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The calendar of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations for June 2023 has been released, and highlights the 29 June Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. By Vatican News The Holy See Press Office has released the Calendar of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations for the month of June. The only official liturgical
Pastoral reflection on Christian engagement with social media (A must-read for all Christians and especially Catholic media practitioners). https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/dpc/documents/20230528_dpc-verso-piena-presenza_en.html Some reports and commentaries: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/254442/vatican-releases-pastoral-guidelines-on-christian-engagement-with-social-media&ved=2ahUKEwiWo4CplJ7_AhWUfMAKHecFDgQQFnoECBIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw066fe3L1zSlcexu27Mb-h8 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.licas.news/2023/05/30/vatican-publishes-pastoral-reflection-on-engagement-with-social-media/%3Famp&ved=2ahUKEwiWo4CplJ7_AhWUfMAKHecFDgQQFnoECBQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0NX8XmBvtcVV6pbGFD-T1t To receive regular news, teachings and information about the Catholic Church and the Bishops in Nigeria, please send ADD ME to 090 6000 6198 by WHATSAPP
Towards Full Presence A Pastoral Reflection on Engagement with Social Media 1) Great strides have been made in the digital age, but one of the pressing issues yet to be addressed is how we, as individuals and as an ecclesial community, are to live in the digital world as “loving neighbours” who are genuinely
Vatican City, May 29, 2023 / 04:30 am Attention #CatholicTwitter and keyboard warriors: The Vatican has released recommendations for how to better “love your neighbor” on social media. The 20-page text, “Towards Full Presence: A Pastoral Reflection on Engagement with Social Media,” published on May 29, addresses the challenges Christians face in using social media. Topics covered
Pope Francis’ “Hands Off Africa”, a new book released early this week, asks Western powers to stop seeing Africa as a land to be “plundered” but should allow it to be the protagonist of its own destiny. Prime Business Africa (PBA) reports the book contains reflections on Pope Francis’ visit to the Democratic Republic
When King Charles III and his wife, Queen Consort Camila, are crowned on Saturday, the event will mark a historic juncture in Catholic-Anglican relations, as it will be the first time a Catholic bishop has participated in the ceremony in four centuries. In a May 5 statement, the Archdiocese of Westminster in the UK,
Pope Francis arrived in a wheelchair to the Péter Pázmány Catholic University. It is named after a Hungarian Jesuit who was made a cardinal by Pope Urban VIII. The Pope listened to the testimony of the university’s rector — and from a renowned archaeologist and professor at the university and from a doctoral student. Then,
Pope Francis has sent a message on the occasion of the first meeting of the scientific committee of the MAC (Audiovisual Memories of Catholicism) Foundation. By Vatican News The Pope is calling for the commitment of the entire Church community to preserve the Church’s historical audiovisual fonds, a heritage to be preserved and ordered according
The Sisters of Charity of New York, founded in 1846, announced that they will no longer take new members, describing their congregation as on “a path to completion.” “The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of New York will no longer work toward finding nor accepting new members to our congregation in
It is requested to evaluate the election of young people, not all the prefects of departments will participate from now on and the religious will also participate in quotas of 50%. (ZENIT News / Rome, 04.26.2023).- Made known in a press conference in the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon, April 26, 2023 were the novelties