Francis called on all Christians “to work together to show to the migrants the love of God revealed in Jesus Christ.”
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Pope Francis: “I will never grow tired of condemning every form of anti-Semitism”
Pope Francis firmly condemned “every form of anti-Semitism” on the eve of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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Pope Francis meets with Congolese president
The Vatican revealed that the pope and president discussed “the good existing bilateral relations” between the Holy See and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and expressed “satisfaction” at the ratification of the framework agreement between the two countries on matters of mutual interest.
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Benedict XVI has asked Cardinal Sarah to have his name removed from the book on priestly celibacy
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI did not co-author the book ‘From the Depths of Our Hearts’ with Cardinal Robert Sarah and asked to have his name removed as co-author, according to Archbishop Georg Gänswein.
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Benedict XVI and Cardinal Sarah coauthor book on celibacy, opposing the ordination of married men
They call on the church “not to be impressed” by “the bad advocacies, the diabolical lies, the erroneous ways by which they wished to devalue priestly celibacy” in the media reporting of that synod.
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of Cardinal Sodano as dean of College of Cardinals
Francis also changed the norms of the office so that the dean would be elected to a five-year term renewable only once.
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Pope Francis tells Roman Curia: Do not fear change, it is in the nature of the missionary church
Pope Francis stressed the need for reform and a new approach to evangelization in his annual Christmas address to the Roman Curia. America‘s Vatican correspondent, Gerard O’Connell, reports.
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Pope Francis abolishes the pontifical secret for sexual misconduct cases involving clerics
Pope Francis has abolished the pontifical secret for sexual misconduct cases concerning clerics, reports America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell, a decision long called for by survivors of abuse.
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Pope Francis celebrates 50 years as a priest
On this 50th anniversary of his priesthood, Francis, who now sees himself as “the world’s parish priest,” continued working as usual with a long series of audiences in the morning, including singers and musicians who will perform in the annual Vatican concert for Christmas.
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Pope Francis appoints Cardinal Tagle to head Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
The congregation’s task has always been “the transmission and dissemination of the faith throughout the whole world.”