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The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis has appointed a “personal health care assistant.”
Pope Francis has asked the Catholic Church to pray for small businesses during the month of August.
The pope said that his visit to Canada was "a different journey” from the other international trips of his pontificate.
Pope Francis has urged the thousands of young people gathered at Medjugorje this week to follow the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who leads us closer to Christ.
The pope will attend the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan.
Covetousness is the “unbridled greed for possessions, always desiring to be rich,” the pope explained.
Pope Francis said Saturday that he is “open” to the possibility of retiring if he discerns that it is God’s will.
Pope Francis returned to Rome on Saturday after a week-long trip to Canada. During the July 24 to 30 trip, the pope visited Edmonton, Québec, and Iqaluit on what he called a “penitential pilgrimage” to apologize to the country’s indigenous communities.
Pope Francis has agreed with the view that the forced removal of Indigenous children and their treatment in Canada’s residential school system was a form of “cultural genocide.”
In a video message released on July 28 ahead of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis poses the question: “How can we foster an enriching encounter with migrants and refugees?”
Upon his arrival in Edmonton, the pope was greeted by representatives of Canada's indigenous peoples.
The special observance is held on the fourth Sunday in July to roughly coincide with the feast day of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus.
During his six-day trip, he’s expected to meet with and apologize to indigenous Canadians for abuses committed at Church-run residential schools.
All it takes is a phone call, together with confession, Holy Communion, and prayer.
The 37th Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis, which will take him to Canada from July 24-30, is a "penitential pilgrimage” that may also help to heal and reconcile another relationship.
Pope Francis issued a document on Friday that changed the oversight of Opus Dei. It also decreed that its leader, the prelate, can no longer be a bishop.
As Europe faces record high temperatures and summer wildfires, Pope Francis has pointed out that the poor suffer the most from heat waves, drought, and other environmental extremes.
The Vatican has issued another warning of a new schism from Germany coming out of the “Synodal Way”.
A Vatican policy published Tuesday says that the Holy See’s financial investments cannot contradict Catholic teaching.
Pope Francis has called on Catholics to counter toxicity in social media, and to engage in dialogue and education to help deal with “lies and misinformation”.