Pope Francis will lead at an Ordinary Public Consistory on July 1, when Cardinals who are in Rome are set to approve the canonization of 15 Blesseds, according to Vatican News.
Pope Francis held a private audience with Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore, around two months ahead of his apostolic visit to the Southeast Asian nation.
Pope said, "We must not miss the opportunity to think and act in a new way, with mind, heart and hands .. to direct innovation toward a configuration centred on the primacy of human dignity."
Prime Minister Modi who is on a two-day visit to Rome for the G7 Summit at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, met the Pope on June 14 at the Vatican.
The Catholic Church in Bangladesh observed the 58th World Communication Day, themed "Artificial Intelligence and the Wisdom of the Heart: Towards a Fully Human Communication."
The Vatican released the official logos and mottos for the Holy Father’s Apostolic Journey to Asia on September 2 to 13, 2024, which is his longest-ever journey with the motto ‘Faith - Fraternity – Compassion’.
Father Ulep urged the audience to contemplate the societal frameworks that enable the epidemic of poverty-related deaths and to embrace the discomfort they cause.
“Indonesian independence was not a gift from the colonialists, but the result of a long struggle involving all components of the nation, involving all ethnic groups and all religious adherents,” said Cardinal Suharyo.
In a press note on April 12, he said, “Pope Francis' official confirmation of the much-awaited visit to Timor-Leste fills the President of the Republic and all the people of Timor-Leste with joy.”
The Japan Bible Society (JBS) presented its latest ecumenical translation of the Bible to Pope Francis on April 10, 2024, during the general audience in the Vatican.
