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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Update: Vatican to announce that Pope Francis has not reconfirmed Müller as head of C.D.F.
After initial silence from the Vatican in response to news that Müller would not be reconfirmed, an official statement is expected at noon in Rome on July 1.
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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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Cardinal Pell professes innocence on sex abuse charges
Cardinal Pell will return to Australia to appear in court at a hearing scheduled for July 6.
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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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Amid scandal, Mali bishop pledges to make cardinal’s ceremony
An ailing Mali archbishop facing allegations of financial impropriety assured the Vatican on Tuesday he plans to show up at St. Peter’s Basilica to be made a cardinal by Pope Francis.
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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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Vatican worries about ‘forcibly removed’ bishop in China
The Vatican expressed “grave concern” on Monday for a Chinese bishop who it says was “forcibly removed” from his office several weeks ago and whose whereabouts are unknown.
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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.”