Fifty years after its release, Blessed Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae (“Of Human Life”) is being praised as “prophetic”. Read more
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New saints including Blessed Pope Paul VI to be canonised
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Blessed Pope Paul VI will be canonised a saint in October. The ceremony will take place at the end of the Synod of Bishops on youth and discernment, Cardinal Pietro Parolin says. The cardinals and bishops who are members of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes have voted to recognise a miracle where Blessed Paul healed Read more
Francis urges Church to be open as he beatifies Paul VI
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
At the beatification of Blessed Pope Paul VI, Pope Francis has urged the Church to be open to new ways. Speaking to 70,000 people at St Peter’s Square on October 19, Francis said Catholics must “not fear the new” and must be open to previously “unexpected paths”. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who was made a Read more