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Pope Francis
Spirit and Scripture combined cast light on life's problems, pope says
Pope Francis urged Christians to read the Bible every day and advised priests to keep their homilies brief.
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Priesthood
Pope encourages priests to reach out to those who are 'invisible'
During a closed-door meeting with a group of Rome's priests, Pope Francis invited them to reach out to society's "invisible" individuals and he cautioned against...
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War & Peace
Under olive tree planted as sign of peace, pope begs God to help Holy Land
Pope Francis invited cardinals, ambassadors serving at the Vatican and representatives of Rome's Jewish and Muslim communities to pray with him for peace in the same spot...
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Jubilee 2025
Rome's true nature is to be welcoming, caring for all, pope says
Pope Francis highlighted Rome's vocation as a universal city, dedicated to charity and hospitality, during a speech at Rome's City Hall. Preparing for the Holy Year 2025...
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Religious Freedom Week to be Observed June 22-29
It begins with the feast day of Ss. Thomas More and John Fisher, includes the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and ends with the feast of Ss. Peter and Paul. The theme...
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Jubilee 2025
A Christian community listens to kids, accompanies the elderly, pope says
Pope Francis highlighted the need for listening to children and the elderly, promoting dialogue and maintaining harmony within families during a meeting in his "School of...
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Jubilee 2025
Debt relief: Biblical jubilee concern is focus of Holy Year 2025, too
As St. John Paul II did with the Holy Year 2000, Pope Francis is calling on wealthy nations to forgive the debt of the world's poorest countries as part of the Jubilee...
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Pope Francis
On D-Day anniversary, pope says attacking peace is a grave sin
Marking the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Pope Francis asked that the world remember the tragedy of World War II to prevent future conflicts.
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Pope Francis
Pope preparing document on Sacred Heart of Jesus to renew church, world
Pope Francis announced a new document on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, set for release in September, to mark the 350th anniversary of the first apparition of the Sacred...
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Approach to U.S.-Mexico Border Reflects a Crisis of Conscience, says Bishop Seitz
“Mindful of challenges faced by American communities and consistent with our longstanding and repeated calls for bipartisan reform of our broken immigration system, we...
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Vatican
Pope: Church must understand financial systems, not just criticize them
Speaking with participants in a Vatican conference on sustainable finance, Pope Francis urged participants to combine efficiency with ethical sustainability and...
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Immigration
Encountering a migrant is encountering Christ, pope says in message
Pope Francis emphasized the presence of Christ in people in need in his message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which will be celebrated September 29, 2024...
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Pope Francis
Corpus Christi procession is not sign of pride but invitation, pope says
Christ's real presence in the Eucharist is a gift to be treasured, lived and shared, Pope Francis said as he celebrated the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ.
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Vatican
U.S. ambassador to Holy See to step down in July
U.S. Ambassador Joe Donnelly will leave his post at the Holy See on July 8, 2024, and return to Indiana. Laura Hochla will serve as chargé d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy...
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Priesthood
Pope encourages young priests to rely on each other in times of crisis
Pope Francis, the bishop of Rome, has held private meetings with pastors and chaplains ministering in different areas of Rome and has moved on to similar meetings with...
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Child and Youth Protection
U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection Releases Annual Report
The report is based on the audit findings of StoneBridge Business Partners, a specialty consulting firm headquartered in Rochester, New York, which provides forensic...
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Vatican
Look inward to resolve war, famine, injustice, pope says
Pope Francis began a new catechesis series discussing "The Spirit and the Bride," on the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the church, the bride of Christ in...
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Pope Francis
Pope apologizes for using 'homophobic' slang
Pope Francis had a private meeting with more than 200 members of the Italian bishops' conference at their spring meeting, which is held at the Vatican. He spent 90...
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U.S. Bishops Release National Synthesis for the Interim Stage of the 2021-2024 Synod
The National Synthesis for the Interim Stage will, along with the contributions of episcopal conferences worldwide, form the basis of the work to be engaged by the...
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Pope Francis
Kids get life lessons from pope, Italian comic on World Children's Day
Italian actor and comedian, Roberto Benigni, gave the closing talk for World Children's Day, underlining one thing adults can learn from children: "When children play...
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Pope Francis
Pope tells children joy is good for the soul, always help others
About 50,000 people gathered in Rome's Olympic Stadium to "kick-off" the church's first World Children's Day. Pope Francis, who established the day, said it is a...
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War & Peace
Be proud of your uniform, committed to peace, pope tells military
As people in the United States celebrate Memorial Day, Catholic members of the military are on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, with service members from 40 countries...
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Youth and Young Adults Ministries
Youth Ministry Congress emphasizes need to listen to young people
Some 300 delegates -- young people and leaders of young and young adult ministry -- from bishops' conferences around the world met outside Rome in late May.
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Pope Francis
Pope recognizes miracle needed for church's first 'millennial' saint
Pope Francis recognized the second miracle needed for the canonization of Italian Blessed Carlo Acutis, who wrote, "the Eucarist is the highway to heaven." When people...
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Vatican
Humility is the 'gateway to all virtues,' pope says
Pope Francis concluded his catechesis series on vices and virtues by discussing the virtue "at the base of Christian life," humility.
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Pope Francis
Pope says faith in China has been safeguarded by God
The Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome organized a conference May 21 in Rome to mark the 100th anniversary of the first and, so far, only Council of the Chinese...
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Pope Francis Appoints Bishop Joseph Williams as Coadjutor Bishop of Camden
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Cardinal Tagle to Attend National Encounter for Asian and Pacific Islander Catholics in Indianapolis
Bishop Larry Silva has announced that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, will be a special guest for the Asian and...
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Pope Francis
Turn conflict into cooperation, commitment, pope tells university leaders
On pilgrimage to places associated with St. Ignatius of Loyola, a delegation representing members of the board of trustees of Loyola University Chicago met with Pope...
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Vatican
Holy Spirit makes Christians gentle, not 'overbearing,' pope says
During Pentecost Mass, Pope Francis said Christians are called to evangelize through the "power and gentleness" of the Holy Spirit, "not with arrogance and imposition."
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War & Peace
Don't let discord lead to death, pope says in city of Romeo and Juliet
Pope Francis spent the day in the northern Italian city of Verona, addressing a peace conference, but also meeting priests and religious, children and inmates at a local...
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Pope Francis Appoints Cardinal Tagle as Special Envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress
Cardinal Tagle will celebrate the closing Mass of the 10th National Eucharistic Congress being held July 17-21, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Vatican
Vatican publishes new norms to discern alleged supernatural phenomena
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, laid out six possible conclusions that can be reached when discerning a possible...
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Vatican
Pope praises California death penalty moratorium, governor says
California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Catholic News Service that Pope Francis was "proud" of the state's efforts to halt use of capital punishment.
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Pope Francis
Christian love embraces the unlovable, enemies, the unborn, pope says
In his series of weekly general audience talks on vices and virtues, Pope Francis looked at what Christians mean when they speak of the virtue of love or charity.
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Don't antagonize the elderly, pope says in grandparent's day message
"To set the young against the old is an unacceptable form of manipulation," Pope Francis wrote in his message for World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly.
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U.S. Bishops to Meet June 12-14 in Louisville; Assembly to Be Live Streamed
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for the 2024 Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville, Kentucky, June 12-14. The public sessions on June...
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Jubilee 2025
Vatican norms for Jubilee indulgence include pilgrimage, penance, service
An indulgence, a remission of the temporal punishment a person is due for their sins, has been a key feature of holy years for centuries. But updated norms for obtaining...
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Pope Francis
Peace in politics, in the world starts in people's hearts, pope says
Pope Francis took part in the World Meeting on Human Fraternity being held in Rome and at the Vatican May 10-11. The meeting brought Nobel laureates, government officials...
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Pope Francis
World's ills rooted in too much greed, not too many babies, pope says
"Human life is not a problem, it is a gift," Pope Francis said at meeting addressing the declining birthrate in Italy. "The problem is not how many of us there are in the...