“I don’t know where they got it from … that I was going to resign,” said the pope.
Where Peter is: Canonists tackle regulating papal resignation, impeded See
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Pope: Euthanasia legislation in Europe is sign of ‘throwaway culture’
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Increasing calls to legalize euthanasia in several European countries, as well as the disregard for vulnerable people and the unborn, are signs of a “throwaway culture” that is gaining ground across the continent, Pope Francis said.
Pope addresses Vatican reforms aimed at curbing corruption, abuse
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While financial reforms in the Vatican are progressing steadily, cases involving corruption and malfeasance in the Eternal City are “a disease that we relapse into,” Pope Francis said.
After Afghanistan withdrawal, pope denounces attempts to impose democracy
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In his first interview since undergoing surgery in July, Pope Francis criticized the Western attempts to impose democracy on other countries in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan.
Diaspora and disease: Pope will face pressing issues on next trip abroad
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Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Hungary and Slovakia could prove to be among his most challenging visits at a time when distrust in government authorities and the looming threat of the delta variant are leading the headlines.
Improving from COVID-19, Cardinal Burke grateful for medical staff, prayers
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Cardinal Raymond L. Burke thanked health care workers as well as people who have been praying for him as he continues his recovery from COVID-19.
Afghanistan: Pope launches appeal for fasting, prayers for God’s mercy
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With increased violence unfolding in Afghanistan, Pope Francis appealed to all Christians to fast and intensify their prayers.
Pope meets with genocide survivor who inspired his Iraq trip
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Pope Francis held a private audience with Nadia Murad, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and survivor of the Islamic State-led genocide in Iraq, Aug. 26 at the Vatican.
Make sure evacuated kids will be reunited with parents, Vatican paper says
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Heartbreaking images of mothers and fathers handing their infants and toddlers to U.S. soldiers during the evacuation of Kabul were like seeing the desperation of Jochebed, Moses’ mother, as she put him in a basket in the Nile River to save him, said an editorial in the Vatican newspaper.
Hypocrisy in the church is ‘detestable,’ pope says at audience
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Hypocrites are afraid of the truth, fearful of who they really are and incapable of truly loving, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience.
Push to ban ‘killer robots’ gets a boost from the Vatican and the pope
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Among the many threats to human life and dignity, the Vatican is making sure that the widening use of lethal autonomous weapons systems worldwide is not reduced to a natural progression of technology that people learn to accept and live with.
Cardinal Burke remains hospitalized, but he’s off ventilator, out of ICU
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Cardinal Raymond L. Burke remained hospitalized for COVID-19 but as of Aug. 21 he was taken off a ventilator that he had been on for some days and taken out of the ICU to be returned to a regular hospital room, according to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse.
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