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Back to school Italian style: Papal greeting and gelato quests
VATICAN CITY — At the Pontifical North American College, new student orientation is not just a weekend or even just a week — it...
Assumption feast invites people to look to heaven with hope, Pope Francis says
VATICAN CITY -- Mary's assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their attention and...
In new interview, Pope Francis explains upcoming Synod of Bishops gathering on the Amazon
VATICAN CITY -- The upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon is an "urgent" gathering, not of scientists and politicians, but for the church...
On anniversary, Japan’s bishops renew hope for nuclear-free world
VATICAN CITY — With the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the bishops of Japan are renewing calls...
Pope Francis, bishop of Rome: Presiding over the church in charity
On March 13, 2013, Pope Francis stepped onto a balcony in St. Peter's Square to greet the people of God. In his first public...
Papal first: Pope Francis names seven women to Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis named six superiors of women's religious orders, a consecrated laywoman and the superior of the De La Salle Christian...
Pope Francis meets Vladimir Putin; leaders talk about Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican July 4, and the two discussed the ongoing wars in Eastern...
Pope Francis says meeting of Trump and North Korea’s Kim ‘significant gesture’
ROME -- After U.S. President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to set foot in North Korea, Pope Francis called his meeting with...
Pope Francis to new priests: Be merciful ministers of Christ
VATICAN CITY — The priesthood is not a "cultural association or a union," but a ministry of mercy anchored on Christ's mission to bring...
Cardinal DiNardo, USCCB welcome new rule from Pope Francis on reporting clerical sex abuse
WASHINGTON -- New papal norms on preventing clergy sexual abuse are "a blessing that will empower the church everywhere to bring predators to justice,...