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COVID vaccine may cause long-term heart damage, even in people with no symptoms

Japanese researchers said they found evidence of long-term heart damage in people who received COVID-19 vaccines – including in asymptomatic patients. The findings contradict claims by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that most people who develop myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccines experience symptoms but ‘feel better quickly.’Read More

Pope Francis prays for victims of bombing of Catholic Mass in the Philippines

Military personnel stand guard at the entrance of a gymnasium while police investigators (background) look for evidence after a bomb attack at Mindanao State University in Marawi in the southern Philippines on Dec. 3, 2023. / Credit: Merlyn Manos/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Dec 4, 2023 / 11:24 am (CNA). Pope Francis offered his […]

At Least Three Killed in Explosion During Mass on Philippine Campus

Provincial Government of Lanao Del Sur Public Information Office, law enforcement conducts an investigation at the site of an explosion in Marawi city, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed several people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a […]

Vatican II’s Decree on the Mass Media, 60 Years Later

Jack de Nijs for Anefo Pope Paul VI speaks during the Second Vatican Council as seen from this television screen. While moved by missionary zeal, the Council fathers also recognized the complexity of modern communications. COMMENTARY: ‘Inter Mirifica’ remains a vital reference point for reflecting on the role of social communications in the Catholic Church’s […]