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Pope’s weekend: Jubilee, presidential honors, wildfires and more

Pope Francis meets with pilgrims and faithful participating into the 2025 jubilee in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Credit: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia.)

Pope’s weekend: Jubilee, presidential honors, wildfires and more

This weekend Pope Francis had a busy schedule, holding a new weekly general audience, being awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, sending condolences for wildfires devastating California, and baptizing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel.

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Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Cameroon. (Credit: Vatican News.)

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Father Yonny Durán after being hit during a protest in the Dominican Republic on Jan. 8, 2025. (Credit: Facebook.)

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Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Nigeria, speaks during a forum addressing international religious freedom issues at the United Nations in New York March 1, 2019. (Credit: Gregory A. Shemitz/CNS.)

Nigerian archbishop says no one should die because they are hungry

Jan 13
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Pope Francis shakes hands with Indian Archbishop Raphael Thattil, the major archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, during a meeting with bishops, priests and faithful from the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at the Vatican on May 13, 2024. (Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media.)

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Bishop Dominique Rey, speaking on French television in 2021. (Credit: KTO TV / Youtube screenshot.)

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Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Nigeria, speaks during a forum addressing international religious freedom issues at the United Nations in New York March 1, 2019. (Credit: Gregory A. Shemitz/CNS.)

Nigerian archbishop says no one should die because they are hungry

Jan 13
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Pope Francis shakes hands with Indian Archbishop Raphael Thattil, the major archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, during a meeting with bishops, priests and faithful from the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at the Vatican on May 13, 2024. (Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media.)

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As Jubilee starts, the motto ‘Hope does not disappoint’ is tested in India

Jan 12
Charles Collins

(Credit: Pixabay.)

No human being loved and served Jesus as much as the Blessed Virgin

Jan 12
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Bishop Dominique Rey, speaking on French television in 2021. (Credit: KTO TV / Youtube screenshot.)

French bishop resigns early after Vatican inquiry of diocese

Jan 11
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French bishop resigns early after Vatican inquiry of diocese

Jan 11
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Haiti marks 15-year anniversary of deadly earthquake, and children still need food

Jan 11
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Hindu nationalists protest outside of Christian church in northern India

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Fire crews battle Kenneth Fire in the West Hills region of Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 9, 2015. (Credit: Ethan Swope/AP.)

Los Angeles archbishop on fires: ‘We don’t know why these disasters happen’

Jan 10
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Father Joyce Kaithakottil on hunger protest. (Credit: Photo given to Crux by Father Joyce Kaithakottil.)

Syro-Malabar Church condemns hunger strike by priest in India

Jan 10
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Holy Family Chapel at Our Lady of Grace Shrine, located in Sasse-Buea in the South West Region of Cameroon. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Bishop in Cameroon wants nation to celebrate ‘good elections’ in a jubilee year

Jan 10
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Pope says ‘fake news’ foments hate, leads to acts such as Trump assassination attempt

Jan 9
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Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP, Pool.)

In facing ‘populist’ tide, Pope risks exposing Church skeletons

Jan 8
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Half a million pilgrims have crossed holy door in St Peter’s, Vatican claims

Jan 8
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A Cameroonian policeman and a gendarme patrol in Lysoka, near Buea, in Cameroon’s Anglophone South-West region, October 07, 2018. (Credit: Voice of America.)

Cameroon Bishops, government celebrate signs of return to peace

Jan 8
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Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy poses after after a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Aug. 27, 2022. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Cardinal McElroy says he prays for Trump’s success as he takes over Washington archdiocese

Jan 7
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Pope names first woman prefect of Vatican office, with cardinal as pro-prefect

Jan 7
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Cameroon Bishops tell President Biya to not seek another term

Jan 7
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Pope calls on Christians to imitate the Magi in their search for Jesus

Jan 6
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Private Catholic schools in Britain against new tax imposed on Jan. 1

Jan 6
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Fire crews battle Kenneth Fire in the West Hills region of Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 9, 2015. (Credit: Ethan Swope/AP.)

Los Angeles archbishop on fires: ‘We don’t know why these disasters happen’

Jan 10
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Father Joyce Kaithakottil on hunger protest. (Credit: Photo given to Crux by Father Joyce Kaithakottil.)

Syro-Malabar Church condemns hunger strike by priest in India

Jan 10
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Holy Family Chapel at Our Lady of Grace Shrine, located in Sasse-Buea in the South West Region of Cameroon. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Bishop in Cameroon wants nation to celebrate ‘good elections’ in a jubilee year

Jan 10
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Pope says ‘fake news’ foments hate, leads to acts such as Trump assassination attempt

Jan 9
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Half a million pilgrims have crossed holy door in St Peter’s, Vatican claims

Jan 8
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A Cameroonian policeman and a gendarme patrol in Lysoka, near Buea, in Cameroon’s Anglophone South-West region, October 07, 2018. (Credit: Voice of America.)

Cameroon Bishops, government celebrate signs of return to peace

Jan 8
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Cardinal McElroy says he prays for Trump’s success as he takes over Washington archdiocese

Jan 7
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Pope names first woman prefect of Vatican office, with cardinal as pro-prefect

Jan 7
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Cameroon Bishops tell President Biya to not seek another term

Jan 7
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Pope calls on Christians to imitate the Magi in their search for Jesus

Jan 6
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Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP, Pool.)

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2025, the Solemnity of the Epiphany. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Pope Francis meets with pilgrims and faithful participating into the 2025 jubilee in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Credit: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia.)

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Jan 13
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Bishop Dominique Rey, speaking on French television in 2021. (Credit: KTO TV / Youtube screenshot.)

French bishop resigns early after Vatican inquiry of diocese

Jan 11
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Pope says ‘fake news’ foments hate, leads to acts such as Trump assassination attempt

Jan 9
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Half a million pilgrims have crossed holy door in St Peter’s, Vatican claims

Jan 8
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Pope names first woman prefect of Vatican office, with cardinal as pro-prefect

Jan 7
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Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy poses after after a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Aug. 27, 2022. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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