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CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — El Papa Francisco pidió a los nuevos miembros del Colegio Cardenalicio que cultiven el sentido de la oración y la cercanía con el pueblo de Dios, para que permanezcan al servicio de la Iglesia y de sus rebaños. En una carta dirigida a los 21 nuevos cardenales, que recibirán sus The post El Papa pide a los nuevos cardenales que sean pastores compasivos first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — A recent massacre in Haiti that killed at least 115 people shows “the deteriorating situation in Haiti has yet ‘to touch bottom,'” Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami told OSV News. Members of the Gran Grif de Savien gang stormed the town of Pont-Sondé during the early hours of Oct. 3, killing The post Archbishop Wenski: Massacre shows violence in Haiti ‘has yet to touch bottom’ first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has joined leading Catholic politicians and pro-life groups in calling on U.K. Catholics to take immediate and urgent action to oppose an assisted suicide bill that he says will strike “fear and trepidation” in vulnerable people. Labour Member of Parliament Kim Leadbeater is proposing a bill that The post Assisted dying bill in the UK is a ‘slippery slope,’ cardinal says first appeared on OSV News.

NEW YORK (OSV News) — Ahead of World Mission Sunday Oct. 20, Hallow, the acclaimed prayer app, and the Pontifical Mission Societies USA are uniting to offer a global novena to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, patroness of the missions. The global initiative “invites the faithful to join in nine days of prayer, reflecting on the The post Faithful urged to take part in global novena to St. Thérèse of Lisieux ahead of World Mission Sunday first appeared on OSV News.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, vowed to strengthen President Joe Biden’s asylum crackdown at the border, but didn’t specify her plans for Dreamers in a Univision town hall Oct. 10. Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters amended a request for Bibles in public school classrooms Oct. 7 that critics The post Washington Roundup: Harris and Latino voters; Whitmer video controversy; Oklahoma Bibles classroom directive first appeared on OSV News.