Bishop Erik Varden delivers his seventh reflection at the Spiritual Exercises in the Vatican for Pope Leo XIV, Cardinals residing in Rome, and heads of Dicasteries, focusing on the theme of 'Glory'. The following is a summary of his reflection.

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Heavy rains in southeastern Brazil have left at least 30 people dead, with dozens more still listed as missing.

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The Director of Advocacy and Communications at the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) highlights the negative impact of aid cuts on communities around the world.

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Gratitude and enthusiasm pour in from civil and ecclesial authorities in the various countries that the Pope will visit in the coming months: Monaco, Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea; and Spain.

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St. Tarasius was subject of the Byzantine Empire. He was raised to the highest honors in the Empire as Consul, and later became first secretary to the Emperor Constantine and his mother, Irene. When being elected Patriarch of Constantinople, he consented to accept the dignity offered to him only on condition that a General Council should be summoned to resolve the disputes concerning the veneration of sacred images, for Constantinople had been separated from the Holy See on account of the war ...

Filipino clergy, religious, and lay faithful residing in Rome gather to remember EDSA People Power as a moment of courage, unity, and moral clarity.

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In the book “The Faith of the Future”, a homily by the then Cardinal presents Saint Monica and her attitude toward her son Saint Augustine as the personification of the ecclesial community: a space of life, of welcome, of freedom, where each person’s freedom is respected and faith is never imposed.

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Pope Leo names four new auxiliary bishops for his diocese, all of whom were already active as parish priests in Rome.

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Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, presides at a prayer vigil in Rome organized by the Community of St. Egidio to mark the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

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The Holy See Press Office announces Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming Apostolic Journeys: ten days in Africa, between Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea, in April; one day in the Principality of Monaco at the end of March; and six days in Spain, between Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands archipelago, in June.

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