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.Bishop Claudio Cipolla of Padua, Italy, is pictured giving a presentation for the Scams Under the Belltower course in this screen capture from a video posted on YouTube. After an elderly priest was scammed out of more than $450,000 by a group of people claiming poverty, the Diocese of Padua launched a continuing formation program for priests focused on financial accountability and avoiding scams. (CNS photo)
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ROME (CNS) After an octogenarian priest was swindled out of more than $450,000 over a two-year period and threatened when he stopped giving the family money, the Diocese of Padua, Italy, launched a continuing formation program for priests focused on financial accountability and avoiding scams.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) 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.
Children plant trees on the feast of St. Francis in October 2019 in Indianapolis. Laudato Si Week 2021 is May 16-25. (CNS/Courtesy of Indianapolis Archdiocese s Creation Care Commission)
The Vatican s celebratory year for Pope Francis encyclical on ecology is coming to a close, but organizers hope its end will mark the beginning of a major movement within the global Catholic Church to turn its message about preserving creation into actions to create a more sustainable world for all.
In May 2020, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development declared a Special Laudato Si Anniversary Year to mark the fifth anniversary of Francis 2015 encyclical