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.
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Cardinal Becciu denies wrongdoing, says Pope Francis asking for his resignation was ‘surreal’
Cardinal Becciu held a press conference in what was clearly just the beginning of his battle to prove his innocence.
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Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid financial scandal
The powerful head of the Vatican’s saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resigned Thursday from the post and renounced his rights as a cardinal amid a financial scandal that has reportedly implicated him indirectly.
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Suspended Irish priest Tony Flannery calls Vatican inquiry ‘unjust’
The C.D.F. said today: ‘We did everything possible to dialogue with Father Flannery. It wasn’t always easy.’
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Pope Francis to parents of L.G.B.T. children: ‘God loves your children as they are.’
Mara Grassi told Pope Francis, “We wish to create a bridge to the church so that the church too can change its way of looking at our children, no longer excluding them but fully welcoming them.”
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Responding to critics, Vatican clarifies Pope Francis’ new encyclical is addressed to both men and women
“Fratelli tutti,” the title of Pope Francis’s new encyclical is to be understood as including both men and women, the Vatican stated today in a front-page editorial in L’Osservatore Romano, its daily newspaper, headlined “an encyclical for all brothers and sisters.”
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The Vatican is ready to renew its deal with China. Privately, officials admit they’re walking a tightrope.
Vatican officials have publicly defended the agreement with enthusiasm. Privately, they are more sober in their analysis.
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Pope Francis urges government leaders to listen to protestors
Pope Francis called on protestors to express their demands “peacefully” and appealed to government leaders to meet their “just aspirations.”
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Cardinal Tagle has tested positive for Covid-19 in Manila, and is in isolation.
Cardinal Tagle tested positive for Covid-19 on his arrival at Manila airport Sept. 10. He showed no symptoms, but is now in isolation.