Pope Francis
Laudato Si’ 2.0: Pope announces new document ahead of ‘Season of Creation’
Ahead of the ecumenical celebrations of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Sept. 1 and the monthlong "Season of Creation," Pope Francis said he is writing a follow-up document to his 2015 encyclical on the environment.
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What If a Pope Becomes Comatose?
When I heard that Pope Francis was undergoing surgery requiring general anesthesia, I wondered who would be in charge of the Church while he was incapacitated.
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The Pope: Answers
What do you get when you arrange a conversation between the pope and 10 young people between 20 and 25 years old?
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Pope’s peace day message to focus on ethical concerns over AI
Signaling the Vatican's growing engagement in efforts to ensure the ethical development of new technologies, the Vatican has announced that "Artificial Intelligence and Peace" will be the theme for the next World Day of Peace, which is scheduled for Jan. ...
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The Heritage of the Franciscan Family
Contemplation, conversion, minority, and poverty are essential Franciscan values.
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On flight to Rome, pope responds to questions about abuse, his health
After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must abandon its practice of covering up abuse and instead be "very open" about how it ...
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Pope says there is a ‘strong reactionary’ element in U.S. Catholic Church
The Catholic Church in the United States has “a very strong reactionary” element that is well-organized and refuses to see how Catholic doctrine can and must grow and mature, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Portugal.