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With pastor’s touch, Pope Francis preached mercy, embraced ‘peripheries’
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With pastor’s touch, Pope Francis preached mercy, embraced ‘peripheries’

Cindy WoodenApril 21, 202532 min read
Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88 gave new energy to millions of Catholics — and caused concern for some — as he transformed the image of the papacy into a pastoral ministry based on personal encounters and strong convictions about mission, poverty, immigration and dialogue.
Pope on Easter: Jesus’ resurrection makes Christians pilgrims of hope
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Pope on Easter: Jesus’ resurrection makes Christians pilgrims of hope

Cindy WoodenApril 20, 20255 min read
The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the resurrection of Jesus clearly shows, Pope Francis wrote in his Easter message.
Christ’s light breaks through world’s darkness, pope says in vigil message
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Christ’s light breaks through world’s darkness, pope says in vigil message

Justin McLellanApril 19, 20254 min read
As the lights of St. Peter’s Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling interior, a single flame — the paschal candle — pierced through the gloom, representing the light of the risen Christ which “quietly shines forth, even though we are in darkness,” Pope Francis said.
Religious freedom, migration on agenda as Vance meets Cardinal Parolin
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Religious freedom, migration on agenda as Vance meets Cardinal Parolin

Cindy WoodenApril 19, 20255 min read
Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for Ukraine and for Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state welcomed U.S. Vice President JD Vance to the Vatican.
Changing the world demands changing direction, pope writes for Way of Cross
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Changing the world demands changing direction, pope writes for Way of Cross

Carol GlatzApril 19, 20255 min read
Today’s “builders of Babel” are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are “losers,” Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the Way of the Cross.
Love, not power saves the world, papal preacher says at service with Vance
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Love, not power saves the world, papal preacher says at service with Vance

Carol GlatzApril 18, 20254 min read
Jesus, who redeemed humanity by giving up his life on the cross, shows that it is not strength that saves the world, but the “weakness” of boundless love, the papal preacher told thousands of people gathered for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, including U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
‘Why them and not me,’ pope asks after Holy Thursday visit to prison
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‘Why them and not me,’ pope asks after Holy Thursday visit to prison

Cindy WoodenApril 17, 20253 min read
While he did not celebrate Mass or wash the feet of inmates, Pope Francis made his customary Holy Thursday visit to a detention facility, arriving at Rome’s Regina Coeli jail at about 3 p.m. April 17.
Be ‘heralds of hope,’ pope asks priests in homily for chrism Mass
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Be ‘heralds of hope,’ pope asks priests in homily for chrism Mass

Cindy WoodenApril 17, 20253 min read
Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that they can authentically preach the good news of hope, Pope Francis wrote in the homily he prepared for the Holy Thursday chrism Mass.
Pope sends ‘generous’ donation to aid Myanmar quake victims
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Pope sends ‘generous’ donation to aid Myanmar quake victims

Catholic News ServiceApril 16, 20252 min read
Pope Francis has sent “a generous contribution” to Myanmar to help people impacted by a major earthquake in late March.
JD Vance announces trip to Rome, meeting at Vatican
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JD Vance announces trip to Rome, meeting at Vatican

Catholic News ServiceApril 16, 20252 min read
U.S. Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome April 18 and has meetings planned with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, his office said.
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