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Pope Francis greets orphans and refugees in Indonesia

September 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis at the apostolic nunciature in Jakarta with refugee children. / Credit: Vatican Media

Madrid, Spain, Sep 3, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis has established certain habits over the years that have become beautiful traditions.One… […]

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Pope Francis sends telegram of condolence to Cardinal Parolin after mother’s death

September 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Pietro Parolin. / Claude Truong-Ngoc via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vatican City, Sep 3, 2024 / 10:15 am (CNA).
Pope Francis sent a telegram of condolence on Tuesday to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin followin… […]

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Pope Francis begins historic apostolic journey to Southeast Asia and Oceania

September 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 8

Indonesian police direct traffic next to billboards displaying a welcome message for Pope Francis in Jakarta on September 2, 2024. / Credit: BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images

Vatican City, Sep 2, 2024 / 08:18 am (CNA).
Pope Francis departed Rome … […]

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Pope Francis urges release of hostages, aid for polio outbreak in Gaza

September 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Speaking to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus prayer on Sept. 1, 2024, the pope called for peace in the Holy Land, urging the release of the remaining hostages and humanitarian aid for the polio outbreak in Gaza. The… […]

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This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of September

September 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis prays during his general audience on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Sep 1, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of September is for … […]

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Pope Francis opposes idea to ‘dissolve’ 400-year-old missionary university in Rome

August 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis addresses members of the Dicastery for Evangelization, who are meeting in an extraordinary plenary assembly Aug. 29–30, 2024, to discuss the future of the Pontifical Urban University, which educates priests and religious from the Ca… […]

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Cardinal Suharyo decries how corruption in Indonesia is hurting the poor

August 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo leads a Christmas Mass at Jakarta Cathedral in Jakarta on Dec. 25, 2023. / Credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images

Vatican City, Aug 28, 2024 / 14:37 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, t… […]

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Pope Francis meets Middle East Catholic bishops amid fears of all-out war in region

August 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets with the bishops of the Arabian region on Aug. 28, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 28, 2024 / 12:50 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis met Wednesday with the Latin-rite Catholic leaders of some of the Midd… […]

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Pope Francis: Intentionally hurting migrants ‘is a grave sin’

August 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his general audience on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 28, 2024 / 11:06 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Wednesday those who knowingly and intent… […]

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Pope Francis receives Ecuador’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Edmundo Uribe

August 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis receives Edmundo Uribe on Aug. 26, 2024. The audience took place in the run-up to the International Eucharistic Congress, which will take place in Quito, Ecuador, from Sept. 8–15, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 27,… […]

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