Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
Pope’s Easter appeal for peace includes special prayers for Syria, Gaza
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VATICAN CITY -- In his Easter appeal for peace throughout the world, Pope Francis made special mention of the ongoing "carnage" in...
Christ is victorious over all that divides people, pope says
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VATICAN CITY -- Easter is a feast that calls Christians to gather together, make a commitment to dialogue and to work for...
‘Cry out,’ pope tells young people at Palm Sunday Mass
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VATICAN CITY — Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass with thousands of young people, Pope Francis urged them to continue singing and shouting “hosanna”...
U.S. Papal Foundation announces period of reflection, re-evaluation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After disagreement over funding a $25-million-grant request from the Vatican was leaked to the press, the leadership of the U.S.-based...
Five wounds of Christ: Pope urges recovery of traditional devotion
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis seems to be fixated on the wounds of Christ. And he has suggested that other Catholics might...
Altered photo leads to resignation of communications prefect
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VATICAN CITY -- After a very public controversy involving the use of a letter by retired Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis has...
Five years a pope: Francis' focus has been on outreach
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VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope just a few days after telling the College of Cardinals that...
Pope urges Catholics to dialogue with government leaders to help migrants
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VATICAN CITY -- Liberating the poor, the oppressed and the persecuted is an integral part of what God wants his church to...
Blessed Pope Paul VI to be canonized at close of synod,...
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ROME -- Blessed Paul VI will be declared a saint in late October at the end of the Synod of Bishops...
Catholics must counteract 'refusal to welcome' migrants, speakers say
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ROME -- The Catholic Church and Catholic agencies that work with migrants and refugees around the world are called to educate, advocate...