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Pope: Aborting children with birth defects is like Nazi eugenics program

Pope Francis denounced the practice of administering prenatal tests to determine birth defects that often lead to abortions, comparing it to the Nazi-era eugenics program that determined what lives were worth keeping or eliminating.

6/18/18

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

‘Children’s Train’ visits Vatican

Pope Francis recalls playing soccer and flying kites as a child.

6/12/18

By CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service

Pope leads prayers for U.S.-North Korea summit

Leading thousands of people in prayer, Pope Francis said he hoped the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea would lead to lasting peace.

6/11/18

By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service
Pope accepts resignations of three Chilean bishops

After an in-depth Vatican-led investigation into clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of 61-year-old Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, Chile, and two other Chilean bishops June 11.More

6/11/18

By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Pope prays for victims of Guatemala volcano disaster

Pope Francis sent condolences to Guatemala after a horrific volcanic eruption left more than 60 people dead.More

6/5/18

By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES | Catholic News Service

Defend right to life, conscientious objection, pope tells doctors

Make medicine and health care more humane by protecting the life and dignity of all patients, particularly the weakest and the unborn, Pope Francis told Catholic doctors and medical specialists. More

5/30/18

Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Pope surprises students at Rome school

Continuing his occasional series of "Mercy Friday" visits, Pope Francis surprised the students at a school renamed in March in honor of a student who died of leukemia at the age of 11.More

5/29/18

By CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service

Pope, patriarch meet in Rome

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople called on Christians to work together to build a culture of solidarity in the face of growing economic inequality and a lack of respect for the human dignity of the poor and of migrants.More

5/29/18

By CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service

Pope to canonize Blesseds Paul VI, Oscar Romero Oct. 14

Pope Francis will declare Blesseds Oscar Romero, Paul VI and four others saints Oct. 14 at the Vatican during the meeting of the world Synod of Bishops, an institution Blessed Paul revived. More

5/20/18

By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Pope will create 14 new cardinals in June

Pope Francis announced he would make 14 new cardinals June 28, giving the red cardinal's hat to the papal almoner, the Iraq-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and the archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan, among others.More

5/20/18

By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Pope's Lamborghini fetches nearly $1 million for charity

A custom-built 2018 Lamborghini Huracan coupe autographed by Pope Francis raised nearly $1 million at a Sotheby's auction May 12 in Monaco.More

5/16/18

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Young people need to be heard, pope says

The Catholic Church must not keep young men and women at a distance, but instead must learn to listen to them, Pope Francis said. More

5/16/18

By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES | Catholic News Service

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