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PRESENTATION OF 2015 MEETING OF FAMILIES IN PHILADELPHIA - “WE FACE GREATEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II” - IOR NAMES FINAL TWO MEMBERS TO BOARD - SISTINE CHOIR IN MACAO, HONG KONG AND TAIPEI September 16, 2014

MARRIAGE IS A SYMBOL OF REAL LIFE: IT IS NOT “FICTION” - ”WAR IS MADNESS! WHEN WILL WE LEARN THAT!” - WAR DESTROYS MAN, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WORK OF THE CREATOR: “HUMANITY NEEDS TO WEEP AND THIS IS THE TIME TO WEEP” September 15, 2014

FRIDAY’S HEADLINES FROM THE VATICAN - VATICAN INSIDER: THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN SAINT IN HAWAII - POPE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN OF WORLD WAR I - FIRST CHURCH IN TAIWAN DEDICATED TO ST. JOHN PAUL IS CONSECRATED - BISHOPS SHOULD ENCOURAGE HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGES September 12, 2014

POPE FRANCIS TO ADDRESS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN NOVEMBER - FOREVER CHANGED ... September 11, 2014

JESUS TO HIS DISCIPLES: "BE MERCIFUL, JUST AS YOUR FATHER IS MERCIFUL" - AND THEN THERE’S THIS…. September 10, 2014

PAPAL TELEGRAM TO FAMILY OF SLAIN U.S. JOURNALIST - FRANCIS TO MARRY 20 COUPLES ON SEPTEMBER 14 - VATICAN PUBLISHES NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS IN SYNOD ON THE FAMILY September 9, 2014

FRATERNAL CORRECTION REQUIRES GENTLENESS, PRUDENCE, HUMILITY - POPE EXPRESSES DEEP SADNESS AT KILLING OF MISSIONARIES - AS OF JANUARY 2015, ONLY VATICAN WILL SELL PAPAL BLESSINGS September 8, 2014

A DAY TO REMEMBER: MASS WITH POPE FRANCIS - AND THEN THERE’S THIS….. September 5, 2014

CATCHING UP….. September 4, 2014

ROME, SWEET HOME! August 29, 2014

Greetings from Landsdowne, Maryland! August 21, 2014

POPE FRANCIS GRANTS HOUR-LONG PRESS CONFERENCE ON FLIGHT TO ROME August 18, 2014

POPE NAMES ENVOY TO IRAQ - ALOHA FROM HONOLULU - AWAITING A DOUBLE WHAMMY! August 8, 2014

ALOHA FROM HAWAII July 31, 2014

POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES MERIAM IBRAHIM - PAPAL TELEGRAM FOR TAIWAN AIR DISASTER - “THE CALIPHATE OF BRUTALITY” - PATRIARCH URGES U.N. TO ACT ON ATROCITIES AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ July 24, 2014

NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS? July 23, 2014

ST. MARIANNE COPE IS COMING HOME TO HAWAII - NUNCIO APPEALS FOR DIALOGUE AND END TO ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT July 22, 2014

VIOLENCE IS NOT OVERCOME BY VIOLENCE BUT BY PEACE - IRAQ IS "HEADING TOWARDS HUMANITARIAN, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL DISASTER” - POPE TO CATHOLICS ACROSS BRITAIN AND IRELAND: PROTECT AND CHERISH LIFE July 21, 2014

A “CONCERNED” POPE FRANCIS PHONES PRESIDENTS PERES AND ABBAS - FRANCIS PRAYS FOR THE VICTIMS OF AIRLINE TRAGEDY - ST. MARIANNE COPE IS COMING HOME TO HAWAII - JORDANIAN FR.RIFAT BADER IS GUEST ON “VATICAN INSIDER” - CARL SAGAN MEDAL AWARDED TO BR. CONSOLMAGNO OF VATICAN OBSERVATORY July 18, 2014

SCHOLAS OCCURENTES, A LITTLE KNOWN PET PROJECT OF POPE FRANCIS - AND THEN THERE’S THIS….. - CARITAS JERUSALEM GIVES AN UPDATE FROM GAZA July 17, 2014

CATHOLIC CHURCH TO CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH ANGLICANS DESPITE VOTE TO ORDAIN WOMEN BISHOPS July 16, 2014

PAPAL MESSAGE TO MEXICO-HOLY SEE COLLOQUIUM ON HUMAN MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT - CLARIFICATION OF PAPAL INTERVIEW IN “LA REPUBBLICA” - IOR PUBLISHES ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2013 July 15, 2014

CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON PLACING MAN AT THE CENTER OF SOCIETY - POPE FRANCIS AT THE ANGELUS: A CALL FOR PEACE, SEA SUNDAY AND A SALUTE TO CAMILLIANS - POPE APOLOGIZES TO HOSPITAL STAFF, PATIENTS FOR CANCELLED VISIT - CARDINAL PAROLIN, IN MEXICO, TO FOCUS ON MIGRATION ISSUES July 14, 2014

VATICAN INSIDER: FR. RIFAT BADER OF CATHOLIC MEDIA CENTER IN AMMAN - PRE-WORLD CUP FINAL “PAUSE FOR PEACE” - THE POPE APP 2 DEBUTS July 11, 2014

POPE TO VISIT EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN CASERTA - VATICAN AIMS TO BE ROLE MODEL IN BANKING - TSUNAMI OF CHANGES FOR VATICAN FINANCIAL STRUCTURES - PAPAL MOTU PROPRIO TRANSFERS APSA SECTION TO SECRETARIAT FOR THE ECONOMY - WHAT THEY SAID AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE July 10, 2014

PAPAL MESSAGE MARKS 2013 VISIT TO LAMPEDUSA - IOR PROFITS PLUMMET IN 2013, GAIN IN 2014 - VATICAN RELEASES 2013 BUDGETS FOR HOLY SEE, VATICAN CITY STATE - A TALE OF THREE CHURCHES July 8, 2014

COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF MINORS MEETS AT VATICAN - BRIEFING ON POPE FRANCIS’ MEETING WITH ABUSE VICTIMS - SEX ABUSE IS MORE THAN A “DESPICABLE ACTION,” IT IS LIKE A “SACRILEGIOUS CULT” July 7, 2014

HAPPY JULY 4th! July 3, 2014

UPDATE FROM ROME July 2, 2014

BISHOP LAHAM, APOSTOLIC VICAR FOR JORDAN, IS GUEST ON “VATICAN INSIDER” - FORMER NUNCIO GUILTY OF SEX ABUSE, LAICIZED - YOU MIGHT ENJOY THIS….. June 27, 2014

DAY OF PRAYER TO PRECEDE OCTOBER SYNOD ON THE FAMILY June 26, 2014

POPE FRANCIS EXPLAINS OUR ID AS CHRISTIANS - PRESS OFFICE ON FRANCISCANS OF THE IMMACULATE AND LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST June 25, 2014

POPE FRANCIS EXCOMMUNICATES MEMBERS OF ORGANIZED CRIME WHO “ADORE EVIL” - HOLY FATHER CONDEMNS TORTURE,, CALLS IT “MORTAL SIN” June 23, 2014

A PALESTINIAN CATHOLIC WHO HAD LUNCH WITH POPE FRANCIS SHARES HIS STORY ON VI - POPE: THE EVIL OF DRUG ADDICTION IS NOT SOLVED WITH DRUGS - RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, MORE WIDESPREAD TODAY THAN 1700 YEARS AGO June 21, 2014

POPE FRANCIS MARKS CORPUS CHRISTI WITH MASS, BENEDICTION - AN UPDATE FROM IRAQ June 19, 2014

THE CHURCH IS A TENDER, WELCOMING MOTHER, NOT AN NGO June 17, 2014

POPE ANNOUNCES A TRIP, PRAYS FOR IRAQ AT ANGELUS - POPE, ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP MEET, TALK OF ERADICATING SLAVERY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING - CHALDEAN PATRIARCHATE CALLS FOR DAY OF FASTING, PRAYER FOR PEACE June 16, 2014

POPE FRANCIS GRANTS INTERVIEW TO CATALONIAN NEWSPAPER - BETHLEHEM’S FIRST WOMAN MAYOR IS VATICAN INSIDER GUEST - CARDINAL WATCHING EVENTS IN IRAQ “WITH EXTREME CONCERN”: CHALDEAN ARCHBISHOP SAYS LAST REMAINING CHRISTIANS HAVE LEFT MOSUL - WHAT DID ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA LOOK LIKE? June 13, 2014

POPE FRANCIS TO WORLD CUP: MAY GAMES BE A CELEBRATION OF SOLIDARITY BETWEEN PEOPLES - CHURCH IN BRAZIL GIVES “RED CARD” TO WORLD CUP June 12, 2014

POPE FRANCIS EXPLAINS THE SEVENTH GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, FEAR OF THE LORD June 11, 2014

“JOAN’S ROME” SURPRISES THE SISTERS OF CHARITY - VATICAN INSIDER IN JERUSALEM: SAMI EL-YOUSEF, PONTIFICAL MISSION FOR PALESTINE June 4, 2014

FROM THE BANKS OF THE JORDAN TO THE TIBER, HOME SWEET ROME June 3, 2014

GREETINGS FROM JOAN'S JORDAN May 29, 2014

SHALOM, JERUSALEM May 28, 2014

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SITUATION IS "UNACCEPTABLE" SAYS POPE ON ARRIVAL IN BETHLEHEM - BETHLEHEM, MANGER SQUARE, AWAITING PAPAL MASS. - DAY OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS: WALKING WHERE JESUS WAS BORN, WALKED, TAUGHT, LIVED AND DIED May 26, 2014

COUNTDOWN TO A HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE May 22, 2014

AN UPDATE FROM ROME May 20, 2014

IN BRIEF - VATICAN’S AIF ISSUES ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2013 May 19, 2014

THE MANY PRIVILEGES AND JOYS OF BEING AN AUNT…… May 16, 2014

POPE FRANCIS TELLS NEW AMBASSADORS “DIPLOMACY IS SERVICE IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE” - A CLOTHESPIN DOLL, A HABIT AND A BIT OF CHURCH HISTORY May 15, 2014

THE CHURCH SHINES WITH THE WITNESS OF COURAGEOUS CHRISTIANS, “EVERYDAY SAINTS” - POPE LAMENTS MINING DEATHS IN TURKEY, “SHAMEFUL CARNAGE” OF DROWNED IMMIGRANTS May 14, 2014

WHERE WERE YOU 33 YEARS AGO? May 13, 2014