Posted on 10/1/2023 06:41 AM ()
Armenia has asked the European Union for assistance to help it deal with a massive refugee influx from Nagorno-Karabakh. Nearly all 120,000 mainly Christian Armenians living there have fled Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan recaptured the enclave last week in a battle that killed hundreds of people. Its request comes as Pope Francis reiterates his appeal for dialogue between the conflicting nations.
Posted on 10/1/2023 03:00 AM ()
Pope Francis notes it is the month of the Rosary and of missions and invites all Catholics to pray the Rosary and implore peace in Ukraine and in all war-torn regions and also for the Synod of Bishops on Synodality.
Posted on 10/1/2023 02:57 AM ()
From 30 September to 3 October, the members, delegates and special invitees for the XVI Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops are spending time in prayer at Fraterna Domus retreat house. Meditations and reflections are being live-streamed.
Posted on 10/1/2023 02:28 AM ()
On Sunday morning, Dominican Friar and former Master of the Order of Preachers, Father Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe's second meditation for those who will participate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops set to begin on Wednesday, 4 October focused on the theme "At home in God and God at home in us"
Posted on 10/1/2023 02:22 AM ()
Pope Francis says he is scheduled to meet with children of the five continents in November to reflect and learn from their untainted acceptance of others and respect for creation.
Posted on 10/1/2023 02:14 AM ()
On Sunday morning, Dominican Friar and former Master of the Order of Preachers, Father Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, reflected on the meaning of "Hoping against hope" with those who will participate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops set to begin on Wednesday, 4 October.
Posted on 10/1/2023 01:48 AM ()
Pope Francis appeals to the international community to favour mediation between Azerbaijan and Armenia as tens of thousands of Armenians flee the contested enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and he prays for victims of a massive explosion in the city of Stepanakert.
Posted on 10/1/2023 01:10 AM ()
Pope Francis reflects on how Christians are called to take responsibility for their behaviour and be sincere with God and themselves about their difficulties.
Posted on 09/30/2023 11:22 AM ()
As the Church marks the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr Edmund Power, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: “Integrity of word and action”.
Posted on 09/30/2023 07:51 AM ()
At an ecumenical prayer vigil on the eve of the General Assembly of the Synod, Pope Francis says that the truth “does not need loud cries to reach people’s hearts.”