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- Pope Francis: Children’s Deaths in Israel-Gaza Conflict ‘Terrible and Unacceptable’
  
  Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis gave his Sunday Regina Coeli address and blessing from the window of the Vatican's apostolic palace to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on May 2nd, 2021. Pope...
- What Are You Looking At?
  
  Veronese, “The Ascension (detail),” 1585 The Kingdom of God has come in Jesus. It cannot be stopped. It cannot be defeated. Death has been dealt a mortal blow.
- ‘Do Not Lose Hope’: Pope Francis Offers Mass for Myanmar’s Catholics in St. Peter’s Basilica
  
  Vatican Media. Pope Francis celebrates Mass for Burmese Catholics in St. Peter’s Basilica, May 16, 2021. Pope Francis, who became the first pope to visit the Southeast Asian country in...
- ‘Queen of Heaven, Rejoice, Alleluia!’
  
  Diego Velázquez’s ‘Coronation of the Virgin,’ ca. 1635, reflects how the ‘Regina Caeli’ honors the Queen of Heaven. The ‘Regina Caeli’ focuses on the joy of the Mother of the Redeemer.
- As Pentecost Nears, Catholics Come Home to Sunday Mass
  
  Eucharistic procession at St. Charles Catholic Church. Personal invitation, a strong sense of community and intentional discipleship seen as key in parishes that have brought people back to...
News from the Vatican
- U.S. climate envoy John Kerry meets Pope Francis
  
  John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden's special envoy for climate, met privately with Pope Francis May 15, the day after giving a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for...
- Fight against hunger is both human and divine, Vatican webinars insist
  
  As part of its own “Laudato si’ Week” being celebrated May 16-24, but also with the hope of influencing an upcoming UN Food Systems Pre-Summit in Rome in July, the Vatican is presenting a series of...
- The church and the world need Catholic Scouts, pope says
  
  Pope Francis told a group of young women and men that as Catholic Scouts they have a "noble mission" to witness to the Gospel with their faith, service and care of creation.
- U.S. climate envoy speaks at Vatican conference, will meet pope
  
  John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden's special envoy for climate, gave a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences...
- Priests finding solace in sacred may be vulnerable to mafias, priest says
  
  Young members of the clergy who are tempted to avoid the complex realities of the world -- finding solace and safety instead in the sacred -- can be vulnerable to the illusions of the mafia, said the...