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Pope Francis accepts bishop’s request to not be made a cardinal

Pope Francis has accepted Bishop Luc Van Looy’s request to be dispensed of his appointment as a cardinal. The 80-year-old…

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Vatican releases details on funds used for pope’s project

The Vatican has published a breakdown of the charitable contributions of Catholics directed to the pope, known as Peter’s Pence.…

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In Nicaragua, government shutdown of TV network “another blow to the Church”

Fr. Carlos Avilés of Nicaragua, a critic of Daniel Ortega’s government, offered his parish to his fellow Bishop Rolando Álvarez…

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Card. Grech: The Church will lose the genius of women if we don’t create space for them

The role of women in the Church is a topic that has been repeatedly raised in the listening sessions for…

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Pope to Combonians: Without Jesus, we can do nothing

Encouraging Comboni missionaries in their service worldwide, Pope Francis says missionaries united to the Lord “are channels of God’s love”…

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Pope Francis asks Christians: “What am I doing today for the Ukrainian people?”

“They all ate and were satisfied” recalled Pope Francis on Corpus Christi Sunday while reflecting on the Gospel story of…

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Pope Francis to Buddhists: “Jesus and Buddha knew the need to overcome the ego”

Pope Francis met with this delegation of Buddhist monks from Thailand. They traveled to the Vatican to commemorate fifty years…

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Pope: ‘Never forget plight of Syria and Christians in Middle East’

Pope Francis greets members of the Synod of Bishops of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church, and urges them to seek…

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Pope: ‘Family love is a vocation and path to holiness’

Pope Francis reminds the faithful that The Tenth World Meeting of Families is scheduled to take place in Rome this…

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Pope Francis: “Disinfomation is the order of the day”

Pope Francis met with members of the Society of St. Paul, known as the Paulines, whose ministry is based in…

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