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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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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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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
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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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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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...