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Priest scientists at Vatican Observatory succeed in developing method to understand Big Bang

Detection of gravitational waves and other cosmological measurements tell us that Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity known as “General Relativity” is the right physics for describing the large-scale structure of the Universe today.

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Burkina Faso: ‘Faith has grown’ despite killings

Bishop Kientega underlined that, despite the difficulties and persecution, Christians have defied terrorists’ demands to embrace Islam.

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Interview: broadening desire or what does it mean to talk about affectivity, love and friendship?

"Chastity is a fullness," explains the author, a Trappist monk and, since 2020, Bishop of Trondheim in Norway. "It is an attitude towards things and people that springs forth when the human heart is invested by that embrace that heals and fulfils its most radical expectations. That is why it is reductive to equate chastity with 'not doing' and 'not being'. It is a state of grace.

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Pope responds to question “how is it possible that God’s glory is manifested in the Cross?”

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, March 17, 2024

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Mass emigration threatening Christian future in Syria

While members of all faiths are leaving, the exodus threatens to disproportionately impact the country’s Christian community now estimated to number only about 175,000 families.

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Gift, care and community: the Pope’s Hospital that heals children (with a reflection of Francis)

Address of the Pope to the workers of the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its foundation.

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U.S. Supreme Court protects free speech online

High court protects the rights of citizens interacting with public officials on social media and the rights of officials engaged in private speech

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Vatican hails Ramadan 2024: No war is holy, only peace is holy

Message on the occasion of Ramadan from the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

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3 slogans of the Pope for evangelization: overcoming secularism, spirituality of mercy and hope

Address to the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Evangelization, section for fundamental questions of evangelization in the world.

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Before indigenous people at Vatican, Pope calls for ecological conversion

Speech to the participants of the meeting on knowledge and sciences of indigenous peoples sponsored by the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences.

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