The forthcoming joint message will ask people of all faiths “to adopt a respectful and responsible approach toward creation.”
Pope Francis
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Pope Francis: God wants people to dream big, not listen to cynics
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is like an “arsonist,” the pope said, setting people’s hearts ablaze.
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Sean Spicer finally gets to meet Pope Francis
Mr. Spicer, a Catholic, had expressed a desire to meet Pope Francis in May, but he was left off the list of U.S. officials who accompanied President Trump to the Vatican.
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Pope Francis: Catholic politicians should be guided by the church’s moral and social teachings
The pope said that church teaching can contribute to a more humane and just society, but only if the church is allowed a voice in answering “the great questions of society in our time.”
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Pope Francis’ comments on the liturgy need to be heard by traditionalists and reformers alike
Did Pope Francis snub Latin-Mass goers? Or is he taking their concerns seriously?
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Five reasons Pope Francis embraces the Vatican II liturgy
With his speech last week, Pope Francis has definitively and unequivocally put his weight behind a liturgical movement.
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Pope Francis will visit Myanmar and Bangladesh in November
Francis will be the first pope to visit Myanmar, a majority Buddhist country of some 55 million people
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Pope Francis: Jesus made Peter and his successors, the bishops of Rome, the center of communion in the church
His words would appear to be a gentle but firm reminder especially to the minority of Catholics who are challenging his authority.
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Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the Vatican II liturgical reform is ‘irreversible’
The reform of the liturgy introduced by Vatican II is here to stay.
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Polish archbishop thinks Vatican will recognize Medjugorje apparitions
An archbishop who inspected the Medjugorje shrine believes the Vatican will recognize the Marian apparitions, but Pope Francis has said of them, “This is not the mother of Jesus.”