Tag: Churches
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Pope Francis: Human dignity must be ‘common commitment’ of all Christian churches
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Aug 28, 2024 / 12:20 pm Pope Francis this week congratulated Catholics and Orthodox Christians for collaborating together for the XVII Inter-Christian Symposium taking place Aug. 28–30 in Italy. This year’s symposium, titled “What Is Man? In the Time of Anthropological Mutation” and taking place in Trani, Italy, seeks to…
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Pope Francis on Ukraine’s Russian Orthodox Church ban: ‘Churches are not to be touched!’
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Aug 26, 2024 / 11:09 am Pope Francis on Sunday sharply denounced the Ukrainian government’s recently enacted ban on Russian Orthodox Church worship, arguing that the faithful should not be barred from worshipping as they please. The new Ukrainian law, which passed the country’s Parliament on Aug. 20, bans the…