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Pope Francis spoke over video call to participants in the fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements.
Children from 44 countries have already registered to take part in the rosary campaign.
When a 26-year-old Nigerian girl was first forced out on the streets of Italy by her traffickers, she was told: “You have to start smiling.”
The pope was speaking to Italian pharmacists.
He was speaking at his weekly general audience.
The ruling is not final.
Msgr. Diego Ravelli was also named head of the pope’s Sistine Chapel Choir.
The diocesan phase will last from October 2021 to April 2022.
Sr. Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti was kidnapped in 2017.
The pope outlined a three-step process for personal renewal.
The two-year process leading to the synod formally opens this weekend.
He was speaking at an interreligious gathering in front of the Colosseum.
The course was created with the Ecumenical Patriarch’s cooperation.
St. Irenaeus is revered by both Catholics and Orthodox Christians.
The foundation for Catholic healthcare will support institutions worldwide.
The report estimated that 216,000 children were abused by priests and religious over 70 years.
The pope was speaking at his weekly general audience.
Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain representatives gathered at the Vatican.
They signed the message in the Vatican’s Hall of Benediction.
Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez died Oct. 3 at the age of 94.