Vatican News
Jubilee years encourage holier heart, prettier city
When a Holy Year is proclaimed, the Catholic Church gets busy preparing for a year of big religious celebrations, organized pilgrimages and special initiatives to help deepen faith.
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Cardinal-designate from South Sudan seen as peacemaker in ethnic conflicts
When the next consistory convenes at the Vatican on Sept. 30, a South Sudanese archbishop -- whose installation met stiff resistance -- will be among the 21 recipients of the red hat.
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Pope hospitalized for respiratory infection, Vatican says
After having difficulty breathing, Pope Francis went to Rome's Gemelli hospital March 29 where he was diagnosed with a respiratory infection, the Vatican press office said.
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‘You can’t silence the Gospel’ amid Nicaragua’s repression, says woman religious
Indignation. That’s what she said she feels when she hears Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, the country’s vice president, refer to themselves as Christians.