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.
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Cardinals press Pope Francis to clarify divorce-remarriage stand
Four cardinals are pressing their case and arguing that the issue is dividing the Catholic Church.
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Canadian cardinal spent 9 years in a Colombian war zone. Now he serves a new periphery.
Pope Francis encouraged Cardinal Lacroix and the bishops from Quebec to be a missionary church, “a church that goes out, reaches out to people.”
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Being a saint means living a life open to God, Pope Francis says
Being a saint doesn’t require spending long hours in prayer, but rather living life open to God in good times and in bad, Pope Francis said.
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The Francis effect on Jesuit mergers: Being more present and going to the margins
The consolidation is a work in progress. The brethren have mixed feelings about it, and their provincials know it.
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Pope Francis announces aid to war stricken people of South Sudan
The war has “caused a grave humanitarian crisis that has left half of the country’s population, around 7.3 million people, hungry every day.”
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Pope to parents: Stop ‘pretending to be adolescents’
Parents must help young people see the blessing of growing into adulthood, Pope Francis told priests, religious, catechists and parish council members.
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Pope honors ‘rebel’ priests censured by the Vatican for their commitment to the poor
Pope Francis made the pilgrimage to honor two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican.