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Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsVatican City, May 5, 2023 / 07:50 am (CNA).A bishop should nurture closeness to Christ, share the beauty of the faith, use social media wisely, and have a universal vision, the new head of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops shared this week.Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, who took up his new role in April, spoke to Vatican News about what he considers to be the "portrait of a bishop.""We are often preoccupied with ...

Photograph of a girl at the border with Ukraine, part of the "Women's Cry" photo exposition at the Vatican during the month of May 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI PrensaACI Prensa Staff, May 3, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).A photo exhibition titled "Women's Cry" will be on display during the month of May in St. Peter's Square. It seeks to give a voice to the suffering and injustices endured by women around the world.On several occasions Pope Francis has recalled the intention of the artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini when he made the great "colonnade" that frames St. Peter'...

Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, May 4, 2023 / 03:04 am (CNA).The Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will represent Pope Francis at the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, May 6.Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni announced Parolin's attendance at the ceremony on Thursday.Parolin will be in attendance with other high-ranking guests, including world leaders, representatives of European monarchies, and royal families from around the worl...

Newspaper publisher and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai poses during an interview in Hong Kong in 2020. / Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 4, 2023 / 00:01 am (CNA).Following public outcry over its apparent censorship of a new documentary about imprisoned Catholic Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, TikTok has reversed its suspension of the account belonging to the film's producer, the Michigan-based Acton Institute.A spokesperson for the social media giant told the Wall Street Journal late Wednesday that the filmmaker's account "was rem...

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley preaching during Mass in the cathedral in 2021. / Archdiocese of Oklahoma CitySt. Louis, Mo., May 4, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City in an interview this week called for responding to those experiencing gender dysphoria with empathy but without compromising on the reality of God's creation of humanity as male and female. "We can show love and compassion and concern as a parent, as a pastor, as a friend, without jettisoning our commitment to the truth," Coakley told Montse Alvarado of EWTN News In Depth. "I think...