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Pope Francis on record-low fertility rate: ‘Human life is not a problem, it is a gift’

May 10, 2024 Catholic News Agency 10

Pope Francis greets a young girl at a conference on Friday, May 10, 2024, on the state of birth rates in Italy and the wider West at the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, May 10, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA… […]

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Full Text of ‘Spes Non Confundit,’ papal bull for the 2025 Jubilee Year

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Pope Francis at vespers following the proclamation of the papal bull “Spes Non Confudit,” meaning “Hope does not disappoint,” at the Vatican, Thursday, May 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican City, May 9, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA).
The Cat… […]

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Pope Francis proclaims 2025 Jubilee papal bull: ‘Hope does not disappoint’

May 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis addresses the crowd at the proclamation of the papal bull “Spes Non Confudit,” meaning “Hope Does Not Disappoint,” at the Vatican on Thursday, May 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN/Vatican Pool

Vatican City, May 9, 2024 / 13:54… […]

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Why did Pope Francis invoke St. Stanislaus for peace in Ukraine and Israel?

May 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów is depicted as the patron saint of Poland in a miniature painted by Stanisław Samostrzelnik of Mogiła. / Credit: Polona Digital Library|Wikimedia|PD-Art

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 16:53 pm (CNA).
Pope … […]

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Pope Francis: Hope ‘is a gift that comes directly from God’

May 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his Wednesday general audience on May 8, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 09:13 am (CNA).
During the papal general audience on Wednesday Pope Franci… […]

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Pope Francis welcomes Vatican’s new Swiss Guard recruits

May 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

New Swiss Guards prepare to be sworn in on May 6, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Elizabeth Alva/EWTN

ACI Prensa Staff, May 7, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis received the Vatican’s Swiss Guard Corps on the occasion of the swearing-in of th… […]

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Why Tom Brady and Garth Brooks will be at the Vatican this weekend

May 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Singer-songwriter Garth Brooks (left), former NFL quarterback Tom Brady (right), and other celebrity guests will meet Pope Francis in an audience at Apostolic Palace on May 11, 2024, as participants in the Vatican’s World Meeting on Human Frater… […]

The Dispatch

Pondering the restoration of a papal title

May 6, 2024 Ines Angeli Murzaku 22

A notable change was made recently in the 2024 Pontifical Yearbook: the restoration of the papal title “Patriarch of the West”. Titles serve as significant markers of the roles individuals perform or the offices they […]

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Armed priest arrested as he tried to enter the Vatican for Pope Francis’ Regina Caeli

May 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for Pope Francis’ Regina Caeli prayer and address on Sunday, May 5, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, May 6, 2024 / 14:07 pm (CNA).
A priest armed with several weapons and dress… […]

The Dispatch

Could Edith Stein be declared the next doctor of the Church?

May 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 20

Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), pictured in 1938-1939. / Credit: Public Domain

Rome Newsroom, May 6, 2024 / 11:12 am (CNA).
Edith Stein could be declared a doctor of the Church with the title “doctor veritatis,” or “doctor of truth… […]

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