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Pope Francis has died aged 88, the Vatican Press Office has confirmed. He served as the 265th successor of St Peter from his election on 13 March 2013 to 21 April 2025. At 9:45am, Rome time, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic…
'For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.' (Matthew 25:35-36) And during this season of Lent, we…
Ralph Fiennes is a great actor. At least in last autumn’s film, Conclave, in which he stars as the modest Cardinal Lawrence organising the election of a Pope. It’s an absorbing fast-moving thriller in which the intrigue and politicking among…
The Holy Father declares that the gift of the Indulgence 'is a way of discovering the unlimited nature of God’s mercy. Not by chance, for the ancients, the terms "mercy" and "indulgence" were interchangeable, as expressions of the fullness of…
'In response to the developing situation, Pope Francis has called for day of fasting and prayer. This is to take place next Monday, 7 The Vatican News website has more detail here. 'Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of…