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Pope Francis: Lent is a time to ‘encounter wild beasts and angels’

Pope Francis: Lent is a time to ‘encounter wild beasts...

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square during his Sunday Angelus...

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Two of Father Rupnik’s alleged victims speak publicly for the first time

Two of Father Rupnik’s alleged victims speak publicly for...

Lawyer Laura Sgro, left, sits with Gloria Branciani, center, and Marjiam Kovač,...

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Pope Francis cancels Saturday audiences due to a mild flu, Vatican says

Pope Francis cancels Saturday audiences due to a mild flu,...

Pope Francis delivers an address during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 14,...

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Pope Francis issues new regulations setting spending limits for Vatican offices

Pope Francis issues new regulations setting spending limits...

Pope Francis delivers a message at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024,...

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PHOTOS: Animals blessed in St. Peter’s Square for feast of St. Anthony Abbot

PHOTOS: Animals blessed in St. Peter’s Square for feast...

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti greets animals and offers his blessing in St. Peter’s Square...

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Pope: World Economic Forum meeting an opportunity to find ‘ways to build a better world’

Pope: World Economic Forum meeting an opportunity to find...

Pope Francis delivers a speech to all of the world’s ambassadors to the Vatican...

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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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Could Pope Francis become the first pope to visit Vietnam?

Could Pope Francis become the first pope to visit Vietnam?

Pope Francis receives a delegation from Vietnam’s Communist Party government at...

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Vatican prefect: Fiducia Supplicans draws ‘some negative reactions’ from Christian leaders

Vatican prefect: Fiducia Supplicans draws ‘some negative...

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, speaks...

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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: 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 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 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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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...