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Pope’s jubilee visit to Turkey to advance political, ecumenical agenda

Nov 30, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

In Brussels, Pope Francis meets with Jesuits from Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands on Sep. 28, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope says Church must ‘confront forms of paganism’ in secularism

Oct 9, 2024
Charles Collins

Pope Francis is welcomed by Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, left, and Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri, right, at the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Credit: Omar Havana/AP.)

Cardinal says Pope Francis a ‘pilgrim of hope’ for a Europe facing a ‘demographic winter’

Sep 26, 2024
Crux Staff

Pope, President in war of words over pension protests in Argentina

Sep 21, 2024
Crux Staff

On U.S. elections, pope says Catholics must choose ‘lesser of two evils’

Sep 13, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Believers perform a traditional dance for Pope Francis as he leaves the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili on Sept. 10, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

East Timor pastors, religious hope papal visit gives boost to local church

Sep 10, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Pope opens East Timor stop saying abuse is ‘flowering all over the world’

Sep 9, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

A nun wears a crucifix and a badge showing Pope Francis as she waits for the Pope’s arrival in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, the capital’s main Catholic cathedral, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Credit: Dita Alangkara/AP.)

Pope urges Indonesian clergy, religious to foster openness, inclusion

Sep 4, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis meets with Jesuits serving in Indonesia in the capital Jakarta on Sept. 4, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Francis meets with his brother Jesuits in Indonesia

Sep 4, 2024
Crux Staff

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, popularly known as the Jakarta Cathedral is illuminated during dusk in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 8, 2024. (Credit: Achmad Ibrahim/AP.)

Cardinal says Pope Francis ‘will affirm the dynamics of the Catholic Church in Indonesia’

Sep 3, 2024
Nirmala Carvalho