Catholics in China in recent years have experienced greater difficulties in the practice of their faith as a result of the crackdown on religion being carried out under the regime of President Xi Jin-ping.
Pope Francis
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Pope Francis talks climate change with Bono and both agree: Women will lead the way.
U2 frontman Bono joined Pope Francis for the launch of the Scholas International Educational Movement and its environmental project.
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Pope Francis changes canon law to allow lay brothers to lead religious orders with priests
Granting an exception to canon law, Pope Francis said men’s communities that are made up of both priests and brothers can choose one of the brothers to be a provincial superior or even the superior general.
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Pope Francis’ recipe to heal his painful knee? A shot of tequila
Doctors have prescribed a wheelchair, cane and physical therapy. Pope Francis quipped that what he really needs for the pain is a shot of tequila.
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Cardinals should use ranked-choice voting when it’s time to elect the next pope
Before he dies or retires, Pope Francis needs to make changes in the process of electing a new pope to avoid the possibility of a deadlocked conclave.
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Pope Francis: Be like Job and bring your complaints to God in prayer
“God is not afraid of our prayer of protest, no!” Pope Francis said in his Wednesday audience, during which he talked about lessons the faithful can take from the book of Job.
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Pope Francis: ‘This is our identity: we are God’s loved ones.’
At times, by over-emphasizing our efforts to do good works, we have created an ideal of holiness excessively based on ourselves.
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10 new saints exemplify ways of overcoming selfishness, Pope Francis says.
The lives of the saints prove that holiness is not an unreachable goal accomplished by a select few but comes from acknowledging and sharing God’s love, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis: Christians wanting to go backward ‘does so much harm to the church.’
Speaking at a conference on family, sexuality and marriage, Pope Francis said wanting to go back to the way things were in the past is not Christian.
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Pope Francis will visit Indigenous peoples in Canada in late July, Vatican confirms
Pope Francis will meet members of Canada’s Indigenous communities in late July, visiting the cities of Edmonton, Quebec, and Iqaluit in Nunavut, the country’s most northern region.