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Pope celebrates 87th birthday with children of families in need

By Parish Admin

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With song, cake and circus performers, Pope Francis celebrated his 87th birthday in festive style at the Vatican.  As in previous years, the pope spent his birthday Dec. 17 in the Paul VI Audience Hall with the children of those assisted by the Vatican’s “Santa Marta” pediatric dispensary, which gives medical…

Statement of USCCB on Vatican’s Document Addressing Pastoral Blessings

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WASHINGTON – In response to the Declaration “Fiducia supplicans” issued by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith today, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offered the following statement from its spokesperson, Chieko Noguchi, executive director of public affairs. “The Declaration issued today by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the…

Pope Francis Nominates Most Reverend Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh as Apostolic Visitator for the Coptic Catholic Faithful in the United States

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WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has nominated the Most Reverend Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh, the bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic) Egypt, as the apostolic visitator for the Coptic Catholic faithful in the United States. [Vatican announcement.] The appointment was publicized in Washington, D.C. on December 16, 2023, by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the…

U.S. Bishops’ International Justice and Peace Chairman Calls for Peaceful and Credible Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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WASHINGTON – In anticipation of Democratic Republic of Congo’s national elections December 20, Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, has joined the Congolese Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CENCO) in their call for…