Pope Francis Wants to Save the Environment. He Can Start With a Tree.
Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...
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Pope Asks Vatican Media to Reduce Spending as they Share the Gospel
Pope Francis told members and staff of the Dicastery for Communication that the Vatican and the Catholic Church need their ...
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Pope Francis to Have Sunday Lunch With 1,300 Guests On World Day of the Poor
Since establishing the World Day of the Poor in 2016, the Pope has held the annual tradition of welcoming Rome’s poor into ...
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Archbishop Exiled by Pope Francis Says Kamala Harris 'Obeys Satan'
St. Peter's Square stands in the dawn light on September 3, 2018, in Vatican City, Vatican. Carlo Maria Viganò, an archbishop that was excommunicated by Pope Francis, in a new letter addressed to ...
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Pope Francis sad with Roussesff's removal and invites to pray for social justice in Brazil
The Argentine born pope made the statement during the unveiling of a bronze statue dedicated to Brazil's patron virgin in the Vatican ... explained Francis. The pope also invited to pray so ...
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Ardal O'Hanlon: "I thought invite to meet Pope was revenge for Father Ted"
Comedian and actor Ardal O'Hanlon has said that he thought his invite to meet Pope Francis in Rome earlier ... Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg, in Vatican City last June at a reception to celebrate ...
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In letter citing Pope Francis, Vatican doctrine czar ends push for women deacons
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The head of the Vatican’s doctrinal department issued a letter on Monday (Oct. 21) dashing hopes that Pope Francis will ... He also invited synod delegates to send their ...
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Synod on Synodality
Pope Francis has decided the next world Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, which will take place in October 2022, will have the theme: "For a synodal church: Communion, participation and mission." ...
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Vatican debate over women as deacons hits a big obstacle: Pope Francis
In a gesture of inclusion, women were for the first time invited to be voting participants. The pope named ... and the Vatican’s seriousness. And on Monday, one of Francis’s top lieutenants ...
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Archbishop Broglio Invites Faithful to Pray With Pope Francis’ Sacred Heart Encyclical
The archbishop concludes by urging the faithful to follow the papal encouragement to ‘speak of Christ, by witness or by word, in such a way that others seek to love him.’ The Sacred Heart is ...
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Only love will save humanity, pope says in encyclical on Sacred Heart
The Vatican released the 28,000-word text Oct. 24. While it is the pope's fourth encyclical ... meaning he gives to our lives," he added. Francis invited Catholics to rediscover or strengthen ...
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Synod Diary: Why did Pope Francis publish an encyclical in the synod’s final days?
With most voting members of the synod on their second day of “vacation,” there hasn’t been much news to report from these final days. Except for yesterday’s much-anticipated make-up ...