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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News
Catholic leaders around the world who had been praying for retired Pope Benedict XVI reacted with sorrow to news of his death Dec. 31 but expressed gratitude for his years of service to the Catholic Church as a theologian and pope.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News
Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who had an impressive record as a teacher and defender of the basics of Catholic faith, is likely to go down in history books as the first pope in almost 600 years to resign.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Two days after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was “very sick” and in need of prayers, the Vatican said he again had a restful night and was able to participate in the celebration of Mass in his room.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The day after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was “very sick” and in need of prayers, the Vatican said he had had a restful night and described him as being in serious, but stable condition.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The birth of Jesus in a stable “shows us God’s ‘style,’ which is closeness, compassion, and tenderness,” Pope Francis told visitors and pilgrims at his weekly general audience.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
The most important question a Christian can ask when making any decision in life is “where the greatest love is to be found,” Pope Francis wrote in a letter marking the 400th anniversary of St. Francis de Sales, a doctor of the church.
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Catholic News Service
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Saying that retired Pope Benedict XVI was “very sick,” Pope Francis asked people to offer special prayers for him.
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Catholic News Service
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While 2022 finally saw the publication of Pope Francis’ constitution reforming the Roman Curia, the biggest news and the biggest changes in his ministry came from Russia’s war on Ukraine and from the pope’s own problems walking.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
The day after Christmas the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, which emphasizes how the story of Jesus’ birth is not a “fairy tale,” but a call to live as witnesses of the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
With the birth of Jesus, God became flesh to share the joys and sorrows, hopes and fears of all people, especially the poor and those living daily amid danger, Pope Francis said in his Christmas message.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Every Christian and every Christian community is called to conversion, a process that lasts a lifetime and is needed even more by people who think they are firmly on the path to holiness, Pope Francis told officials of the Roman Curia.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis’ revelation that he had signed a letter of resignation in case he became too ill or infirm to continue as pope made headlines around the world.
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