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Claire Giangravè ROME – In a homily celebrating the centenary of the birth of Blessed Oscar Romero, Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia said that nowadays martyrdom “is the only way to follow Jesus and the only way to be truly blessed.” Paglia, who is the president of the Vatican’s Academy for Life, said during the special […]

Saturday 12 august at 12.30 in St. George’s cathedral, Southwark in London Romero Centenary Mass celebrating 100 years of blessed Oscar Romero 1917-2017. Principal celebrant: arcibishop Peter Smith. Arcibishop Vincenzo Paglia, postulator of Romero’s cause in Rome will give the homily. Sabato 12 agosto alle 12.30 nella cattedrale di San Giorgio a Southwark in Londra, […]

ROME – Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, appointed president of the Vatican’s Academy for Life (PAV) around this time last year, is a passionate man with a big mission and a sackful of energy and hope that easily spills out. Entrusted by Pope Francis with taking the Church’s pro-life witness out on the road, breaking it out of […]

“A new strategy. An ambitious project “. This is how Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia describes the mission of the Church in the defense of life and family in the time of Pope Francis.  There will be no giving up our historical struggles.  But neither will we have only permanent encampments on yesterdays’s battlefields.  In an interview […]

(ANSA) – Vatican City, June 30 – Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, on Friday called for respect of the wishes of the parents of a terminally ill 11-month-old, Charlie Gard, who do not want their child to be taken off life support, as scheduled Friday. The parents, Chris Gard and […]

The matter of the English baby Charlie Gard and his parents has meant both pain and hope for all of us. We feel close to him, to his mother, his father, and all those who have cared for him and struggled together with him until now. For them, and for those who are called to […]

ANDREA TORNIELLI VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has appointed 45 new ordinary members to the Pontifical Academy for Life. The replacement did not take place without controversy, due to inclusion among new members of an Anglican moralist theologian, Nigel Biggar, professor of moral and pastoral theology at Oxford. The day after the appointment, the Catholic Herald recalled […]

by Edward Pentin Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, who has served as president of the Pontifical Academy for Life and of the John Paul II Institute since last August, isn’t reluctant to answer tough questions. Replying to email questions from Register Rome correspondent Edward Pentin asking him to outline his vision for his new Vatican assignment and […]

ROME – Euthanasia took center stage this month in Italian politics after a polarizing case of a blind and quadriplegic man who fled to neighboring Switzerland in order to receive assisted suicide, which is illegal in Italy. “Ending a life is always a defeat,” said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for life. […]

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life and the postulator for the cause of Blessed Óscar Romero, experienced firsthand pushback against the archbishop’s canonization. The delay was political and “like a dagger in my heart,” he told James Martin, S.J., in a video interview with America. “His beatification was the result of […]

  As we approach the start of the largest spring 40 Days for Life campaign EVER on March 1 … I have an encouraging message for YOU that we received over the weekend! The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life visited 40 Days for Life headquarters in Bryan, Texas — the former Planned Parenthood […]