St. Maria Goretti Parish

Following new instructions barring military chaplains from referencing God in certain contexts, Bishop Scott McCaig speaks to Vatican News about the dangerous precedence this policy can set, the road that led to these instructions, an inter-faith committee dedicated to confronting this policy, and the hope that Canadian Catholics have.

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Scholars, politicians, businessmen and women, religious leaders, activists, and young people are gathering in Indonesia to reflect on “one of the great challenges of our time: how to ensure that artificial intelligence is at the service of human dignity, fraternity, and peace.”

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The Latin Apostolic Vicar of Alexandria speaks to Vatican News about the Catholic Church in Egypt, its relations with the Coptic Orthodox and Muslim communities, and the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

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Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Latvia, Mr Edgars Rinkēvičs, in audience in the Vatican.

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Bishop Jamal Daibes, Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Somalia, shines the spotlight on the region and calls for international and diplomatic pressure to protect Palestinians in the Holy Land and enable them to remain in their homeland with dignity, freedom and security.

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Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming Apostolic Journey to France will also bring him to Metz where Robert Schuman, one of the founders of the European Union, grew up. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, reflects on this important figure and how his experience of living in border areas shaped his political action and ideas.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Oriel College of Oxford University, and invites them to look to St. John Henry Newman as an example of the inseparability of faith and reason.

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As some international aid groups leave Ethiopia, Church-run assistance programs, like those supported by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, continue to feed children who cry from hunger.

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Following the earthquake that affected numerous communities in western Colombia, Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, the Primate of the country, tells Vatican News about the "Spiritual First Aid" - a support mission of 4 bishops and 80 priests who set out to accompany the suffering in the impacted areas.

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Following recent flash flooding, Caritas Nepal is ramping up its aid to be able to reach up to 4,000 families. Caritas Internationalis Secretary General calls on the global community to “commit to do what is necessary to care for our common home.”

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