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Pope Francis: Look at each other, not cell phone screens

December 15, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

A person takes a photo of Pope Francis on a cell phone during a papal audience on Dec. 10, 2022. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Dec 15, 2022 / 08:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has urged young people to look away from their cell phone screens and mak… […]

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Transparency and the mystery of Ven. Fulton Sheen’s postponed beatification

December 14, 2022 MIchael R. Heinlein 29

In a recent interview with America Media, Pope Francis — in response to a question about transparency and clergy sexual abuse — remarked: “If there is less transparency, it is a mistake.” This is a […]

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This is why Pope Francis wants you to spend less money this Christmas

December 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Pope Francis arriving at the general audience at the Vatican, Dec. 14, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Rome Newsroom, Dec 14, 2022 / 03:42 am (CNA).
Pope Francis is inviting everyone to have “a more humble Christmas” this year.At the end of his week… […]

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Pope Francis: Remain vigilant against pride and ‘well-mannered demons’

December 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis speaking at the general audience at the Vatican, Dec. 14, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Rome Newsroom, Dec 14, 2022 / 03:29 am (CNA).
Pope Francis encouraged Christians Wednesday to be vigilant against spiritual pride and the temptati… […]

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The German Crisis, the World Church, and Pope Francis

December 14, 2022 George Weigel 53

The Year of Our Lord 2023 will likely witness Catholic dramas we cannot predict now; that is the way of Providence. What we can know with certainty about next year is that the German crisis […]

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Pope Francis celebrates 53 years as a priest

December 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis / Credit: Compañía de Jesús and ACI Press / Daniel Ibañez

CNA Newsroom, Dec 13, 2022 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
On Dec. 13, 1969, just four days before his 33rd birthday, Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio — who today is Pope Francis — was ordain… […]

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Pope Francis: Our Lady of Guadalupe ‘wants to stay with us’

December 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, 2022, to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the unborn. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Rome Newsroom, Dec 12, 2022 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis c… […]

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Pope Francis to ask heads of state to pardon prisoners as Christmas gesture

December 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis at his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 11, 2022. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Dec 12, 2022 / 09:50 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will send a letter to the world’s heads of state asking them to pardon prisoners, the Vatican … […]

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Pope Francis: St. Lucy followed her conscience ‘without compromise’

December 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meeting with the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired at the Vatican, Dec. 12, 2022 / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Dec 12, 2022 / 08:04 am (CNA).
On the eve of the feast of St. Lucy, Pope Francis encouraged members of a… […]

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Pope Francis concerned about deadly clashes in South Sudan

December 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 6

Pope Francis gives his weekly Angelus address on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Dec 11, 2022 / 08:35 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Sunday he is concerned about recent deadly clashes in the northern part of South Sudan.“I foll… […]

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