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  • Pope’s 2019: Preaching the Gospel globally, dealing with scandals

    Pope’s 2019: Preaching the Gospel globally, dealing with scandals

    • Dec 15, 2019

    For Pope Francis, 2019 included his sixth anniversary as pope, his 83rd birthday and his 50th anniversary as a priest, but it also was a year that saw him still confronted with the clerical sexual abuse crisis and with Vatican financial scandals.

    By Cindy Wooden
  • Pope marks 50 years as a priest by presenting writings of his spiritual director

    Pope marks 50 years as a priest by presenting writings of his spiritual director

    • Dec 14, 2019

    As part of the celebrations for his 50th anniversary of priesthood, Pope Francis chose to personally present a multi-volume collection of writings by his longtime spiritual director, the late Jesuit Father Miguel Angel Fiorito.

    By Cindy Wooden
  • USCCB president urges special prayers for pope’s 50 years as a priest

    USCCB president urges special prayers for pope’s 50 years as a priest

    • Dec 8, 2019

    The Catholic faithful across the United States are being invited to pray for Pope Francis as he celebrates 50 years as a priest.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Call me ‘Father’: Pope’s priestly vocation is his favorite gift

    Call me ‘Father’: Pope’s priestly vocation is his favorite gift

    • Dec 8, 2019

    In Caravaggio’s painting of Matthew, the sinful tax collector being called by Jesus to “Follow me,” Pope Francis sees the same unexpected, grace-filled moment found in his own call to the priesthood.

    By Carol Glatz
  • Pope anniversary marked by Pell sentencing, scandal fallout

    Pope anniversary marked by Pell sentencing, scandal fallout

    • Mar 13, 2019

    Pope Francis marked his sixth anniversary as pontiff in prayer Wednesday, attending a weeklong spiritual retreat with his closest advisers. Elsewhere in the world, one of his cardinals was sentenced for sex abuse and a new poll found American Catholics are increasingly questioning their faith because of the scandal.

    By Nicole Winfield
  • ‘Scourge of abuse, internal attacks’ mark pope’s sixth year in office

    ‘Scourge of abuse, internal attacks’ mark pope’s sixth year in office

    • Mar 12, 2019

    Catholics cannot place blame for the sexual abuse crisis on “those who came before us” in an attempt “to present ourselves as ‘pure,'” said the editorial director of the Vatican media outlets.

    By Cindy Wooden
  • Pope by numbers: Vatican releases statistics of Francis’s pontificate

    Pope by numbers: Vatican releases statistics of Francis’s pontificate

    • Mar 19, 2018

    In just five years as leader of the universal church, Pope Francis has made 22 international trips, traveling 154,906 miles — the equivalent of six times around the world.

    By Carol Glatz
  • Church in India marks Francis at 5 years

    Church in India marks Francis at 5 years

    • Mar 13, 2018

    Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro – the Apostolic Nuncio to India – and 33 bishops from all over India celebrated Mass to mark the 5th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis.

    By Nirmala Carvalho
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    • Mar 2, 2021
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    • Mar 3, 2021
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    • Feb 28, 2021

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    A timeline of disaster and displacement for Iraqi Christians
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    • Mar 5, 2021
  • U.S. Congressman calls papal visit to Iraq ‘miraculous’
    U.S. Congressman calls papal visit to Iraq ‘miraculous’
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    • Mar 5, 2021
  • Iraqi Christians heartened by determination, stubbornness of Pope Francis
    Iraqi Christians heartened by determination, stubbornness of Pope Francis
    • Paulina Guzik
    • Mar 5, 2021
  • Papal visit to ‘shine a light’ on plight of Christian Iraqis, U.S. religious freedom commissioner says
    Papal visit to 'shine a light' on plight of Christian Iraqis, U.S. religious freedom commissioner says
    • John Lavenburg
    • Mar 5, 2021
  • Visit by Pope gives hope to all Iraq’s minorities, not just Christians
    Visit by Pope gives hope to all Iraq's minorities, not just Christians
    • Inés San Martín
    • Mar 5, 2021
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    • Mar 4, 2021
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