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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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