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Catholic News Service
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“War is always a defeat,” Pope Francis said, urging people at his general audience to pray that leaders in war-torn nations would have the courage to negotiate for peace.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News
Pope Francis’ envoy for peace in Ukraine asked his fellow bishops and all Catholics in Italy to continue their prayers for peace in Ukraine and in the Holy Land, but also to make those prayers concrete through acts of solidarity.
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Asked to reminisce about his life and where he was at key moments in history, the 87-year-old Pope Francis obliged, but also used the opportunity to talk about the lessons the events hold today and his hope for the future.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, World News
At the request of Pope Francis, three Jesuit-run institutions of higher learning in Rome — the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Oriental Institute — will formally become one university in May.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis has decided that some of the most controversial issues raised at the first assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will be examined by study groups that will work beyond the synod’s final assembly in October.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
A pope’s ministry is meant to last his lifetime, Pope Francis said, and, at least until now, he has not considered resigning.
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Christians should pray for the grace to look at others with the same mercy and care with which Jesus looks at them, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
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Pope Francis has asked Catholics to dedicate 2024 to intensifying their prayer lives in preparation for the celebration of the Holy Year 2025, and the Vatican has published a resource guide to help them.
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Catholic News Service
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A Christian’s awareness of being sinful should be directly proportional to their “perception of the infinite love of God,” Pope Francis said.
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The Catholic Church and the world itself need the gifts and contributions of women, especially in bringing people together and overcoming tensions and violence, Pope Francis wrote.
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International Women’s Day has long been an occasion for women and men connected to the Vatican to gather to discuss the role of women in the church and society.
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Catholic News Service
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Crying out to God and demanding answers when one’s child dies is anything but a sign of a lack of faith, Pope Francis told a group of grieving Italian parents.
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