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Pope Rallies From Knee Pain to Proclaim 10 New Saints
Pope Francis has created 10 new saints, rallying from knee pain that had forced him to use a wheelchair. Francis stood for a long period at the start of Sunday’s ceremony to greet priests concelebrating the Mass, and hobbled onto the altar. There, he proclaimed the six men and four women saints, including a Dutch priest-journalist who was killed by...
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Pope Francis Offered to Meet Putin, Still Waiting to Hear Back
Pope Francis told an Italian newspaper he had offered to travel to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin to try to end Russia’s war in Ukraine and suggested the invasion might have been provoked by NATO’s eastward expansion.
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Pope Makes Easter Plea for Ukraine Peace, Cites Nuclear Risk
Pope Francis has made an Easter plea for peace in Ukraine and in other wars in the world
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Pope Francis Calls for an Easter Truce in Ukraine
Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to “make some sacrifices for the good of the people.”
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Pope Prays for End to ‘Sacrilegious' War, Refugee Welcome
Pope Francis is praying for an end to the “sacrilegious” war in Ukraine and for the world to show compassion to refugees
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Pope Blasts Russia's ‘Infantile' War, EU-Libya Deal in Malta
Pope Francis says he is considering making a visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, and he has blasted Russia’s war in Ukraine as an “infantile and destructive aggression.”
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Pope Francis Makes Historic Apology to Indigenous Peoples for ‘Deplorable' Abuses in Canada
Pope Francis has made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses suffered in Canada’s residential schools.
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Pope Francis Decries Western Defense Spending: ‘More Arms' Won't End Conflict
In a speech at the Vatican Thursday, the pope called out leaders who “continue to govern the world like a chessboard, where the powerful study the moves to extend dominance to the damage of the others.”
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Pope Francis Speaks Out Against ‘Repugnant War'
On Sunday, Pope Francis told thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square that every day brings more atrocities in what is a “senseless massacre”
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Pope Francis Visits Ukrainian Children in Hospital
Francis has spoken out about the “barbarity” of the war and especially the death and injury it has caused Ukrainian children
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Pope Releases Vatican Reform, Gives Weight to Fighting Abuse
The Vatican has released the document laying out Pope Francis’ long-awaited reform of the Holy See bureaucracy
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Pope Francis Dispatches 2 Cardinals to Ukraine
Pope Francis called for a cessation of violence, the establishment of humanitarian corridors and a return to negotiations.
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Pope Says He's ‘Alarmed' By Ukraine Developments, Urges Restraint From All Sides
Pope Francis is urging all sides in the Russia-Ukraine dispute to examine their consciences before God and pull back from threats of war.
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Pope Weighs in on Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Pope Francis said he was ‘pained and alarmed’ by the escalation on the border of Russia and Ukraine.
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Pope Francis Notches New First: TV Evening Talk Show Guest
Pope Francis has a new first in his papacy — an appearance as a TV talk show guest
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Pope Urges Parents to ‘Never Condemn' Their Gay Children
Pope Francis is urging parents not to condemn their children if they are gay
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Pope Vows Justice for Abuse Victims After Ratzinger Faulted
Pope Francis is vowing to provide justice to victims of clergy sexual abuse after an independent audit faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI for having botched four cases of abuse when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany
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Bad Luck: Pope Acknowledges He Got Caught at Record Store
Pope Francis has long lamented that he can’t walk around town unnoticed like he used to before becoming pope
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Pope Says Getting COVID-19 Vaccine Is a ‘Moral Obligation'
Pope Francis is now speaking about getting the coronavirus vaccination as a “moral obligation.”
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‘A Form of Selfishness': Pope Criticizes Couples Who Adopt Pets Instead of Children
“How many children in the world are waiting for someone to take care of them,” the pontiff said as he called for couples who can’t have children to be open to adoption.