Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Albino Luciani, the future Pope John Paul I, are pictured in Venice in September 1972 (CNS photo).

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Paul VI could be canonized in 2018

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service December 22, 2017

Canonization could take place during the Synod of Bishops, an institution Paul re-established after Vatican II.

Argentina's flag is seen as Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Oct. 11. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope Francis makes his letter to Argentine bishops on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ part of the official record

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service December 5, 2017

Pope Francis said the bishops’ document “explains precisely the meaning of Chapter VIII of ‘Amoris Laetitia.’

Pope Francis blesses people as he visits the Mother Teresa House

Faith

Gossip is ‘a kind of terrorism,’ Pope Francis says in Bangladesh

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service December 2, 2017

Devoting his last day in Bangladesh to the nation’s tiny Catholic community, Pope Francis told clergy and religious that there was no way they could promote interreligious harmony in the country if their communities were marked by gossip, division and bitterness. “There are many enemies of harmony,” the pope told priests, religious, seminarians and bishops […]

Nuns wait for the start of Pope Francis' celebration of Mass at Kyaikkasan sports ground in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Jesus maps the path to peace, reconciliation, pope says in Mass in Myanmar

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service November 29, 2017

According to the Vatican, 150,000 people attended the Mass at the Kyaikkasan sports ground.

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Politics & Society, Vatican Dispatch

Pope Francis meets with Myanmar’s powerful military generals in a break with usual protocol

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service November 27, 2017

The pope’s first meetings would usually be with the head of state and head of government.

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar military commander-in-chief, speaks during the Union Peace Conference Aug. 31 in Naypyitaw (CNS photo/Hein Htet, EPA).

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Pope Francis will meet with military commander in Myanmar

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service November 22, 2017

Gen. Min Aung Hlaing wields great political power in the country.

St. Peter's Basilica. New accusations of sexual abuse revolve around incidents that took place in a pre-seminary for young adolescents that, though run by the Diocese of Como, Italy, is located inside the Vatican. (Photo: Ilya Yak/Unsplash)

News, Politics & Society

Vatican investigating abuse at pre-seminary

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service November 20, 2017

The Vatican announced it had launched a new investigation into reports about sexual abuse in a pre-seminary for young adolescents run by the Diocese of Como, Italy, but located inside the Vatican.

St. John Paul II presents a gift to Consolata Sister Leonella Sgorbati in Milan, Italy, in this undated photo. Sister Leonella and her bodyguard were gunned down in September 2006 as they left the children's hospital where she worked in Mogadishu, Somalia. (CNS photo/PH Emmevi, EPA)

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Pope Francis recognizes martyrdom of sister killed in Somalia in 2006

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service November 9, 2017

Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian Consolata sister murdered in Somalia in 2006 and the martyrdom of a 25-year-old priest in Hungary in 1957.