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• US bishops express opposition to 'indiscriminate mass deportation' (USCCB)
  In a 216-5 vote at their fall meeting in Baltimore, the US bishops approved a rare special pastoral message on immigration. The bishops stated, “To our immigrant brothers and sisters, we stand with you in your suffering, since, when one member suffers, all suffer (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:26). You are not alone!” “We oppose the […]
• Papal tribute to newly beatified Indian nun (Dicastery for Communication (Italian))
  At the conclusion of his weekly general audience, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Blessed Eliswa Vakayil (1831-1913), who was recently beatified in India. “Last Saturday in Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala, Mother Eliswa Vakayil, who lived in the 19th century, foundress of the Third Order of the Teresian Discalced Carmelites, was beatified,” […]
• Vatican conference participants: AI should assist, not replace physicians (Vatican News (Italian))
  Participants in a three-day Vatican conference on AI and medicine issued a statement at the conference’s conclusion. “The intrinsic dignity of every human being and the fraternity that unites us as members of the one human family must underpin the development of new technologies and serve as indisputable criteria for evaluating them before their use,” […]
• Leading Portuguese prelate warns against polarization, extremism (Ecclesia (Portuguese))
  In an address to his brother bishops at their November meeting, the president of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference said polarization and extremism are aggravating the nation’s social problems. “The nation only flourishes when each citizen recognizes in the other a brother, not an enemy,” said Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, SCJ, of Leiria-Fátima. The prelate warned […]