VATICAN CITY (CNS) As soon as the lights dimmed for the start of the show in the tiny Vatican movie theater, the crack of beer cans being opened joined the quieter crunch of popcorn.
After all, when there is a private showing of The Greatest Beer Run Ever, starring Zac Efron and a green duffel bag full of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, organizers made sure an impromptu concession stand in the theater was stocked with the Italian counterpart, Nastro Azzurro, mineral water and small buckets of po
The tensions and diversity in the Catholic Church reported in the national reports to the Synod of Bishops are not the end of the process, just like tensions at the Second Vatican Council did not have the final word, said one of the undersecretaries of the synod office.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Highlighting the church s approach of coupling the power of prayer with active and committed care for the earth, the Vatican wrapped up the monthlong Season of Creation Oct. 4 with the launch of new initiatives.
The feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology, marked a new beginning with the Holy See s official entry into the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement and its related U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A special gathering was held that afterno
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