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Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Women must contribute the natural harmony of their thoughts, feelings and actions to the development and use of artificial intelligence, said Pope Francis. Speaking to a group of researchers behind a study on the women and leadership, the pope said that the lived experience of women should be engaged in crafting solutions […]
Pope Francis
By Courtney Mares
Pope Francis has said that gender ideology is “one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations” today. In an interview with journalist Elisabetta Piqué for the Argentine daily newspaper La Nación, Pope Francis explained the reasoning behind his strong statement. “Gender ideology, today, is one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations,” Pope Francis said in the interview published […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY —For a decade, even when discussing the internal workings of the Vatican, Pope Francis has insisted the church is not the church of Christ if it does not reach out, sharing the “joy of the Gospel” and placing the poor at the center of its attention. Signals that his papacy would be different […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — From the beginning of his pontificate 10 years ago, Pope Francis set out to reform the structure and attitudes of the Roman Curia and knew he also had to reform the Vatican’s financial system and stewardship of resources. One month after his election, he announced he was forming an international Council of […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis greeted the thousands of faithful gathered in a rain-soaked St. Peter’s Square March 13, 2013, he quipped that his brother cardinals looked almost to “the ends of the earth” to find a new bishop of Rome. The end of the world, in this case, was Buenos Aires, Argentina, where […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
On this 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ election as our Holy Father and successor to St. Peter, we remember his openness to God’s plan. Though he had other ideas for his future, God called him to shepherd our Church as Vicar of Christ and Pope Francis humbly answered this call. Pope Francis often says that […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church is not selective: each one of its members is a sinner and part of the holy, faithful people of God, Pope Francis said in an interview marking his 10 years as pope. Vatican News March 10 published excerpts of the interview with RSI, a Swiss radio-television broadcasting in Italian. […]
Pope Francis
By Courtney Mares
In a new interview, Pope Francis has discussed the possibility of revising the Western discipline of priestly celibacy. “There is no contradiction for a priest to marry. Celibacy in the Western Church is a temporary prescription: I do not know if it is settled in one way or another, but it is temporary in this […]
Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — In documents issued his first 10 years in office, Pope Francis covered topics as diverse as strengthening one’s faith, evangelization, caring for creation, accompanying families and young people, and respecting indigenous peoples. He wrote a major document on reforming the Roman Curia, three encyclicals and five apostolic exhortations. Here is a list […]
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