Pope Francis has opened the door to the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta He did so this afternoon Dec 17 when he recognized the miraculous cure of a Brazilian man that took place at the end of 2008 nbsp The news was broken unofficially this evening by the Italian Catholic daily
Gerard O’Connell
Gerard O’Connell is America’s senior Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.
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Rabbi Rosen looks to Pope Francis for new Holy Land peace initiative
“The Catholic Church could do things with political consequences if it coordinated with political leaders.”
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Francis as Bridge-Builder
The Holy Year of Mercy arrives in advance in this land that has suffered from war.
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Pope Francis: “We have to put mercy before judgment.”
Today the pope opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
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Pope Francis tells President Aquino of the Philippines: “Always bring peace.”
The pope’s words come as the peace process to end a 45-year-old conflict between the government and separatist rebels seems to have stalled.
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Celebration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy will recall fruits of Vatican II
After Pope Francis opens the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 8, the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council, Holy Doors will be opened in all the cathedrals of the world on Dec. 13.
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Pope Francis on Paris climate change summit: “It’s either now or never.”
On the flight from Bangui to Rome, the pope addressed questions on COP21, Vatileaks, Islam
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In Bangui, Pope Francis Seeks to Create the Conditions for Peace in the Central African Republic.
Pope Francis put peace and reconciliation in the CAR at the center of international attention by his visit here, during which he sought to create the conditions for this by, among other things, opening the Jubilee Year of Mercy in Bangui’s cathedral.
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Pope in Bangui: ‘I come as a pilgrim of peace and a messenger of hope.’
Pope Francis was given a tremendous welcome by tens of thousands of Central Africans when he arrived in this conflict-torn land.
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Pope ends visit to Uganda, travels to Central African Republic
On his last day in Uganda, he repeatedly urged Christians here to draw inspiration from their martyrs.