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Pope Francis meets with President of Austria
Pope Francis receives the President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, in audience on Monday in the Vatican. Pope Francis…
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Pope to priests: Be “shepherds with ‘the smell of the sheep'”
Pope Francis on Monday meets with a group of French priests pursuing higher ecclesiastical studies in Rome, and speaks to…
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Holy See: legal mechanisms and culture of integrity needed to fight corruption
Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican Secretary for Relations with States on June 4 addressed a special session of the United Nations…
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Covid-19: South Africa’s bishops encourage population to vaccinate
The Bishops of South Africa issue a statement encouraging the faithful to get the COVID-19 vaccine, addressing doubts they may…
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Reduction in restrictions allows to relive scenes of affection between the Pope and the pilgrims
Since the general audiences with pilgrims were resumed, the Pope is spending a lot of time listening to the people. …
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Pope in Corpus Christi: We must enthusiastically carry Jesus into everyday life
For the second year in a row, the pandemic forced the cancellation of the traditional Corpus Christi procession through the…
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Pope Francis on Corpus Christi: ‘We need to enlarge our hearts’
Pope Francis said Sunday that we need to “enlarge our hearts” to truly appreciate the gift of the Eucharist. Celebrating Corpus…
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Pope Francis names new Vatican ambassador to Canada
The pope named Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič on June 5 to the position that had remained vacant since the previous nuncio, Archbishop Luigi…
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UN to launch Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration will kick off on World Environment Day, June 5. Pope Francis has been invited…
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New Knights of Columbus Leader: We Will Focus Efforts on Strengthening the Family
With nearly 2 million members in dozens of countries, it makes the Knights of Columbus one of the largest Catholic…
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