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Holy See: Response to Zika virus should not be "panic"
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See said on Tuesday the international community should respond to the Zika virus with “due vigilance,” but the “way forward should not be dictated by panic,” and condemned recent statements by some UN officials calling for countries to liberalize abortion laws in response to the virus.
Communiqué After the Council of Diocesan Bishops
The beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elżbieta Rosa Czacka, the Ad Limina visit of the Polish Bishops, the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, and the situation of migrants and refugees – these are the most important issues raised in the communiqué of the session of the Diocesan Bishops’ Council held at Jasna Góra on August 25th.
Pope Francis meets with Mexican Families
On Monday evening Pope Francis flew to the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of the Mexican southeast state of Chiapas, where he met with families in the city’s stadium (the stadium of Tuxtla Gutierrez). Before addressing the gathering, he listened to testimonies by people from different family situations who included a civilly married couple of divorced parents who are actively involved with charitable work, a disabled adolescent who found joy in being accepted by the church and is now active in the evangelization of other youth, a single mother who was rejected by society but welcomed with love in the Church, and a catholic family of the diocese of Tapachula.
