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Pope Francis names Franciscan sister to No. 2 position in Vatican City State

November 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Sr. Raffaella Petrini meets Pope Francis. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Nov 4, 2021 / 08:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Thursday appointed Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini to the second-ranking position in the government of the Vatican City St… […]

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Pope Francis offers Mass for souls of 208 deceased bishops, cardinals

November 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for recently deceased cardinals and bishops, Nov. 4, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News/Vatican Pool.

Vatican City, Nov 4, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Thursday for the … […]

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Pope Francis asks Catholics to pray in November for people suffering depression

November 3, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Nov. 3, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Nov 3, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has asked Catholics around the world to pray in November for people suffering from depress… […]

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Pope Francis: ‘The supreme rule regarding fraternal correction is love’

November 3, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Nov. 3, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Nov 3, 2021 / 04:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that fraternal correction must always be guided by love.Speaking at the … […]

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Pope Francis to COP26: ‘Now is the time to act, urgently, courageously, and responsibly’

November 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis, pictured on April 17, 2013. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Vatican City, Nov 2, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis told world leaders attending a United Nations climate summit on Tuesday that “now is the time to act, urgently, coura… […]

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Pope Francis: ‘Let us not forget that crises are also windows of opportunity’

November 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 7

Pope Francis, pictured on July 30, 2016. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Vatican City, Nov 2, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
The world is facing ecological, social, and healthcare crises, but it is vital to remember that “crises are also windows of opportu… […]

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Pope Francis: Free children from ‘brutal yoke of labor exploitation’

November 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

null / Wagner T. Cassimiro Aranha via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) .

Vatican City, Nov 2, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis called on Tuesday for renewed efforts to free children from “the brutal yoke of labor exploitation.”In a message to a virtual for… […]

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Pope Francis prays for deceased popes on All Souls’ Day

November 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis prays before the tombs of deceased popes in the crypt beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, Nov. 2, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Nov 2, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Tuesday prayed before the tombs of deceased popes in the … […]

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Pope Francis celebrates All Souls’ Day Mass at military cemetery in Rome

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Pope Francis visits the French Military Cemetery in Rome, Nov. 2, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Rome, Italy, Nov 2, 2021 / 06:15 am (CNA).
Pope Francis visited a military cemetery in Rome to pray on All Souls’ Day and offered Mass for the faithful depa… […]

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Communion, communications, and (more) Vatican confusion

October 31, 2021 Christopher R. Altieri 41

The kerfuffle over Pope Francis’s putative remarks to US President Joe Biden has kicked up a good bit of dust in Catholic circles – understandably – but it has also uncovered some of the dysfunction […]

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This week saw several moments of high drama in the on-going (soap opera-like?) controversy involving the Vatican and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. To recap: On Sunday, Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, prefect of the […]

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