VATICAN CITY (CNS) The Catholic Church formally "repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political doctrine of discovery, " a Vatican statement said.Issued March 30 by the dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development, the statement said papal texts that seemed to support the idea that Christian colonizers could claim the land of non-Christian Indigenous people "have never been considered expressions of the Catholic faith.""At the same time, the church acknowledges that these papal bulls did not adequately reflect the equal dignity and rights of Indigenous peoples," the statement said.Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, said the document responds to the repeated requests of Indigenous people in Canada and the United States to disavow the so-called
WASHINGTON - On Wednesday afternoon March 29, Pope Francis was taken to Gemelli Hospital in Rome. Reports followed that Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will remain in the hospital for several days. Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement regarding the Holy Father: "As Pope Francis recovers in the hospital from a respiratory infection, we pray intensely for our Holy Father. On behalf of my brother bishops, I invite all the faithful to pause, if possible before the Blessed Sacrament, and pray for his speedy recovery. May our dear shepherd and all those in need of healing experience the comfort of Christ."###
ROME (CNS) More than 24 hours after he entered the hospital, Pope Francis doctors reported a "marked improvement" in his condition, which they attributed to treatment with intravenous antibiotics.The tests the pope underwent after entering Rome s Gemelli hospital with difficulty breathing revealed he had bronchitis, said a medical bulletin released by the Vatican press office March 30. "Based on his expected progress, the Holy Father could be discharged in the coming days."Earlier in the day, the Vatican said the 86-year-old pope "rested well" his first night in the hospital and was "steadily improving" from what it described as a respiratory infection.He spent the morning reading some newspapers, eating breakfast and had "resumed working," the Vatican had said. Before lunch, he went to the chapel near his hospital room to pray, and he received Communion.The evening bulletin said, "Pope Francis spent the afternoon at Gemelli dev
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Jesus can offer everyone hope and new life, Pope Francis said."Let yourself be pulled out" by Jesus during "these bad moments that happen to us all," the pope said before praying the Angelus with some 35,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter s Square March 26.In his talk, Pope Francis reflected on the day s Gospel reading from St. John in which Jesus weeps and prays at Lazarus tomb then calls to him to "Come out," bringing him back to life."The message is clear: Jesus gives life even when it seems that all hope has gone," the pope said.Like the stone sealing shut Lazarus tomb, he said, there are "moments when life seems to be a sealed tomb: everything is dark and around us we see only sorrow and despair."But Jesus miracle at the tomb teaches "this is not the end, that in these moments we are not alone; on the contrary, it is precisely in these moments that he comes closer than ever to restore life to us,"
An exorcist is warning about the dangers of a Ouija-board-like product promising users that they will be able to "communicate directly with Jesus Christ." / Holy Spirit Games YouTubeWashington D.C., Mar 31, 2023 / 08:37 am (CNA).Catholic exorcist Father Ernesto Caro is warning that what is being marketed on Amazon as a Christian "Holy Spirit" board game is "not a game" at all but instead "a trap from the devil."On a March 28 segment of EWTN News Nightly, Caro, an exorcist in the Diocese of Monterey, Mexico, said that "the devil is always looking for different ways that he can trap all the victims that he can take for him, and this is one."The board game s packaging claims it allows people to "communicate directly with Jesus Christ" and its online advertising says it s "perfect for churches, prayer groups, or just getting together with friends."The game s layout is very similar to that of a Ouija board, but it feature