Immaculate Conception Parish

Address by the Pope during the audience with members of the European Parliament from the European Conservatives and Reformists group

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Pope's general audience, December 10, 2025, on how Christ's Resurrection sheds light on the mystery of death

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Quebec’s new “Secularism 2.0” law is less about neutrality than about neutering religion, reducing faith to folklore while policing prayer out of public life.

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To address a significant demographic issue, the authorities promote marriage and report an improvement. It may not be real.

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For the families of Papiri, the road to recovery is only beginning. Children who escaped or were freed have returned home carrying deep emotional scars, and educators warn that repeated attacks are discouraging school attendance across entire regions

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Presiding judge Ayumi Higashi argued that the current statutory language, which describes marriage as the mutual consent of “both sexes,” cannot be stretched to include same-sex couples without legislative intervention

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At the center of the dispute is Mater Populi Fidelis, the note released by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in early November under the signature of Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández

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Scrutiny of John Paul II has become increasingly visible in digital spaces, where detractors highlight his conservative positions on moral issues

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Zelenskyy highlighted this dimension after the meeting, thanking the Pope for his continued prayers and for the Holy See’s assistance. He confirmed that the Vatican remains involved in efforts to reunite abducted children with their families and added that he had invited the Pope to visit Ukraine

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The message unfolded as both a meditation on Mary’s role in salvation history and an appeal to the religious memory of the United States. It also contained a theological misstep on the timing of the Incarnation

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