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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity commemorates historic meeting of two lungs of the Church

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity commemorates historic...

Pope Paul VI meets Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I at his residence of the apostolic...

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St. Charbel mosaic blessed by Pope Francis installed in Vatican grottoes

St. Charbel mosaic blessed by Pope Francis installed in...

Pope Francis blesses a mosaic of St. Charbel after his general audience Nov. 15,...

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Pope Francis announces Year of Prayer to prepare for 2025 Jubilee

Pope Francis announces Year of Prayer to prepare for 2025...

Pope Francis announced the start of a Year of Prayer in his Angelus address from...

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Pope Francis: Return to God’s word rather than social media’s ‘violence of words’

Pope Francis: Return to God’s word rather than social media’s...

Pope Francis presides over Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God in St. Peter’s...

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Pope Francis thanks Vatican journalists for reporting on scandals in the Church

Pope Francis thanks Vatican journalists for reporting on...

Pope Francis meets with the journalists who cover the Vatican in the Apostolic Palace...

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Pope Francis calls for release of 6 religious sisters taken hostage in Haiti

Pope Francis calls for release of 6 religious sisters taken...

Pope Francis presides over Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God in St. Peter’s...

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Pope Francis: Avarice is a ‘sickness of the heart, not of the wallet’

Pope Francis: Avarice is a ‘sickness of the heart, not...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024,...

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Pope Francis recalls ‘the primary reason’ for the new edition of YouCat

Pope Francis recalls ‘the primary reason’ for the new edition...

Young people greet Pope Francis as he arrives at the World Youth Day welcoming ceremony...

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Finland: a laboratory of ecumenism and Christian unity 

Finland: a laboratory of ecumenism and Christian unity 

Pope Francis receives an ecumenical delegation from Finland on Friday, Jan. 19,...

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Pope appoints new bishop in China, bringing a 70-year vacancy to an end

Pope appoints new bishop in China, bringing a 70-year vacancy...

Pope Francis gave a special message to Chinese Catholics at the end of his Mass...

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Christian unity must be rooted in prayer, pope says at ecumenical vespers

Christian unity must be rooted in prayer, pope says at...

Pope Francis leads an ecumenical second vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside...

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Cardinal Zen: Fiducia Supplicans ‘creates confusion’; suggests Fernández should resign

Cardinal Zen: Fiducia Supplicans ‘creates confusion’; suggests...

Cardinal Joseph Zen preaches a sermon during a Mass at the Holy Cross Church on...

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Vatican appeals court sentences priest to prison for sexual abuse of teen

Vatican appeals court sentences priest to prison for sexual...

Sculpture of St. Peter outside of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit:...

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Pope Francis creates ‘new’ diocese in China, accepting borders drawn by Beijing

Pope Francis creates ‘new’ diocese in China, accepting...

The Vatican announced the erection of the Weifang diocese on Jan. 29, 2024, the...

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Pope Francis: ‘The devil always takes away your freedom’

Pope Francis: ‘The devil always takes away your freedom’

Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus from the window of his study overlooking...

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Learning from St. Thomas Aquinas, 750 years after his death

Learning from St. Thomas Aquinas, 750 years after his death

Robin Franssen, 18, of Belgium, is a first-year philosophy student at the Pontifical...

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Pope Francis: Blessings don’t require ‘moral perfection’

Pope Francis: Blessings don’t require ‘moral perfection’

Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the...

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Today begins week of reflection prior to the International Day of Prayer against Trafficking

Today begins week of reflection prior to the International...

A bronze sculpture of St. Josephine Bakhita, patron of trafficking victims. / Credit:...

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Pope Francis urges consecrated men and women to cultivate ‘an intense interior life’

Pope Francis urges consecrated men and women to cultivate...

Pope Francis speaks at a Mass on the World Day of Consecrated Life, the feast of...

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Pope Francis’ 2024 Lenten message: ‘Lent is a season of conversion, a time of freedom’ 

Pope Francis’ 2024 Lenten message: ‘Lent is a season of...

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