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Pope Francis gives a blessing to participants at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Oct. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

10 Questions (and answers) about Synod on Synodality’s Final Document

Oct 27, 2024

From its magisterial status to proposals on Church governance, here are answers to the most pressing questions about the Synod on Synodality’s final document.

Participants of the Synod on Synodality gather for a group photo on Oct. 26, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

The Synod on Synodality’s Final Document: What You Need to Know

Oct 26, 2024

The text also addresses accountability measures, calling for enhanced financial transparency, and protocols for abuse prevention.

Father Enrique “Kike” Figaredo on Oct. 23, 2024, presents Pope Francis with a wheelchair made by land mine survivors in Cambodia. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Kike Figaredo

Jesuit Priest Gifts Pope Francis a Special Wheelchair from Cambodia

Oct 25, 2024

Apostolic prefect of Battambang in Cambodia Father Enrique “Kike” Figaredo presented Pope Francis with a wheelchair made by land mine survivors in Cambodia.

Archbishop Bruno Forte speaks to journalists at the presentation of the encyclical  “Dilexit Nos” on Oct. 24, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Julia Cassell/EWTN News

Pope Francis’ New Encyclical Dilexit Nos (He Loved Us) “the key to his entire pontificate”: Archbishop, Spiritual Writer

Oct 24, 2024

Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, presented Dilexit Nos (“He Loved Us”) at a press conference at the Vatican on Oct. 24.

A smiling Pope Francis is depicted on a sign outside the APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on the occasion of the pontiff's visit, Sept. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis’ New Encyclical Letter “Dilexit Nos”: 10 Inspiring Quotes

Oct 24, 2024

Here are some of the most inspiring quotes from Pope Francis in his new encyclical “Dilexit Nos” on the divine and human love of the heart of Jesus Christ.

Pope Francis during the virtual dialogue with African Catholic students on Tuesday, 1 November 2022. Credit: PACTPAN

Pope Francis' Conversation with African Youths Continues to Drive Change as Projects Launched to Transform Communities

Oct 23, 2024

Over 40 African digital faith influencers who graduated in an eight-month formation program last month have been given the go ahead to run their projects in their zeal to transform their communities.

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’ Square for his general audience on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis: The Holy Spirit is "essential" for Unity in Marriage

Oct 23, 2024

“What can the Holy Spirit have to do with marriage, for example? A great deal, perhaps the essential…” the pope said during his general audience Oct. 23.

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis to Release New Encyclical Letter "Dilexit Nos" on the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Oct 21, 2024

The encyclical, titled “Dilexit Nos,” meaning “he has loved us,” will be published on Oct. 24.

Pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square for a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Honors Ugandan Pilgrims on 60th Anniversary of Martyrs' Canonization

Oct 20, 2024

During the Sunday Angelus prayer at St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis extended a special greeting to a large group of Ugandan pilgrims, including the Vice President of Uganda,  Jessica Alupo.

Statuary sits before imagery of the recently canonized saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Canonizes 14 New Saints, Including Consolata Missionaries Founder, Priests Martyred in Syria

Oct 20, 2024

In a Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, October 20, Pope Francis declared three nineteenth-century founders of Religious Orders and the eleven “Martyrs of Damascus” as Saints to be venerated by the global Catholic Church.

SACBC Synod delegate Archbishop Dabula Mpako of the Archdiocese of Pretoria and SACBC Communication Officer and Secretary of the Synod Commission for Information. Credit: SACBC

Pope Francis Cautions Youths in Southern Africa to Be Aware of the “traps” of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Oct 18, 2024

Pope Francis has cautioned young people in South Africa against life’s “traps” of alcohol and drug abuse.

In January 2025, Pope Francis will become the first sitting pontiff to publish an autobiographical memoir, which will be titled “Hope.” / Credit: Penguin Random House

Pope Francis to Release "first memoir published by a sitting pontiff" in January

Oct 16, 2024

The original plan had been to release the memoir after his death. However, the pope decided to publish in light of the upcoming 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Hopes for "reconciled differences" with Orthodox and Protestant Christians

Oct 16, 2024

The pope said “the climate of dialogue between the two Churches has lost the acrimony of the past and today allows us to hope for full mutual acceptance.”

Pope Francis Congratulates Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi of Kenya’s Military Ordinariate. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN)

“Good work!”: Pope Francis Congratulates Kenya’s New Military Ordinary after Short Stint as Auxiliary Bishop

Oct 14, 2024

Pope Francis has described Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi who he recently appointed Local Ordinary of Kenya’s Military Ordinariate as “a hardworking evangelizer” and “a passionate pastor”.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi (left) arrives at the Vatican for Synod on Synodality meetings on Oct. 10, 2024. The Vatican announced on Monday, Oct. 14, that the cardinal returned to Moscow to meet with Russian authorities as part of the peace mission entrusted to him by Pope Francis. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Papal Envoy for “paths of peace” Between Russia and Ukraine Returns to Moscow on Continued Vatican Peace Mission

Oct 14, 2024

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi returned to Moscow on Monday to meet with Russian authorities as part of the peace mission entrusted to him by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis addresses the faithful during the Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: "True wealth is being loved by God"

Oct 13, 2024

“Let us remember this: True wealth is not the goods of this world. True wealth is being loved by God and learning to love like him,” Francis said Oct. 13.

Pope Francis prays at the Mass in suffrage for the cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year, Nov. 2, 2022. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Writes Letter to New Cardinals: You Express the Church’s Unity

Oct 12, 2024

Pope Francis will add 21 members to the College of Cardinals at a consistory at the Vatican in December.

Pope Francis celebrated Mass on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29, 2023, where he also blessed the pallia for new archbishops. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Vatican Shares Pope Francis’ Schedule for December Consistory to Create Cardinals

Oct 12, 2024

On Dec. 8, Pope Francis will preside at a Mass with the College of Cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Young people lead a procession in Protomartyrs Square at the Vatican for an ecumenical prayer service on Oct. 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis, Synod Pray Where First Christian Martyrs of Rome Were Killed

Oct 11, 2024

The ecumenical prayer vigil Oct. 11 was held in Roman Protomartyrs Square inside Vatican City.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis, Zelenskyy Hold fourth Meeting Since Outbreak of Russia-Ukraine War

Oct 11, 2024

The Oct. 11 meeting is the fourth meeting the Ukrainian president has had with the Holy Father since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022.