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Pope Francis accepts retirement of LA auxiliary bishop who served with ‘zeal, dedication, and love’

Pope Francis accepts retirement of LA auxiliary bishop...

Bishop Edward Wm. Clark, auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles from 2001 to 2022, pictured...

Vatican unveils theme for 2nd World Day for Grandparents and Elderly

Vatican unveils theme for 2nd World Day for Grandparents...

Pope Francis visits the elderly in Rieti, Italy on Oct. 4, 2016. / L'Osservatore...

Pope Francis: ‘Let us ask ourselves if, in our hearts, we love the Church’

Pope Francis: ‘Let us ask ourselves if, in our hearts,...

Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Feb. 16, 2022....

Are Pope Francis’ changes to canon law true decentralization?

Are Pope Francis’ changes to canon law true decentralization?

St. Peter's Dome. / dade72 via Shutterstock. Vatican City, Feb 16, 2022 / 06:30...

Pope Francis recalls late Italian cardinal’s ‘love for the ministry of reconciliation’

Pope Francis recalls late Italian cardinal’s ‘love for...

Cardinal Luigi De Magistris (1926-2022). / Monegasque1 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)....

Vatican speaker says palliative care is a ‘revolutionary endeavor’

Vatican speaker says palliative care is a ‘revolutionary...

null / Lighthunter via Shutterstock. Vatican City, Feb 16, 2022 / 08:30 am (CNA)....

Pope Francis gives personal reflection on 52 years of priesthood

Pope Francis gives personal reflection on 52 years of priesthood

Pope Francis addresses the International Theological Symposium on the Priesthood...

Pope Francis: Being ‘properly informed’ on COVID-19 vaccines is a ‘human right’

Pope Francis: Being ‘properly informed’ on COVID-19 vaccines...

Pope Francis meets members of the Catholic Factchecking consortium at the Vatican’s...

Pope Francis appoints new Catholic bishop of Fatima

Pope Francis appoints new Catholic bishop of Fatima

Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho. / Santuário de Fátima. Vatican City, Jan 28, 2022...

Who is Benedict XVI? Cardinal Filoni shares his testimony

Who is Benedict XVI? Cardinal Filoni shares his testimony

Cardinal Fernando Filoni. Photo credits: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. / null Vatican City,...

Pope Francis: 'The Lord always surprises us'

Pope Francis: 'The Lord always surprises us'

Children participating in a Catholic Action initiative helped to release colorful...

Pope Francis to Italy’s tax agency: Public money should serve the common good

Pope Francis to Italy’s tax agency: Public money should...

Pope Francis met a delegation from the Italian Revenue Agency on Jan. 31, 2022....

Pope Francis tells religious sisters to fight back when mistreated by 'men of the Church'

Pope Francis tells religious sisters to fight back when...

Pope Francis meets religious sisters at a general audience on Jan. 19, 2022. / Vatican...

Pope Francis: Christ is the bond uniting the communion of saints

Pope Francis: Christ is the bond uniting the communion...

Pope Francis prays at his General Audience in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, Feb. 2,...

Shouting man removed from General Audience by Vatican police, Swiss Guards

Shouting man removed from General Audience by Vatican police,...

A man who shouted at Pope Francis during the General Audience is escorted from the...

Pope Francis tells secular institutes to reveal God's love by their lives

Pope Francis tells secular institutes to reveal God's love...

null / Vatican Media Denver Newsroom, Feb 2, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA). In a letter...

Never lose amazement at God's wonders, Pope Francis tells consecrated religious 

Never lose amazement at God's wonders, Pope Francis tells...

Pope Francis says Mass for the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in St. Peter's...

Saint Josephine Bakhita sculpture to be displayed in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday

Saint Josephine Bakhita sculpture to be displayed in St....

A bronze sculpture of Saint Josephine Bakhita, patron of trafficking victims, will...

Pope Francis appoints new Catholic archbishop of Glasgow

Pope Francis appoints new Catholic archbishop of Glasgow

Bishop William Nolan, who was named Archbishop of Glasgow on Feb. 4, 2022. / Courtesy...

Pope Francis: Respond to conflict with human fraternity

Pope Francis: Respond to conflict with human fraternity

Pope Francis releases a dove after praying for the victims of war in Mosul, Iraq,...