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Pope Francis
Memory book: Pope reviews his life and shares dreams for future
"Life: My Story Through History," published by HarperCollins, has a March 19 release date.
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Vatican
Family, community, are key to overcoming secularism, pope says
Pope Francis said people must live the experience Christian community in order to have a "life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ."
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Synod on Synodality
Pope sets up groups to study most controversial issues raised at synod
The October assembly of the Synod of Bishops will focus on "How to be a synodal Church in mission?" while 10 study groups will explore the theological, pastoral and...
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Vatican
Pope advances sainthood causes, including daughter of US author
Nathaniel Hawthorne, who authored "The Scarlet Letter" and other classics in American literature, is also the father of a woman whose cause for sainthood has taken a big...
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Vatican
Saints are not 'exceptions,' but examples of humanity's virtue, pope says
Pope Francis said the path to virtue is achieved by fully living out one's own vocation.
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Vatican
Vatican's top diplomat says Russia and Ukraine must negotiate
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said that Pope Francis' appeal for negotiations in Ukraine were not a call for surrender.
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Pope Francis
Jesus wants all people to be saved, pope says at Angelus
Before reciting the Angelus March 10, Pope Francis looked at the day's Gospel reading, Jn 3:14-21, and especially the passage that says, "For God did not send his Son...
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Pope Francis
Pope calls for the 'courage of the white flag,' negotiation, in Ukraine
Pope Francis' use of the term "white flag" while speaking in an interview about the war in Ukraine has raised questions, which the Vatican press office tried to explain...
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Vatican
Pope tells priests: 'Don't ask too much' during confession, forgive always
Pope Francis heard confessions during a Lenten penance service at a Rome parish.
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Sacraments
Act of Contrition is affirmation of God's loving mercy, pope says
In a talk prepared for the confessors in Rome's major basilicas and priests and seminarians attending a Vatican-sponsored course on confessions, Pope Francis focused on...