Pope Francis
Vatican sends relic of true cross to Britain’s King Charles
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Britain’s King Charles III walks into Westminster Abbey for his coronation, he will walk behind a processional cross containing a relic of Christ’s cross given to the king by Pope Francis. “The fragments of the ...
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St. John Paul II’s secretary denies pope’s role in missing ‘Vatican girl’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — St. John Paul II’s longtime aide denied the “vile insinuations” that the former pope was maliciously involved in the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican schoolgirl whose 1983 disappearance is the focus of an ongoing Vatican ...
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Set out with courage, pope tells Italian women religious
Despite declining numbers and sometimes a lack of appreciation from clergy, women religious are called to be courageous like the women disciples who discovered Jesus' empty tomb and rushed off to share the news of his resurrection, Pope Francis said.
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Sustaining a Joyous Easter Feeling
That joyous Easter feeling should last all year, this friar says.
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Passover, Easter offer ‘shared message of hope’
Several U.S. bishops are extending greetings to the Jewish community as its members celebrate Passover (Pesach), which commemorates the divine liberation of the ancient Israelites from enslavement in Egypt as recounted in the book of Exodus.
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Pope says be close to those ‘abandoned’ like Christ: unborn, migrants
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The unborn, migrants, the elderly and the disabled are “living icons” of Jesus that call Christians to draw close to those who feel abandoned just as Christ did on the cross, Pope Francis said. In his ...
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Vatican to bring pope’s encyclicals to life in architecture exhibit
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Commemorating 10 years since the election of Pope Francis, the Vatican will physically represent the teachings of his encyclicals at the …