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Pope Francis: Halving of Jesuit numbers worldwide is a lesson in humility

December 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 13

Pope Francis speaks to Jesuits at the apostolic nunciature in Athens, Greece, Dec. 4, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Dec 16, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
In a private meeting with Jesuits earlier this month, Pope Francis said that a sharp decli… […]

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Pope Francis: EU commission guide discouraging word ‘Christmas’ was an anachronism

December 6, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference on the journey from Athens to Rome, Dec. 6, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Rome, Italy, Dec 6, 2021 / 08:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Monday that a withdrawn document discouraging European C… […]

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Pope Francis says he accepted Paris archbishop’s resignation ‘on the altar of hypocrisy’

December 6, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference on the journey from Athens to Rome, Dec. 6, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Rome Newsroom, Dec 6, 2021 / 07:21 am (CNA).
On the papal plane on Monday, Pope Francis said that he accepted the resign… […]

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Pope Francis says he will meet Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill again

December 6, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference on the journey from Athens to Rome, Dec. 6, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Rome Newsroom, Dec 6, 2021 / 06:35 am (CNA).
On the return flight from Greece on Monday, Pope Francis said that a second… […]

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Pope Francis to youth in Greece: Don’t be ‘prisoners of the cell phone’

December 6, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets with young people at St. Dionysius School of the Ursuline Sisters in Maroussi, Athens, Dec. 6, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Athens, Greece, Dec 6, 2021 / 04:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis urged young people in Athens on Monday not to be… […]

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Pope Francis in Greece: ‘Let us ask for the grace of hope’

December 5, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis offers Mass in the Megaron Concert Hall in Athens, Greece on Dec. 5, 2021. / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Dec 5, 2021 / 09:05 am (CNA).
In Athens, Pope Francis said Sunday that the Greek language gave the entire Church a word that … […]

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Smallness can be a blessing, Pope Francis tells Greece’s Catholic minority

December 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis meets with clerics, religious, consecrated persons, seminarians, and catechists at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite in Athens, Dec. 4, 2021. / Vatican Media

Athens, Greece, Dec 4, 2021 / 13:40 pm (CNA).
The sm… […]

The Dispatch

Pope Francis apologizes for mistakes of Catholics in meeting with Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens, Greece

December 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Pope Francis speaks to His Beatitude Ieronymos II and other Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens Dec. 4. / Vatican Media

Athens, Greece, Dec 4, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis apologized for the ways Catholics have contributed to division with … […]

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Pope Francis decries global ‘retreat from democracy’ in Athens speech

December 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis addresses a meeting with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece, Dec. 3, 2021 / Vatican Media.

Athens, Greece, Dec 4, 2021 / 04:55 am (CNA).
Pope Francis lamented a global “… […]

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Pope Francis to visit Greece and Cyprus ‘in the name of the Gospel’

November 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The official logo of Pope Francis’ visit to Cyprus on Dec. 2-4, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Nov 27, 2021 / 08:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis released a video message on Saturday about bringing the joy of the Gospel to Greece and Cyprus, whe… […]

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I was fortunate to be able to see Blessed John Paul II in person on two occasions, first when he visited St. Louis in 1999 and then again at World Youth Day 2000 in Rome. […]

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