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Pope’s World Peace Day message to focus on hope, forgiveness

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The annual celebration of the World Day of Peace during the Holy Year 2025 will be inspired by “the concepts of hope and forgiveness” — including the forgiveness of foreign debt — “which are at the heart of the Jubilee,” the Vatican said. Pope Francis has chosen “Forgive us our trespasses:…

Pope prays for peace, calls for end of discrimination in Afghanistan

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting leaders of the Afghan community in Italy, Pope Francis condemned violence and discrimination based on religion and later asked people to pray for an end to discrimination in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, particularly discrimination against women. At his weekly general audience Aug. 7, he asked people to work and pray…

Stop and read: Pope praises spiritual value of literature and poetry

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every Christian, but especially seminarians, should set aside their screens regularly and spend time with a book of literature or poetry, Pope Francis said. In a world that so often prizes efficiency and accomplishment, “we desperately need to counterbalance this inevitable temptation to a frenetic and uncritical lifestyle by stepping back,…

Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap., of the Archdiocese of Boston; Appoints Bishop Richard Henning as Successor

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WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, OFM Cap., 80, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Boston, and has appointed Bishop Richard G. Henning of Providence, as his successor. The resignation and appointment were publicized in Washington, D.C. on August 5, 2024, by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic…