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Archbishop Broglio calls bishops to insist on human dignity, aid migrants after election

The U.S. bishops gather in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2024, for their fall plenary assembly. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Baltimore, Md., Nov 12, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, calle... [...]

Report: Hundreds of Canadian euthanasia violations not reported to police

null / Credit: megaflopp/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 12, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). A bombshell report out of Canada alleges that, out of hundreds of violations of the country’s controversial euthanasia law over the course of several years, none of... [...]

Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over handling of abuse cases

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the primate of all England and leader of the Anglican Communion, announced his resignation on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, saying he takes “personal and institutional responsibility” for the mishandling of a num... [...]

Anglican leader resigns in wake of abuse report

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has resigned in the wake of a report on the Church of England’s handling of allegations of sexual abuse. Archbishop Welby, who has been the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion since 2013, said in a November 12 statement that it was “very clear that I must take Read More…

Anglican leader resigns in wake of abuse report

Pope Francis to have Sunday lunch with 1,300 guests on World Day of the Poor

Pope Francis raises his glass at the start of a lunch with poor and economically disadvantaged people in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Nov. 19, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican City, Nov 12, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA).

Pope Francis will have lunch on Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Vatican with 1,300 people “who hold a privileged place in God’s heart” as part of celebrations to mark the eighth World Day of the Poor.

This year’s lunch, organized by the Dicastery for the Service of Charity in collaboration with the Italian Red Cross, will be held inside the Paul VI Hall as a sign of the Holy Father’s desire to be close with “those who are most in need: the poor, the marginalized, the suffering, and the forgotten.” 

In anticipation of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, Pope Francis’ message for the eighth World Day of the Poor stressed the importance for the Catholic faithful to be aware of the presence and needs of the “poor whom we encounter daily.”

“As we journey toward the holy year, I urge everyone to become pilgrims of hope, setting tangible goals for a better future. Let us not forget to keep ‘the little details of love’ (Gaudete et Exsultate, 145): stopping, drawing near, giving a little attention, a smile, a caress, a word of comfort,” he wrote.

Since establishing the World Day of the Poor in 2016, which is celebrated each year one week before the solemn feast of Christ the King, the pope has held the annual tradition of welcoming Rome’s poor into the Vatican to dine with him and be served lunch.

Last year, the Dicastery for the Service of Charity worked alongside Hilton Hotels and the Community of Sant’Egidio to provide approximately 1,200 lunches — which included cannelloni, meatballs with tomato sauce, cauliflower purée, tiramisu, and small pastries — for refugees, the homeless, and men and women who are suffering economic disadvantage.

Other services provided by the Dicastery for the Service of Charity in the lead-up to the Nov. 17 celebration of the World Day of the Poor include free health care services at the Vatican. 

From Nov. 11–16, the Madre di Misericordia clinic offers those in need with emergency services, internal medicine, flu vaccines, blood tests, swabs, and dressings as well as specialized medical visits including dentistry, surgery, and cardiology.

Reflecting on the theme of this year’s World Day of the Poor, “The Prayer of the Poor Rises Up to God (cf. Sir 21:5),” the Holy Father insisted that care for those in need must not stop at providing material aid only. 

“We need to make the prayer of the poor our own and pray together with them,” he said. “The worst discrimination that the poor suffer is the lack of spiritual care.”

“The great majority of the poor have a special openness to the faith; they need God and we must not fail to offer them his friendship, his blessing, his word, the celebration of the sacraments and a journey of growth and maturity in the faith. Our preferential option for the poor must mainly translate into a privileged and preferential religious care,” he continued, citing his 2013 apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium.

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Installation of new bishop in England deferred for a second time

Bishop-elect Philip Moger from the Archdiocese of Southwark was due to be installed Nov. 9, 2024, but suddenly announced the “delay” to his installation just days before it was due to take place. / Credit: ©Mazur/cbcew.org.uk Plymouth, England,... [...]

Unprecedented: Justin Welby, world leader of Anglicans, resigns for negligence in sex abuse case

Church of England's Abusive Past Resurfaces as Archbishop Welby Faces Accountability Over John Smyth Scandal

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Watch: Trailer for Netflix’s upcoming biblical epic, ‘Mary’

On December 6, Netflix invites audiences on a compelling journey to ancient Judea to witness the familiar story of the Nativity, however, more unusually, through the eyes of a young Mary of Nazareth, mother of Jesus.   Watch the EXCLUSIVE TRAILER:  HERE This coming-of-age biblical epic tells the story of one of history’s most profound Read More…

Watch: Trailer for Netflix’s upcoming biblical epic, ‘Mary’

Pope Francis moves part of Vatican library and archive to Rome seminary

The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library, the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City, is one of the oldest libraries in the world. / Credit: Checco2/Shutterstock Vatican City, Nov 12, 2024 / 10:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis has c... [...]

Incorporating the works of mercy into your family’s life

“Mom, can we go visit Barb today?” It was not a particularly busy day, so there was no reason we couldn’t walk over next door and chat with our elderly neighbor for a few minutes. Still, I hesitated. I was unwilling to respond to the Holy Spirit’s nudge because it wasn’t what I wanted to Read More…

Incorporating the works of mercy into your family’s life