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  • [ May 7, 2026 ] U.S. bishops recount year since Pope Leo XIV’s election News Briefs
  • [ May 7, 2026 ] ‘Families fight, but family is forever’: Pope Leo’s brother says the brothers limit political talk News Briefs
  • [ May 7, 2026 ] India’s religious liberty on ‘downward trajectory,’ commission says News Briefs
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Pope Francis: ‘With the truth of the Gospel, one cannot negotiate’

August 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

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

Vatican City, Aug 4, 2021 / 04:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that Christians must receive the truth of the Gospel “as it was announce… […]

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Pope Francis asks Catholics to pray in August for Church reform ‘in the light of the Gospel’

August 3, 2021 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis waves during his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 2, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Aug 3, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis is inviting Catholics around the world to pray this month that the Church receives the grace “t… […]

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Pope Francis to Medjugorje youth festival: Christ frees us ‘from the seduction of idols’

August 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 5

Pope Francis at World Youth Day in Poland, July 2016. / Marcin Kadziolka/Shutterstock.

Vatican City, Aug 2, 2021 / 08:10 am (CNA).
In a message to the Medjugorje Youth Festival on Monday, Pope Francis told young Catholics that Christ’s loving ga… […]

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Pope Francis: ‘The Lord wants a loving relationship with us’

August 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 1, 2021. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Vatican City, Aug 1, 2021 / 05:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Sunday that God wants us to move “beyond the logic of intere… […]

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Pope Francis thanks South Korea’s bishops for $1M COVID-19 vaccine donation

July 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis waves during his Angelus address at the Vatican July 25, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jul 30, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis sent a letter to South Korea’s bishops thanking them for a donation of $1 million to be used t… […]

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Pope Francis mourns ‘authoritative biblical scholar’ Cardinal Albert Vanhoye

July 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, S.J. / Marc Girard via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vatican City, Jul 30, 2021 / 05:10 am (CNA).
Pope Francis paid tribute on Friday to the late French Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, describing him as an “authoritative biblical s… […]

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Was the Sacred Liturgy made for the pope, or the pope for the Sacred Liturgy?

July 28, 2021 John A. Monaco 58

The publication of Pope Francis’ motu proprio, Traditionis Custodes, has once more lit the embers underneath ecclesiological and liturgical debates. Among the various reactions to this document include disbelief, shock, and hurt by those who […]

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Bishop Paprocki: “The problem has not been solved, but tensions have been heightened.”

July 27, 2021 Jim Graves 53

After Pope Francis released his July 16th motu proprio Traditionis custodes, which placed restrictions on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, was one of the […]

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Pope Francis to UN chief: World hunger ‘a crime that violates basic human rights’

July 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Vatican City, Jul 27, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis described world hunger on Monday as “a crime that violates basic human rights.” In a July 26 message to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, the pope calle… […]

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Fernando Karadima, former priest whose sex abuse scandal rocked Chile, dead at 90

July 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver Newsroom, Jul 26, 2021 / 14:45 pm (CNA).
Fernando Karadima, an influential former priest in Chile whose sexual abuse of minors prompted major questions about episcopal cover-ups, has died at the… […]

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