Pope Francis: Young people ‘can break the chains of antagonism’ between Catholics, Orthodox — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis converses with Metropolitan Agathangelos, director general of the Apostolikí Diakonía of the Greek Orthodox Church, at the Vatican on May 16, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, May 16, 2024 / 16:18 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has placed in young people his hope that Catholics and Orthodox may be “united in…

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Thomas Aquinas College goes off the grid with green power plan — By: Catholic News Agency

Mark Kretschmer, vice president for operations at Thomas Aquinas College (TAC), pictured with Thomas Kaiser, a biologist and researcher, and Lawerence Youngblood, an electrical engineer and director of Brompton Energy. / Credit: Thomas Aquinas College CNA Staff, May 16, 2024 / 15:24 pm (CNA). A sequestered Catholic college in the foothills of California launched an…

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Cardinal Pizzaballa visits Gaza in show of support, solidarity with ‘suffering population’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took possession of his titular church, St. Onuphrius, in Rome on May 1, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa Rome Newsroom, May 16, 2024 / 13:48 pm (CNA). Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa on Wednesday visited Holy Family Parish in Gaza,…

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Slovak bishops call for peace after assassination attempt on prime minister — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Bernard Bober of Košice, chairman of the Slovak Bishops’ Conference, expressed deep regret over the violent incident and condemned what authorities are now treating as an act of attempted murder. / Credit: Marek Mucha/Slovakian Bishops’ Conference CNA Newsroom, May 16, 2024 / 13:24 pm (CNA). Following the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico…

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