “We must always keep this in mind: Jesus prays for me. He is praying now before the Father and makes Him see the wounds He carried with Him, to show the Father the price of our salvation, it is the love that He holds for us,” the pope said on June 2. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Speaking from Vatican ...

London, England, Jul 22, 2019 / 06:01 pm (CNA).- The High Court has agreed to hear in September a bid from the parents of Tafida Raqeeb to take her to Italy for treatment. The five-year-old girl has been comatose since February, and UK doctors want to remove her life-sustaining treatment. The UK doctors have barred Raqeeb’s parents from taking her abroad for treatment. Two doctors from the Gaslini Children’s Hospital in Genoa examined Raqeeb via video link earlier this month, and they agree...

Rome, Italy, May 26, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA). The leader of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre has defended changes to the order’s rituals amid criticism that the swearing-in rite no longer features a sword. Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the order’s Grand Master, told CNA that the changes did not mark a break with tradition and were part of a broader reform linked to the renewal of the order’s statutes last year. He said that the recent reforms followed the rationale set out by St. Paul...

Vatican City, May 26, 2021 / 05:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis confronted the “scandal” of prayers that seem to go unanswered during his Wednesday general audience by pointing to the hope found in the Resurrection, “when all human longings … will be fulfilled.” “When people pray with a sincere heart, when they ask for things that correspond to the Kingdom of God, when a mother prays for her sick child, why does it sometimes seem that God does not listen?” the pope asked pilgrims gather...

May 24, 2021 Catholic News Agency The following is the complete text of Pope Francis’ Pentecost Sunday homily, delivered May 23, 2021, at the Basilica of St. Peter: “When the Paraclete comes, whom I will send to you from the Father…” (Jn 15:26). With these words, Jesus promises to send his disciples the Holy Spirit, the ultimate gift, the gift of gifts. He uses an unusual and mysterious word to describe the Spirit: Paraclete. Today let us reflect on this word, which is not easy to ...

Denver Newsroom, May 10, 2021 / 15:16 pm (CNA). The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith wrote Friday to the head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding admission to Communion, affirming the centrality of the congregation’s 2002 note on Catholic’s participation in politics and the importance of safeguarding the rights of ordinaries in their local Churches. A 2004 memo from Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, then the prefect of the same congregation, should “be dis...

CNA Staff, May 5, 2021 / 08:05 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis has confirmed a former management consultant as the Vatican’s auditor general. The Holy See press office said May 5 that the pope had named Alessandro Cassinis Righini, who has served as acting auditor general since June 2017, to the role. On his publicly accessible LinkedIn page, the auditor general lists the start date of his new position as March 2021. He succeeds Libero Milone, who served as auditor...

Vatican City, Apr 28, 2021 / 06:15 am (CNA). The prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office stressed on Tuesday that in marriage annulment or dissolution cases, the Church’s procedural law and the pastoral care of persons are not in conflict. Cardinal Luis Ladaria, S.J., spoke at the opening session of a study day hosted by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) and the Pontifical Lateran University. The April 27 study day was devoted to the 2001 instruction Potestas ecclesiae,...

A team from Barcelona's Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have used locally-sourced wood to build The Voxel cabin for self-isolation.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Feb. 26, 2020. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, Mar 15, 2021 / 08:05 am (CNA).- Pope Francis has called for more support for working mothers during and after the coronavirus pandemic, saying that women are needed in the renewal of society and the economy. “Women urgently need help with childcare, and should not be discriminated against in terms of pay and advancement, or with the loss of their work as women,” the pope said in a bo...