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June 24, 2022, 3:24 PM
Vatican to start monthly newspaper by and with the poor
The new monthly edition will be dedicated to the poor and people on the margins.
June 24, 2022, 3:24 PM
June 22, 2022, 10:38 AM
Pope blasts violence in Mexico as he mourns 2 slain Jesuits
Pope Francis has blasted the violence that plagues Mexico.
June 22, 2022, 10:38 AM
June 15, 2022, 5:34 PM
Pope cracks down on new Catholic religious start-ups
Pope Francis has taken another step to reign in and regulate new religious groups in the Catholic Church
June 15, 2022, 5:34 PM
June 14, 2022, 12:03 PM
Pope blasts Russian 'cruelty,' lauds Ukrainian 'heroism'
Pope Francis has blasted the “ferocity and cruelty” of Russian troops in Ukraine while praising the “heroism” and “courage” of Ukrainians to defend their land
June 14, 2022, 12:03 PM
June 13, 2022, 1:08 PM
Pope nixes procession but plans Mass for Congolese on July 3
Pope Francis is suffering from ongoing knee pain.
June 13, 2022, 1:08 PM
June 10, 2022, 7:13 PM
Pope cancels trip to Congo and South Sudan due to bad knee
Pope Francis has canceled a planned July trip to Africa on doctors' orders because of a knee problem
June 10, 2022, 7:13 PM
June 5, 2022, 2:37 PM
Pope Francis fuels new speculation on future of pontificate
Pope Francis has added fuel to rumors about the future of his pontificate
June 5, 2022, 2:37 PM
1 month ago
Pope names 21 new cardinals, from Asia, Africa, elsewhere
The pope said he will conduct the consistory ceremony in late August.
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Pope greets Russian patriarch, criticized for 'naive' policy
Pope Francis has sent a protocol greeting to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, assuring him of prayers on his patron's feast day and stressing the value of human life and of wisdom
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Pope's recipe to heal his painful knee? A shot of tequila
Doctors have prescribed a wheelchair, cane and physical therapy.
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Pope rallies from knee pain to proclaim 10 new saints
Pope Francis has created 10 new saints, rallying from knee pain that had forced him to use a wheelchair
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Cardinal: Pope's wheelchair use an example to older adults
A top Vatican cardinal says Pope Francis’ willingness to work despite knee pain that has made walking nearly impossible shows other older adults that they have wisdom and experience to offer younger generations
2 months ago
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Minister: Pope postpones visit to Lebanon for health reasons
A Lebanese Cabinet minister says Pope Francis has postponed a planned visit to Lebanon next month due to health reasons
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Pope Francis appears for 1st time in public in wheelchair
The 85-year-old pope suffers from chronic pain in his right knee and has canceled several events in recent days.
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Cardinal: Pope OK'd spending 1M euros to free kidnapped nun
A cardinal has testified that Pope Francis authorized spending up to 1 million euros to free a Colombian nun kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali
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Pope, suffering knee pain, uses wheelchair for 1st time
Pope Francis has arrived at an audience in a wheelchair as his knee pain continues to limit his mobility
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Pope's Ukraine diplomacy a political and spiritual tightrope
Pope Francis hasn’t made much of a diplomatic mark in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Pope offers to meet Putin, still waiting to hear back
Francis said he made the offer about three weeks into Russia's invasion.
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Pope warns of lost trust without more abuse accountability
Pope Francis has given a new mandate to his sex abuse advisory commission
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Pope cancels agenda on medical advice because of knee pain
Pope Francis has again canceled his daily meetings because of acute knee pain that has greatly curtailed his mobility in recent months
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Pope appoints key posts, including nun in development office
Pope Francis has made key appointments in his newly reformed Vatican bureaucracy
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Benedict XVI turns 95 as book focuses on anomaly of 2 popes
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI turned 95 this past weekend
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Pope calls for peace in Easter mass
The war in Ukraine was central to the annual Easter message from Pope Francis.
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Pope makes Easter plea for Ukraine peace, cites nuclear risk
Pope Francis has made an Easter plea for peace in Ukraine and in other wars in the world
2 months ago
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Pope Francis visits Italian prison for traditional foot-washing service
Pope Francis conducted the traditional foot-washing service while visiting an Italian prison for a Holy Thursday Mass, washing and kissing the feet of 12 inmates.
2 months ago
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Ukraine upset by Vatican inviting Russian to carry cross
A close associate of Pope Francis is defending the Vatican's decision to have a Russian woman and a Ukrainian woman carry the cross together during a Good Friday procession in Rome
2 months ago
3 months ago
Pope still working on meeting Russian Orthodox patriarch
Pope Francis says he is still working on arranging a meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, despite that leader's seeming justification for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
3 months ago
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Pope prays for end to 'sacrilegious' war, refugee welcome
Pope Francis is praying for an end to the “sacrilegious” war in Ukraine and for the world to show compassion to refugees
3 months ago
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Pope blasts Russia's 'infantile' war, EU-Libya deal in Malta
Pope Francis says he is considering making a visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, and he has blasted Russia's war in Ukraine as an “infantile and destructive aggression."
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Pope Francis apologizes for Church's role in Canada's Indigenous residential school system
Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Catholic Church's role in running Canada's brutal residential school system.
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Pope makes historic Indigenous apology for Canada abuses
Pope Francis has made a historic apology to Indigenous peoples for the “deplorable” abuses suffered in Canada’s residential schools
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Pope Francis apologizes for church’s role in Canada’s Indigenous residential school system
Thousands of Indigenous children were abused at the schools.
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Indigenous tell pope of abuses at Canada residential schools
Indigenous leaders from Canada and survivors of the country’s notorious residential schools for Indigenous children are meeting this week with Pope Francis
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Pope's peace prayer for Ukraine recalls Fatima prophecy
Pope Francis has prayed for peace in Ukraine in a ceremony that harks back to a century-old apocalyptic prophecy about peace and Russia
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Pope releases Vatican reform, gives weight to fighting abuse
The Vatican has released the document laying out Pope Francis’ long-awaited reform of the Holy See bureaucracy
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Pope asserts Ukraine right to defense in blasting Russia war
Pope Francis is denouncing the “perverse abuse of power” on display in Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Local churches shun Vatican's moderate stance on Russia
The head of the Polish bishops’ conference has done what Pope Francis has avoided doing by publicly condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Pope gives fathers working at Vatican 3-day paternity leave
Pope Francis has decided to grant a three-day paternity leave to new fathers who work at the Vatican
4 months ago
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Vatican judge tosses defense motions as fraud trial advances
A Vatican tribunal has resoundingly rejected defense motions to dismiss a landmark financial fraud case
4 months ago
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Pope makes surprise visit to Russian Embassy to the Vatican
The Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Francis made a visit to the Russian Embassy to the Holy See to express his concern about the fighting in Ukraine.
4 months ago
4 months ago
Pope makes personal appeal in remarkable Russia embassy trip
Pope Francis has made an in-person visit to the Russian Embassy to “express his concern about the war” in Ukraine, in an extraordinary, hands-on gesture
4 months ago
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Vatican ponders priesthood amid abuse research, revelations
The Vatican this week is hosting a three-day symposium on the Catholic priesthood amid renewed public attention on clergy sex abuse scandals and fresh research into the abuses of priestly power
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Retired Pope Benedict asks for forgiveness over handling of abuse cases
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5 months ago
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Retired pope asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing
Retired Pope Benedict XVI is asking forgiveness for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases
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Pope Francis notches new first: TV evening talk show guest
It was the first time he answered questions on a talk show followed by millions.
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Vatican defends Benedict after report faults abuse record
The Vatican is strongly defending Pope Benedict XVI’s record in fighting abuse.
5 months ago
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Former pope was at meeting where pedophile priest discussed
Retired Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged that he did attend the 1980 meeting.
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Pope calls for day of prayer for peace for Ukraine
Pope Francis has expressed his concern over “rising tensions” in Ukraine that threaten peace, and called for political talks that put at the center "human brotherhood instead of partisan interests."
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Pope vows justice for abuse victims after Ratzinger faulted
Pope Francis is vowing to provide justice to victims of clergy sexual abuse after an independent audit faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI for having botched four cases of abuse when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany
5 months ago
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Report on sexual abuse in German diocese faults retired pope
A report on sexual abuse in Munich has faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI.
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