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Pope and Patriarch's encounter is 'sign of hope' for all Christians
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church announced on Friday that Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill will hold a historic first encounter in Cuba on February 12th. A statement released jointly in Moscow and in Rome said the meeting will mark “an important stage in relations” between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches and a “sign of hope for all people of good will”.
Card. Dziwisz: John Paul II fought against the crime of pedophilia in the Church
The emerging opinions that John Paul II was sluggish in guiding the Church's response to the sexual abuse of minors by some clerics are prejudicial and contradict the historical facts. The Pope was shocked. He had no intention of tolerating the crime of pedophilia in the Church and fought against it—writes Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz in a statement entitled “John Paul II on Sexual Abuse in the Church.”
Bishop Wróbel: The vaccine production technology of AstraZeneca and Johnson&Johnson raises serious moral objections
Despite the fact that the technology used by AstraZeneca and Johnson&Johnson to produce their vaccines raises serious moral objections, they can be used by the faithful who do not have the possibility to choose another vaccine and are directly obliged to do so by certain existential or professional conditions - wrote Bishop Józef Wróbel SCJ, chairman of the Team of Bioethics Experts of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, in his statement.
Vatican official visits Al-Azhar University in Cairo
(Vatican Radio) The Secretary for the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, on Tuesday made a visit to the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, considered Sunni Islam’s most prestigious institution of learning. He was accompanied by the Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Archbishop Bruno Musarò.
President of the Polish Episcopate on LGBT+: Respect for individuals cannot lead to the acceptance of an ideology
Respect for specified individuals cannot, however, lead to the acceptance of an ideology that aims to revolutionize social customs and interpersonal relationships. “This revolution of customs and morals - emphasizes Pope Francis - has often waved «the flag of freedom», but it has, in reality, brought spiritual and material devastation to countless human beings, especially the poorest and most vulnerable” (Vatican, 17.11.2014) – writes Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in a statement on LGBT+.
President of the Polish Episcopate: I ask all people of good will to care for the lives of unborn children and their mothers
I ask all people of good will to take care of the lives of unborn children and their mothers, to oppose a culture of exclusion, which deprives the most defenceless and weak persons of their fundamental right – the right to life – wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC in his statement on respect for human life in the prenatal stage.
Bhopal Archbishop urges MP govt. to check Christians' unemployment ‎
Alarmed over rising unemployment rates among Christians in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, the local archbishop has called on the state government to take steps to reverse the tide. The government should formulate "measures to eradicate" unemployment among Christians so "that the trust and confidence can be formed among the (religious) minority community," said Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal in a statement on Feb. 24.
