The pope invited everyone to pray for all prisoners in the world, and that prisons focus on rehabilitation.
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Pope Francis to world’s bishops: Maintain ‘zero tolerance’ for child abuse
“It is a sin that shames us,” Pope Francis wrote. “Persons responsible for the protection of those children destroyed their dignity.”
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New Year calls for courage, hope; no more hatred, selfishness, pope says
“That is how one builds peace, saying ‘no’ to hatred and violence—with action—and ‘yes’ to fraternity and reconciliation,” Pope Francis said on Jan. 1.
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Nearly 4 million people visited the Vatican during the Year of Mercy
Although the total was slightly higher from the 3.2 million visitors received by Pope Francis in 2015, for a jubilee year it still fell short of the 5.9 million pilgrims who visited in 2014.
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Pope Francis and Donald Trump dominate our most read stories of 2016
Besides politics, readers were interested in stories about liturgy, racism, interfaith issues and gender.
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Pope Francis didn’t slow down in 2016 (and it doesn’t look like 2017 will be different)
Though he turned 80 a couple of weeks ago, Pope Francis did not slow down in 2016.
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In Christmas message, Pope Francis calls for peace
He prayed for people across the globe, and especially for the people of Aleppo.
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One day after Christmas, Pope Francis focuses on contemporary Christian martyrs
“There are more martyrs in the world today than in the early centuries of Christianity,” Francis told thousands of pilgrims.
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Colombia Peacemakers
In an unexpected diplomatic initiative to consolidate the fragile peace accord in Colombia, Pope Francis on Dec. 14 brought together the country’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, and his archrival, former president Senator Álvaro Uribe, a strong opponent of the accord.
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Refugee Office
Moving quickly to strengthen the Section for Refugees and Migrants in the new Vatican department for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, Pope Francis has appointed as under secretaries a Canadian Jesuit, Michael Czerny, and an Italian member of the Scalabrini Fathers, Fabio Baggio. The Vati