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In an interview with the Argentine newspaper, La Nacion, the pope said he will continue pressing for a church that is open and understanding despite opposition from some clerics who "say no to everything." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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"I want a church that is open, understanding, that accompanies families who are hurting," Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI during a June 28 ceremony at the Vatican marking the 65th anniversary of the retired pope's priestly ordination. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
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The retired pope has given another interview to the journalist and author Peter Seewald.
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During his trip to Poland for World Youth Day, Pope Francis will go to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp. He said he wants to go alone and say nothing.
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The superior general of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X said Pope Francis, rather than denouncing errors in Catholic doctrine, has "encouraged" them."The Society of St. Pius X prays and does penance for the pope, that he might have the strength to proclaim Catholic faith and
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The site—www.laudatosi.va—"witnesses not only to the impact of the encyclical, but also the creativity and generosity of the people of God everywhere in the world."
Pope Francis speaks during the opening of the Diocese of Rome's annual pastoral conference at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome June 16. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters)
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“A large majority of sacramental marriages are null. They say 'yes, for my whole life,' but they do not know what they are saying.”
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople delivers a blessing during a 2014 Divine Liturgy attended by Pope Francis in the patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Church leaders who decide not to attend, he said, bear responsibility for reneging on their commitment to realizing "this vision held over many years, which all our churches cherish, to declare and proclaim the unity of our Orthodox Church."
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Opening the Year of Mercy jubilee celebration for the sick and persons with disabilities, Redemptorist Father Cyril Axelrod insisted sign language, tactile sign language and body language are "gifts of the Holy Spirit."
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Catholics and Lutherans are finding common ground in what Cardinal Kasper described as "the original, fundamental" emphasis of Martin Luther, "which is the Gospel of grace and mercy and a call to conversion and renewal."
Pope Francis talks with Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the new apostolic nuncio to the United States, during an April 21 meeting at the Vatican. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
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"The difficulty or the challenge," he said, is "to listen, to be careful about what's going on, to understand, to exercise dialogue...to discover the beauty, the richness of the culture of the people."