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Vatican sends letter to French embassy over tribunal decision in nun’s dismissal case

Vatican sends letter to French embassy over tribunal decision...

St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 13, 2024 / 14:41...

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Pope Francis: Sharing our encounter with Christ makes our encounters ‘even more beautiful’

Pope Francis: Sharing our encounter with Christ makes our...

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after...

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Pope Francis: The temperate person is balanced by both principle and empathy

Pope Francis: The temperate person is balanced by both...

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday...

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Pope Francis: The resurrection of Jesus changes our lives completely and forever

Pope Francis: The resurrection of Jesus changes our lives...

Pope Francis delivers the Regina Caeli address on Monday, Apr. 1, 2024 / Vatican...

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Pope Francis: I was ‘used’ against Ratzinger in 2005 conclave, but he was ‘my candidate’

Pope Francis: I was ‘used’ against Ratzinger in 2005 conclave,...

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger celebrates the special "pro eligendo summo pontifice"...

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Vatican to publish document on ‘moral questions’ regarding human dignity, gender, surrogacy

Vatican to publish document on ‘moral questions’ regarding...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, pictured here in 2014, took up his new post as...

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Pope Francis on Gaza conflict: ‘Without justice, there is no peace’

Pope Francis on Gaza conflict: ‘Without justice, there...

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square gathered for his weekly general...

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Pope Francis makes peace appeal while holding rosary of slain Ukrainian soldier

Pope Francis makes peace appeal while holding rosary of...

Pope Francis holds a rosary and New Testament that belonged to a slain 23-year-old...

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Pope Francis: Benedict XVI defended me in face of accusations ‘that I promoted gay marriage’

Pope Francis: Benedict XVI defended me in face of accusations...

Pope Francis blesses a baby at his Wednesday general audience on March 20, 2024,...

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Diocese of Rome shake-up: Pope Francis transfers vicar to Vatican post

Diocese of Rome shake-up: Pope Francis transfers vicar...

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Apr 6, 2024...

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Pope Francis on Divine Mercy Sunday: The ‘fullness of life’ is ‘realized in Jesus’ 

Pope Francis on Divine Mercy Sunday: The ‘fullness of life’...

The Divine Mercy image is displayed at St. Peter's Square before Pope Francis Regina...

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Woman born of surrogacy shares why she supports Pope Francis’ call for a global ban

Woman born of surrogacy shares why she supports Pope Francis’...

Born via surrogacy in the United States in 1991, Olivia Maurel is now a leading...

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Vatican document on human dignity condemns gender transition, surrogacy, abortion

Vatican document on human dignity condemns gender transition,...

Dome of St. Peter's basilica, Vatican City. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C....

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New Vatican document highlights Church’s ‘ever-greater understanding of human dignity’

New Vatican document highlights Church’s ‘ever-greater...

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery on the Doctrine of the...

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The Catholic Church by the numbers: more Catholics but fewer vocations 

The Catholic Church by the numbers: more Catholics but...

The crowd in St. Peter's Square for the pope's Angelus address on Jan. 14, 2024....

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New complaints of abuse by Father Rupnik presented to Vatican

New complaints of abuse by Father Rupnik presented to Vatican

Father Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Rome ACI Prensa...

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Pope Francis: ‘A Christian without courage’ is ‘a useless Christian’

Pope Francis: ‘A Christian without courage’ is ‘a useless...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his general audience...

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Pastoral genius of St. John Paul II: 40 years ago, he laid foundation for World Youth Day

Pastoral genius of St. John Paul II: 40 years ago, he laid...

Pope John Paul II's helicopter flies over the huge crowd in Manila's Luneta Park...

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Pope Francis decries how ‘the unborn with disabilities are aborted’ in throwaway culture

Pope Francis decries how ‘the unborn with disabilities...

Pope Francis addresses members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on April...

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Pope Francis to travel to Indonesia, Singapore, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea

Pope Francis to travel to Indonesia, Singapore, East Timor,...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square...