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"Practical governance was not my forte and this certainly was a weakness."

The retired pope has given another interview to the journalist and author Peter Seewald.

“‘You shall not kill’ has absolute value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty.”

The meeting of cardinals and promoters of the sainthood causes, also known as an "ordinary public consistory," formally ends the process of approving a new saint.

Pope Francis has opened the door to the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta He did so this afternoon Dec 17 when he recognized the miraculous cure of a Brazilian man that took place at the end of 2008 nbsp The news was broken unofficially this evening by the Italian Catholic daily

“It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.”