Pope Francis took an evening ride in a white Fiat 500 to visit a record store he used to go to when in Rome as a cardinal.
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Vatican Academy for Life: Covid-19 vaccines present ‘no ethical problem’
The Vatican has reaffirmed its support of Covid-19 vaccines with both the head of the Pontifical Academy for Life and a Holy See communique reiterating Pope Francis’ insistence that getting inoculated is “an act of love.”
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Pope Francis speaks at Christmas music contest: The birth of Christ is the ‘quintessential feast of compassion’
With Advent coming during an ongoing pandemic, Christians are called to hold on to hope and foster a season of compassion and tenderness, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis on All Souls Day: The tombs of fallen soldiers cry out for peace
The tombstones of soldiers killed in war cry out to people today to end all wars and to stop the production of weapons, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis releases letter from sex abuse survivor: ‘We cannot close our eyes’ to sin in the church
An adult survivor of abuse by a priest appealed to the world’s seminarians to become good priests and to make sure the “bitter truth” always prevails, not silence about scandals and their cover-up.
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‘This is a moment of shame’: Pope Francis says the church has failed to center abuse victims for too long
The Catholic Church’s inability to make victims of abuse their top concern is a cause for intense shame, Pope Francis said.
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Female Swiss Guards? New expansions open the door for change at the Vatican
A complete rebuild and expansion of the living quarters for the Swiss Guard will not only improve life for guards and their families, it will also allow for the future possibility of recruiting women.
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Pope Francis says Benedict XVI rightly warned against not respecting life
Pope Francis praised his predecessor’s courage in denouncing the danger of people no longer respecting or understanding the sacredness of human life in the introduction to a new book.
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Vatican releases handbook for dioceses in preparation for 2023 Synod
“Pope Francis invites the entire church to reflect on a theme that is decisive for its life and mission: ‘It is precisely this path of synodality which God expects of the church of the third millennium,’” the document says.
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Pope Francis: Afghanistan withdrawal was not completely thought through
The chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan was due in part to a lack of foreseeing all possible eventualities, Pope Francis said in a new interview.