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Pope Francis spoke at an online Vatican health conference on Saturday, offering his perspective on what it means to be human. The pope talked about the human soul, and human beings’ openness to God. The conference also included speeches from Jane Goodall, Anthony Fauci, Chelsea Clinton, and Deepak Chopra.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247588/pope-francis-jane-goodall-speak-on-what-it-means-to-be-human-at-vatican-health-conference
The pope on Sunday asked people to pray for the victims of a terrorist attack in Afghanistan. At least 50 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a bombing on Saturday outside of a school in Kabul. Many of the victims were young girls who attended the school. Pope Francis called the attack inhumane, and asked people to pray for each of the victims and their families, asking that God bring peace to the country.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247590/pope-francis-to-love-like-christ-means-saying-no-to-love-of-money-vanity-power
Blessed Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge brutally killed by the mafia in 1990, was beatified on Sunday in the Cathedral of Agrigento, Sicily. Livatino worked as a prosecutor in Sicily dealing with the criminal activity of the mafia throughout the 1980s. Pope Francis said Sunday, “He always placed his work under the protection of God; for this he became a witness of the Gospel until his heroic death.”
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247589/rosario-livatino-beatified-in-sicily-honored-as-martyr-of-justice-and-faith
Today the church celebrates St. Pachomius, a fourth century monk who likely was the first to create a Christian monastery where monks lived in community, rather than alone as hermits.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-pachomius-454