Accountability is key to church safeguarding efforts, speakers say
The Catholic Church has made great strides in drafting norms to protect children and other people at risk of abuse, but "we don't have a culture of accountability..."
‘Instrumentum laboris’ calls for welcoming Church that embraces diversity
The General Secretariat of the Synod publishes the “Instrumentum laboris”, the document that will guide the work of the two-part General Assembly that will meet in Rome in October 2023 and October 2024.
Spare a thought for refugees on United Nations World Refugee Day
At the conclusion of last Sunday's Angelus, Pope Francis reminded the world that Tuesday 20 June marks the United Nations World Refugee Day.
‘Honour Grandparents’: Pope’s Message for World Day of Grandparents and Elderly
With a call to honour and never abandon grandparents, Pope Francis issues Message for 3rd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on 23 July.
Pope’s World Day of the Poor message: Don’t look away!
Pope Francis pens a message for the annual World Day of the Poor, stressing that “whenever we encounter a poor person, we cannot look away, for that would prevent us from encountering the face of the Lord Jesus.”
Nobel prize winners join calls for human fraternity
Some thirty Nobel prize laureates have signed the Declaration on Human Fraternity calling on all men and women of good will to embrace their appeal to fraternity...