Pope Francis, in Milan on March 25, sought to strengthen their faith and to address the dissatisfaction among young people and families due to economic difficulties, which creates fertile soil for populist movements.
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Pope Francis sees hope for European Union, urges leaders to return to roots
Pope Francis said opportunity can come by restoring “the pillars” on which the union was first founded.
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Cardinal O’Malley: Evangelization will have ‘no effect’ if the church doesn’t protect children
“If the church is not committed to child protection, our efforts at evangelization will be to no effect.”
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Pope Francis will canonize two of the children who saw Our Lady of Fatima
Jacinta and Francisco will be the youngest children ever to be recognized as saints by the church.
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How the church is combatting sexual abuse: an interview with Jesuit Hans Zollner
Father Zollner, one of the founding members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks about the resignation of Marie Collins and efforts to prevent abuse worldwide.
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Sister Simone Campbell: Women can bring about a “contemplative renewal” in the church
Sister Simone participated in the Voices of Faith conference in the Vatican on International Women’s Day, March 8.
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“Pope Francis is popular but not a populist,” prominent Argentinean theologian says
Francis is popular because he speaks in a simple, straightforward way, and people say, “I understand this pope.”
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Women’s voices in the church rise up in Rome
The Vatican’s celebration of International Women’s Day focused on ways women can work for peace through nonviolence.
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Cardinal Wuerl: Pope Francis has reconnected the church with Vatican II
Reconnecting the church “with the energy of the Second Vatican Council,” may be the pope’s greatest achievement, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington said in an exclusive interview as the fourth anniversary of the pope’s election approaches.
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Abuse survivor Marie Collins: “Resistance” from CDF led to my resignation from papal commission
“Any delay in improving safeguarding documents around the world is leaving vulnerable people and children in danger.”