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Women’s voices: Pope says he’ll add women to Dicastery for Bishops

July 6, 2022

Pope Francis said he plans to name two women to the committee that helps him choose bishops for the world's Latin-rite dioceses.

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Pope reflects on papacy in interview with Argentine news agency

July 1, 2022

Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College of Cardinals prior to his election.

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Pope Francis and Vatican II: It’s not a battleground, but the future

July 1, 2022

Pope Francis is the first pope to have been ordained to the priesthood after the Second Vatican Council.

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Pope at pallium Mass: Church must go out to ‘meet the world’

June 29, 2022

Like Sts. Peter and Paul, the church must go out to evangelize and not be bound by the chains of routine and spiritual mediocrity that stifles the Gospel message, Pope Francis said.

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Pope asks families to take a small step toward greater holiness

June 23, 2022

The Catholic Church professes marriage and family life to be a path to holiness -- a daunting concept -- but one that can start with a tiny step, Pope Francis said.

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Strength can be found in frailty of old age, pope says

June 22, 2022

Elderly Christians are called to bear witness to the strength that comes from God, especially when moments of frailty and weakness make them dependent on others, Pope Francis said.

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Pope: Christianity has answer for those yearning for love

June 21, 2022

Christianity is not a set of rules and prohibitions designed to control people; it is a "life project capable of bringing fulfillment to every human heart," Pope Francis told 70 young leaders of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

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Seek nourishment, satisfaction in Eucharist, pope says

June 21, 2022

When received with faith, the Eucharist not only nourishes and satisfies one's hunger for consolation and love, but gives Christians the strength to nourish others, Pope Francis said.