“I am writing a second part to Laudato Si’ to update it on current problems,” Pope Francis told the lawyers Aug. 21 during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace.
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Pope Francis on the the Assumption of Mary: Praise and service lift you to heaven
“Praise increases joy. Praise is like a ladder: it leads hearts upward,” Pope Francis said. “Praise elevates souls and defeats the temptation to give up.”
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Vatican confirms Pope Francis sent envoy to India to resolve liturgical dispute
Controversy and deep division continue in an Indian archdiocese over the direction the priest faces during the celebration of the liturgy.
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Pope Francis’ top charity in 2022 was aid to Ukraine
Donations to the annual Peter’s Pence collection were down in 2022, but the amount of money the fund distributed increased significantly thanks to the proceeds of property sales, the Vatican said.
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Pope Francis declares Mother Lange, founder of first order of Black U.S. nuns, ‘venerable’
Pope Francis has declared venerable Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, founder of the first Catholic order of African American nuns, and Sister Lúcia dos Santos, one of the children who saw the Fátima vision.
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Pope Francis to U.N. Security Council: ‘The time has come to say an emphatic no to war’
In a message to the U.N. Security Council, Pope Francis expressed opposition to war: “We are all brothers and sisters, journeying on the same earth, dwelling in a single common home.”
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Pope Francis will likely return to the Vatican later this week
A week after undergoing abdominal surgery, Pope Francis’ recovery is going well enough that his doctors are making plans to discharge him from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican press office said.
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Vatican yearbook counts 1.3 billion Catholics—17.7% of the global population
The statistical yearbook noted “a general downward trend in the relative number of baptisms, following closely the trend in the birthrate in most countries.”
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Pope Francis tells Martin Scorsese and Catholic artists: Don’t ‘domesticate’ Jesus
Catholic artists, poets, writers and filmmakers serve the church not by trying to “domesticate” Christ but by helping people challenge and expand their knowledge of the Lord, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis recognizes martyrdom of Italian priest shot by Nazis for saving Jews
The help Father Beotti “offered to many Jewish people persecuted by the Nazi-Fascists played a decisive role” in his death, according to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.