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Pope Francis attends the general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Dec. 15, 2021. Vatican Media.

2022 World Peace Day Message: Pope Francis Calls for Investment in Education, Not Weaponry

Dec 21, 2021

The World Day of Peace is celebrated annually on Jan. 1.

A screenshot of the program "Pope Francis and the Invisible People," which aired on the Italian TV channel TG5 on Dec. 19, 2021. null

Pope Francis Calls Domestic Abuse "satanic" in New Television Interview Aired on Sunday

Dec 20, 2021

Pope Francis spoke to four people who have faced difficult circumstances in life, including a woman who was a victim of domestic violence and a man who spent 25 years in prison.

Pope Francis gives the Angelus address on Dec. 19, 2021. Vatican Media.

Let’s Focus on Helping Others This Christmas: Pope Francis

Dec 19, 2021

A good way to get out of a negative mood is to help others, following the example of Mary, who went to help her pregnant cousin Elizabeth, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis had a belated birthday celebration on Dec. 19 with children helped by the Vatican's Santa Marta Pediatric Dispensary. Veronica Giacometti/CNA

Pope Francis’ 85th Birthday Party Included Lots of Kids and Cake

Dec 19, 2021

Pope Francis on Sunday joined a belated celebration of his 85th birthday, thrown by the children and families helped by the Vatican’s charitable pediatric clinic.

Pope Francis meets with refugees whom he helped to bring to Italy on his 85th birthday, Dec. 17, 2021. Vatican Media

Pope Francis Celebrates His 85th Birthday with Refugees He Helped Bring to Italy

Dec 17, 2021

The group of about ten refugees are being supported directly by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis received the credential letters of seven new ambassadors to the Holy See on Dec. 17, 2021. Vatican Media

Vaccine Access a Matter of Justice: Pope Francis

Dec 17, 2021

The pope told new ambassadors that the ongoing pandemic is a reminder that “we are a global community where one person’s problems are the problems of all.”

Pope Francis speaks to Jesuits at the apostolic nunciature in Athens, Greece, Dec. 4, 2021. Vatican Media.

Halving of Jesuit Numbers Worldwide a Lesson in Humility: Pope Francis

Dec 16, 2021

‘We have to get used to humiliation,’ the pope told Jesuits in Greece.

St. Peter’s Basilica, seen through the Vatican’s Christmas tree. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis Creates New Foundation Promoting Principles of "Fratelli tutti"

Dec 15, 2021

The new body will foster spirituality, art, formation, and dialogue in the environs of St. Peter’s Basilica

Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Dec. 15, 2021. Vatican Media.

Learn from St. Joseph to Cultivate Silence: Pope Francis at Wednesday General Audience

Dec 15, 2021

The pope appealed for prayers for Haiti at his general audience.

Pope Francis prays before the Salus Populi Romani icon in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major Dec. 8, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. null

Pope Francis Appoints Commissioner to Oversee Rome 1basilica’s Financial Assets

Dec 15, 2021

St. Mary Major is one of four papal major basilicas in Rome.

The Bishop-elect of Kenya’s Diocese of Bungoma, Msgr. Mark Kadima
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Pioneer of South Sudan Apostolic Nunciature Appointed Bishop for Kenya’s Bungoma Diocese

Dec 14, 2021

The Catholic Priest who spearheaded the establishment and official opening of the South Sudan Apostolic Nunciature as its pioneer Chargé d’Affaires has been appointed Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Bungoma in Kenya. 

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Dec. 24, 2018. Vatican Media.

Christmas at the Vatican: Here are the Liturgies Pope Francis Will Celebrate This Year

Dec 14, 2021

The Vatican has published Pope Francis’ Christmas schedule for this year.

A stained glass window depicting Blessed Marie Rivier in the motherhouse of Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in France. Public domain

Pope Francis Approves Miracle Attributed to a French Nun Who Will Be Made a Saint

Dec 13, 2021

The miracle attributed to Rivier, who can now be canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church, involved the healing of a newborn baby in the Philippines in 2015.

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 12, 2021. Vatican Media.

"May Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego teach us how to always walk together": Pope

Dec 12, 2021

The pope looked ahead to the Jubilee of Guadalupe in 2031.

Pope Francis meets members of the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists at the Vatican’s Benediction Hall, Dec. 10, 2021. Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Urges Catholic Jurists to "protect the rights of the weakest"

Dec 12, 2021

The pope said that society ‘systematically excludes those without a voice.’

Pope Francis meets participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Dec. 11, 2021. Vatican Media.

Look Out for "self-referential" Founders Who Put Themselves "above the Church": Pope

Dec 11, 2021

He was speaking to members of the Vatican department overseeing consecrated life.

Pope Francis meets a delegation of people who donated the Christmas tree and the nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square and the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Dec. 10, 2021. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Avoid "fake Christmas" of Commercialism by Reflecting on God’s Closeness: Pope Francis

Dec 10, 2021

The Vatican’s 2021 nativity scene was unveiled in St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Feb. 26, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis Reaches Out to Flood Victims in South Sudan’s Malakal Diocese with Donation

Dec 9, 2021

Pope Francis has reached out to the people of God affected by floods in South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Malakal with an additional donation of US$30,000.00.

Pope Francis Accepts Retirement of Congo’s Ouesso Bishop, Appoints Successor

Dec 8, 2021

Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Bishop Yves-Marie Monot of the Catholic Diocese of Ouesso in the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville) and appointed his successor.

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 8, 2021. Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Hails "the beauty of Mary’s heart" on Immaculate Conception Solemnity

Dec 8, 2021

The pope leads the Angelus prayer on Marian solemnities, as well as Sundays.