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Vatican hopes Ukraine peace will be ‘just,’ absent of ‘preconditions’

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Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

While in hospital, Pope Francis marks anniversary of his election

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Curia prays for pope, but seemingly ignores his reform for women in the Church

Mar 8
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Decline in U.S. Catholic Church doesn’t have a political solution

Mar 5
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Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire

Critics of President Trump should look at a different German leader

Mar 2
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Francis. (Credit: Ukrainian Government.)

Pope Francis’s views on Ukraine war much like other popes on war through history

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United States Vice-President JD Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Credit: Matthias Schrader/AP.)

Pope quoted by VP Vance at Munich Security Conference might see Ukraine deal as ‘not peace’

Feb 15
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"28 Days Later" release poster. (Credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures.)

Catholic Church gets its ’22 Days Later’ after Pope’s letter to U.S. bishops

Feb 12
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Pope Francis in a file photo. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Does the concept of ‘Synodality’ have running power? The history of ‘Papal Magisterium’ is mixed

Feb 10
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Handicapping papal elections a fool’s errand

Feb 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.)

Francis and Trump: Leaders who prize loyalty

Feb 4
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