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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Pope Francis said on Monday that a withdrawn document discouraging European C… […]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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