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Vatican hosts screening of The Chosen: Last Supper
The Vatican Film Library hosted a special screening of The Chosen: Last Supper.Msgr. Lucio Adrian Ruiz. secretary of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, and Elizabeth Tabish, the actress who plays Mary Magdalene, took part in the event.
“The Chosen is one of the most watched series in the world, with over 280 million viewers, 900 million views of individual episodes (translated into 50 languages), and more than 17 million followers on social media,” Vatican News reported.
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Cardinals tout book on vocations and sexual orientation; Pope Francis writes preface
Pope Francis has written the preface to Vocazioni felici: Integrare orientamento sessuale, affetti e relazioni [Happy Vocations: Integrating Sexual Orientation, Affections and Relationships], a new...3
Breaking: Mystery vandals cut top from Vatican obelisk
The tip of the obelisk in St. Peter’s Square has been reported missing, leaving Vatican officials unable to explain its disappearance. Visitors to the Vatican noticed on Tuesday morning...4
McCarrick dead at 94
Theodore McCarrick, the former cardinal who became the central figure in the sex-abuse scandal in the US hierarchy, has died at the age of 94. McCarrick, who was laicized in 2019, died on April 3...5
Myanmar air strikes destroy Catholic church
A Catholic church in the Chin state of northwestern Myanmar has been destroyed by air strikes by the country’s military.The Church of Christ the King, consecrated less than two years ago, was devastated by bombing on April 8. Only the outer walls remain.
The military of Myanmar has carried out repeated air attacks in Chin, where the rebel Chinland Defense Force controls much of the territory.
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Sexual orientation, women’s ‘pastoral responsibility’ come to fore in Italian synodal assembly
The Church in Italy concluded its second synodal assembly on April 3 with the publication of a message to the Pope, the approval of a motion, and the publication of participants’...7
Vatican newspaper continues lionization of Teilhard de Chardin with 5-article tribute
L’Osservatore Romano published a two-page, five-article tribute in its April 10 edition to Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), the French Jesuit philosopher and paleontologist whose...8
Flashback 20 years ago: the death of Pope John Paul II
The CWN report that follows originally appeared on April 2, 2005. Pope John Paul II died late on Saturday night, April 2, ending one of the longest and most influential pontificates in the...9
Vatican marks 20th anniversary of St. John Paul’s death with Mass, newspaper tributes
On April 2, the Vatican marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope St. John Paul II (1920-2005), who governed the Church from 1978 to 2005. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State...10
