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A young Syrian mother and her child in 2015 outside their tent at an informal settlement in Deir al Ahmar, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley (CNS photo/Sam Tarling, CRS).

Politics & Society, Vatican Dispatch

Read: Pope Francis’ new interview on the struggles of migrants and refugees

by Pope Francis April 7, 2017

“The defense of human beings knows no barriers,” says Pope Francis in a conversation with the Italian journal Libertàcivili.

Pope Francis kisses a Marian statue presented by someone in the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 5. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

News, Politics & Society

Pope Francis: Religious leaders must be a model of interfaith dialogue

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service April 5, 2017

Religious people must listen to one another and speak to each other as brothers and sisters, the pope said. “Listen and speak softly, peacefully, seeking the path together.”

Politics & Society

Pope Francis Condemns Gas Attack in Syria

by America Video April 5, 2017

An injured man receives treatment inside a field hospital in Douma, Syria, after April 3 airstrikes(CNS photo/Mohammed Badra, EPA).

Politics & Society, Vatican Dispatch

Pope Francis denounces ‘massacre’ in Syria, appeals for end to war

by Gerard O’Connell April 5, 2017

Italian media report that a nerve gas was used in yesterday’s attack by the forces of the Assad regime against the rebels in this area.

Pope Francis speaks at a conference organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican on Nov. 24. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)

Amid criticism of sex abuse response, Pope Francis makes key appointments

by Nicole Winfield - Associated Press April 4, 2017

The promotion of Monsignor John Kennedy to head of the discipline section of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith was the second abuse-related appointment in recent days.

Seminarians walk on the grounds of the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, in this May 9, 2012, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis paves way for bishops to validate marriages in traditionalist communities

by Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service April 4, 2017

Pope Francis has made it possible for bishops to ensure the validity of marriages celebrated in the traditionalist communities.

People carry crosses with names of victims of gun violence during a Dec. 31 march in downtown Chicago. Hundreds of people joined the march to remember those who died by gun violence in 2016 (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World).

Faith, Vatican Dispatch

In interview, Cardinal Cupich discusses Pope Francis’ call for nonviolence in Chicago

by Gerard O’Connell April 4, 2017

The cardinal considered it “highly significant” that Francis’ letter is dated April 4—the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Cardinal Blase Cupich announces the creation of a new anti-violence initiative in Chicago on April 4.

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Cardinal Cupich launches anti-violence program in Chicago with Pope Francis’ support

by Michael J. O’Loughlin April 4, 2017

In a letter to Chicago’s young people, Pope Francis says to follow the example of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Faith, Pope Francis Homilies

Pope Francis: the cross is not a badge of belonging

by Pope Francis April 4, 2017

Then the pope asked: “What is the cross for you? Yes, it is the Christian symbol. We make the sign of the cross, but often we do not do it well.”

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Ricardo Blazquez Perez of Valladolid, Spain, during an audience with seminarians and faculty of the Pontifical Spanish College of St. Joseph at the Vatican on April 1. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)

Pope Francis: An ‘orderly and comfortable life’ is not a life for Christ

by Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service April 3, 2017

“The devil always comes in through the pocket, always,” the pope said.