This weeks vatican news

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Money must ‘serve not rule,’ Pope tells ambassadors

May 20th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

The Holy Father said during their meeting last Thursday that ‘wanting power and possession has become limitless’ and ‘the selfish sprawling of corruption and tax evasion have gone global.’ Pope Francis told the new ambassadors of four countries who do not have a physical location for their embassy to the Holy See in Rome that he urged them to ‘return to the unselfish solidarity and ethics in favour of man in financial and economic reality.’ The Pope also stressed to the ambassadors that there is a need for financial reform ‘along ethical lines that would in its turn produce an ... continue reading.
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Pope Canonises first saints

May 17th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

— 800 martyrs among those Canonised — Holy Father says Christians still face persecution today ... continue reading.


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Pope rallies Catholics ahead of Pentecost

May 15th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Holy Father tells 70,000 gathered at general audience not to be ‘part-time’ Christians, involves them in audience participation and releases doves... continue reading.


Bishop Muller

Senior Vatican official to launch St Andrew’s Foundation with lecture

May 15th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Archbishop Gerhard Müller will give the Cardinal Winning Lecture at Glasgow University on June 15... continue reading.


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Shrewsbury bishop warns against popular perceptions of the Pope

May 14th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

The loyalty we owe to the Holy Father is greater than the passing popularity awarded to public figures, Bishop Mark Davies (above) told the Union of Catholic Mothers today... continue reading.


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Pope Francis make 800 martyrs new saints

May 13th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Pope Francis Canonised 800 Italian men and women on Sunday in the largest group Canonisation in recent Vatican history, and the first of his Papacy.... continue reading.


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Pope Francis welcomes Coptic Pope Tawadros II

May 10th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Holy Father prays for ‘full unity’ between their Churches during historic meeting at Vatican... continue reading.


More news

Religious sisters are ‘spiritual mothers,’ not spinsters

May 8th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Religious sisters are ‘spiritual mothers and icons of the Mother Church’ Pope Francis said today.... continue reading.


Holy Father includes slum visit in his WYD plans

May 7th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Pope Francis will visit one of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, or slums, during his weeklong visit to Brazil for World Youth Day (WYD), his first foreign trip since his election.... continue reading.


Historic Turin cloth still shrouded in mystery, one researcher claims

May 1st, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

A Jewish member of the research team that originally investigated the Shroud of Turin in the 1970s has said it remains a scientific mystery.... continue reading.


Pope Francis urges young Catholics to remain ‘steadfast in Faith’.

April 29th, 2013 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Pope Francis I has called on young Catholics to persist with their faith.... continue reading.



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  • Archbishop Philip Tartaglia welcomes primary pupils, Fatima Scotland and parishioners to feast day celebrations for Our Lady of Fatima in Glasgow.
  • Richard Purden talks to Valentine Pelka, who stars as John Lennon in And In The End, about faith.
  • Auction of Lentfest work by Scottish artist Alexander Moffat raises funds for SCIAF’s Syrian Appeal.
  • World-renowned symphonic choral director Joseph Cullen to give Glasgow masterclass.
  • Christian singer Marilla Ness in concert at St Francis Xavier’s Church, Carfin, raises money for a Aid to the Church in Needs Syrian campaign.

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