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'What is love?' Pope, other elders share stories for Netflix

ROME — Pope Francis, Martin Scorsese, Jane Goodall and a group of less famous "over 70s" talk to young filmmakers about love in the first episode of a four-part documentary available worldwide on Netflix on Christmas Day.

10/22/21

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Pope says creating a better world means seeing, helping, converting

VATICAN CITY — Catholics striving to bring greater justice and hope to the world need to see the suffering people around them, stop to help and be open to continual conversion, Pope Francis said.

10/21/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Synod can be process of healing, pope says

VATICAN CITY — A synod calls on everyone to become experts in "the art of encounter" in a way that is uplifting and transformative, Pope Francis said, formally opening the process leading up to the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in 2023.

10/20/21

CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service
Do not seek honor, but serve, pope tells new bishops

VATICAN CITY — A bishop becomes a true shepherd not by seeking power over his flock but in serving the souls entrusted to his care, Pope Francis said just before ordaining two new bishops.More

10/18/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Pope plans day of listening, prayer with the poor in Assisi

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will prepare for his celebration of the World Day of the Poor by spending time listening to and praying with 500 poor people from across Europe, who will be gathered in Assisi in November, the Vatican said.More

10/15/21

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Job creation strengthens dignity in a way subsidies can't, pope says

VATICAN CITY — While government subsidies are necessary sometimes to help a family survive, job creation is what will help them thrive, Pope Francis said.More

10/14/21

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Pope to pharmacists: Do not become accessories to homicide of abortion

VATICAN CITY — All health care professionals have a right to conscientious objection, just as they have a right to denounce unjust harm inflicted on innocent and defenseless life, Pope Francis said.More

10/14/21

Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Pope: Church must respect other cultures, not impose itself

VATICAN CITY — Christian freedom means respecting other cultures and traditions rather than finding ways to impose "one's own model of life as though it were the most evolved and the most appealing," Pope Francis said.More

10/13/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Recognizing miracle, pope clears way for beatification of John Paul I

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has signed a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul I, clearing the way for his beatification.More

10/13/21

Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Faith is not a transactional relationship with God, pope says at Angelus

VATICAN CITY — People should ask themselves whether their faith has become a "commercial relationship" with God or if it is a relationship built on freedom, love and generosity, Pope Francis said.More

10/12/21

Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Women religious have key role in synod process, pope says

VATICAN CITY — Women religious have an essential role in the process of creating a more synodal church and in preparations for the Synod of Bishops, not just through their prayers and participation, but also by listening to people not usually part of such church activities, Pope Francis said.More

10/12/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Pope blesses nun held captive nearly five years by insurgents in Mali

VATICAN CITY — The day after authorities announced her release from kidnappers in Mali, Colombian Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti was at the Vatican for a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and was greeted by Pope Francis.More

10/12/21

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