This appointment ensures that the C.D.F. is rowing with and not against the pope on key issues, including the interpretation of “Amoris Laetitia,” synodality and cooperation with the commission for the protection of minors.
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Fresh from consistory, new cardinals greet family, friends
While Europe has played a significantly weighty role in the development of Christianity, “now we see how the church is growing in numbers in Latin America, in Africa and in Asia. The pope is making this clear. This universal character of the church is very beautiful.”
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Pope Francis tells archbishops not to be ‘armchair Catholics,’ but apostles on the go
People must ask themselves whether they are “‘armchair Catholics,’ who love to chat about how things are going in the church and the world,” Pope Francis said, or if they are “apostles on the go,” who are on fire with love for God and ready to offer their lives for him.
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Pope Francis’ message of inclusion to guide U.S. Catholic leaders at historic meeting on evangelization
Some 160 bishops and 200 Catholic organizations will gather in Orlando to consider how the U.S. church can better promote the Gospel.
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Australian police charge Cardinal Pell with sex offenses
Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ chief financial adviser and Australia’s most senior Catholic, is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the church’s long-running sexual abuse scandal.
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Pope Francis appoints five new cardinals
Pope Francis tells five new cardinals not to become ‘princes’ but to serve like Jesus.
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Pope Francis tells five new cardinals not to become ‘princes’ but to serve like Jesus
Jesus “has not called you to become ‘princes’ in the church,” the pope said, but “to serve like him and with him.”
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Pope Francis: Labor unions are essential to society
Labor unions must guard and protect workers, but also defend the rights of those “outside the walls,” Pope Francis said.
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Francis makes clear his mission as pope is far from ended
The pope’s words can be read as an answer to those who hope his pontificate may end soon.
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Pope Francis will attend reconciliation events in Colombia
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos had said the pontiff promised him he would visit Colombia if the government and the rebel group signed a peace agreement.