Ukrainians had already experienced a “crisis of faith in the pope’s primacy,” Major Archbishop Shevchuk said, and that the pope’s latest statements were “deeply hurtful.”
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Pope Francis defrocks former Belgian bishop who admitted to abusing his nephew
Pope Francis has dismissed the former bishop of Bruges, Belgium, from the clerical state 14 years after Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation following his admission that he sexually abused his nephew.
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Pope Francis: Prudent people are great decision-makers
In his cycle of catechesis on virtues, Pope Francis focused his general audience on prudence, stating that “In a world dominated by appearances, by superficial thoughts, by the triviality of both good and bad, the ancient lesson of prudence deserves to be revived.”
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Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to meet with Vladimir Putin in Russia
Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to travel to Moscow in June to meet with Vladimir Putin, the director of the Holy See press office said.
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Pope Francis appoints Colombian bishop and U.S. laywoman to lead Vatican office for protection of minors
Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera and Teresa Morris Kettelkamp will lead the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
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When Pope Francis issued ‘Laudato Si’,’ everyone paid attention. What about now?
In issuing “Laudato Si’,” nine years ago, Pope Francis made climate change a central issue in the church’s social teaching. Are we still paying attention?
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Don’t expect definitive answers at the end of the Synod’s final October session
Pope Francis has asked the October synod to focus not on single issues but on one key question: “How to be a synodal church in mission?”
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Pope Francis defends same-sex blessings and dismisses retirement rumors in new memoir
Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so, saying in a new memoir he still has “many projects to bring to fruition.”
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11 Years of Pope Francis: What’s next?
On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle discuss what’s next for Pope Francis on the 11th anniversary of his election.
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Pope Francis: Don’t think of saints as the ‘exceptions’
The saints are “those who become themselves fully, who fulfil the vocation proper to every man or woman,” Pope Francis said in today’s general audience on the topic of virtue.