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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Thanks to Jesus’ promise to be with his disciples always, the faithful can be fully present for others, especially those in need, Pope Francis told thousands of altar servers from around the world. “Thanks to Jesus, always and only thanks to him — you also can say to your neighbor, ‘I…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Strategic collaboration, especially with law enforcement monitoring crimes online, is needed in the fight against human trafficking, according to the head of an international network of religious orders and partners against trafficking. “New challenges in preventing and combating human trafficking affecting children have emerged,” particularly as traffickers are using the Internet…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Many elderly people risk feeling an increasingly unbearable sense of loneliness, especially during summer, Pope Francis said. “Let us say ‘no’ to the loneliness of the elderly! Our future depends a great deal on how grandparents and grandchildren learn to live together,” he said after praying the Angelus with visitors gathered…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Regardless of what people might imagine, archivists are the happiest people on earth, said the prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archives, Bishop Sergio Pagano. “Even if people say we work amongst cobwebs and dust, that we are library mice,” it does not matter, he said, because “we know how things went…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of State, visited Ukraine to hold high-level meetings, meet local Catholics and represent Pope Francis at the final stop of a pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Berdychiv. “My presence in Ukraine (is) to bring in person the closeness of the pope,” the cardinal said July…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican is installing a new set of nine bullet-proof and shatter-proof glass panels in front of one of its most famous works of art, Michelangelo’s marble “Pietà” sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica. The new glass panes were crafted for improved security and “maximum transparency” to improve visibility for the thousands…