The new cardinals will bring the total number of cardinal electors to 128, of whom 73 will have been appointed by Pope Francis.
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Analysis: What is going on at the Vatican’s communications department?
Many are wondering after the lack of response by the Vatican to questions raised about what Pope Francis actually said about civil unions.
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Cardinal Pell, acquitted of sex abuse charges, celebrates first public Mass since returning to Rome
After being received in private audience by Pope Francis last Monday, Cardinal George Pell concluded an unforgettable week by celebrating his first public Mass in Rome since his return to the Vatican on Sept. 30.
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Cardinal Czerny on ‘Fratelli Tutti’: Pope Francis addresses a world ‘on the brink’
“We’re on the brink,” Cardinal Czerny said, because people are suffering from “a health collapse and an economic collapse, at the same moment as the Paris Climate Agreement I.O.U.s are coming in and there is a migrant situation that is dire.”
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In ‘Fratelli Tutti,’ Pope Francis identifies the paradox of populism
Dr. Anna Rowlands told America that Pope Francis ““gets populism. He gets what is the drive toward it and he rescues the notion of what it means to be ‘a people’ from the hands of the populists.”
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First Muslim to ever present a papal encyclical praises ‘Fratelli Tutti’
Jude Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Salem, an advisor to the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, praised Pope Francis as being dedicated to achieving “human fraternity.”
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In new encyclical, Pope Francis envisions ‘renewed hope’ from universal love, open to ‘every man and woman’
The encyclical letter “Fratelli Tutti” returns to many major themes of Francis’ papacy, reports America’s Gerard O’Connell, but incorporated into a grand vision of social friendship and international cooperation.
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The Vatican releases its 2019 financial statement as scandals persist
Father Guerrero emphasized that the Roman Curia is not like a corporation or company seeking to make profit: “Our mission will always tend to produce deficits, it will never generate enough funds [for our needs].”
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Interview: Assisi archbishop on the pope’s new encyclical and devotion to St. Francis
Domenico Sorrentino speaks to America about Pope Francis’ deep devotion to St. Francis of Assisi. The pope will sign his new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti,” in Assisi on Saturday, Oct. 3.
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Why is Australia’s Cardinal Pell returning to Rome?
Some media have suggested that Francis had asked Cardinal Pell to return to Rome, but there is no evidence for this assertion.