Sixteen-year-old Giuseppe Chiolo had come to the Vatican by ambulance from Florence.
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI finds greater challenges in Gospels as he ages
With age comes finding greater challenges in the Gospels, Pope Benedict XVI says.
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Pope Benedict: Pope Francis is better at reforming the Curia
“Practical governance was not my forte and this certainly was a weakness.”
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Pope Francis’ fall schedule is full of chances for ecumenical dialogue
Divided Christians are finding more opportunities to pray together and engage in joint work to help the poor and needy.
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Pope Francis declined a direct Vatican role in choosing judges for Columbia’s peace tribunal
Pope Francis declined to help choose the judges, but “reiterates his support for the goal of attaining the peace and reconciliation.”
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Pope Francis asks Jesuits to teach diocesan priests the art of discernment
“The shades of grey prevail in life. We must them teach to discern in this gray area.”
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The mercy-filled life: Mother Teresa embodied what Pope Francis teaches
“Where Mother pushed the Missionaries of Charity was to the edge, to the most difficult places…all the time, everywhere.”
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Pope Francis prays for exploited women, Mary’s intercession on feast of Assumption
The pope prayed that exploited women soon would be able to live “a life of peace, justice and love in expectation of the day they finally will feel held by hands that do not humiliate them, but tenderly lift them and lead them on the path to life.”
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For Pope Francis, Mother Teresa is model of mercy at work, fueled by prayer
There are poor peacemakers like Mother Teresa “who give their lives to help one person, then another and another and another,” Pope Francis said.
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Checking in: Pope invites Vatican-sponsored Syrian refugees to lunch
While the Vatican is covering the living costs of the 21 refugees, they are being housed and resettled by the Community of Sant’Egidio, a lay community based in Rome.