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Pope Francis and Joe Biden meet at the Vatican, Oct. 29, 2021. Vatican Media.

U.S. President Joe Biden Says Pope Francis Told Him to "keep receiving Communion"

Oct 29, 2021

According to multiple reports, President Joe Biden on Friday said that Pope Francis told him to “keep receiving Communion.”

Journalists Protest as Vatican Cancels Live Coverage of Joe Biden Greeting Pope Francis

Oct 28, 2021

The Vatican offered no explanation for the decision.

Pope Francis gives his general audience address in the Paul VI Hall of the Vatican Oct. 27, 2021. Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis’ recommendations for Reigniting Spiritual Life after Falling Out of Practice

Oct 27, 2021

Pope Francis gave Catholics some recommendations for how to restart their spiritual life after falling out of practice.

Pope Francis greets then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the Vatican in this April 29, 2016. Vatican Media

Pope Francis "has spoken differently" than Biden on Abortion: U.S. White House

Oct 27, 2021

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s Oct. 29 meeting with Pope Francis, a White House spokeswoman acknowledged on Wednesday that “the pope has spoken differently” than Biden on abortion.

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Oct. 24, 2021. Vatican Media

Pope Francis Appeals That Migrants Not Be Sent Back to Unsafe Countries

Oct 24, 2021

Pope Francis called on the international community to stop deporting migrants to unsafe countries.

Pope Francis meets with the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2021. Vatican Media

"Our response to injustice, exploitation must be more than mere condemnation": Pope

Oct 23, 2021

Denunciation is not enough when it comes to issues of injustice, the pope said this weekend.

Pope Francis meets with the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco in Rome on Oct. 22, 2021. Vatican Media

Pope Francis Asks Religious Sisters to Pray for Him: "It is not easy to be the Pope"

Oct 23, 2021

The pope also shared a story from the life of St. Therese of Lisieux.

Pope Francis pictured on April 17, 2013. Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Pope Francis Says He Would Like to Visit “the Congo and Hungary”, among Others, Next Year

Oct 22, 2021

He confirmed that he would visit Greece and Cyprus in December.

The Official Logo of the Synod on Synodality. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Religious in Africa, Youth Share Understanding of Synodality after Launch by Pope Francis

Oct 21, 2021

Synodality is a journey, a “reversed pyramid” and an opportunity to create more engagement among the people of God, young African Catholics and women and men Religious who shared their understanding of the synod which Pope Francis launched October 10 have said.

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Pope Francis Wants Seminarians to Read This Letter from a Clerical Abuse Survivor

Oct 20, 2021

The letter urges them to ‘Please be a good priest.’

Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Oct. 20, 2021. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis Thanks Child for Giving Impromptu “lesson” at Wednesday General Audience

Oct 20, 2021

The boy approached the pope during his weekly catechesis.

Bishop Willybard Lagho of Kenya's Malindi Diocese. Credit: Courtesy photo

Inaugurated Synod Process in Kenyan Diocese to Include “those considered as outsiders”

Oct 19, 2021

The process of the Synod on Synodality inaugurated in the Catholic Diocese of Malindi in Kenya seeks to include “those considered as outsiders”, the Local Ordinary of the Kenyan Diocese has said. 

Pope Francis greets members of the Biomedical University Foundation of the Biomedical Campus University, at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Oct. 18, 2021. Vatican Media.

Catholic Healthcare is Called to Bear Witness to Human Dignity: Pope Francis

Oct 18, 2021

He was speaking on the feast of the patron saint of doctors.

Pope Francis speaks during the Angelus prayer. Vatican Media

“Quest for personal prestige (over service) a spiritual malady”: Pope Francis

Oct 17, 2021

Do good from a spirit of service, not from a desire for personal glory, Pope Francis said on Sunday.

A screenshot of Pope Francis speaking during the fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements Oct. 16, 2021. CNA

Catholic Social Teaching Has Useful Principles for Popular Movements to Follow: Pope

Oct 16, 2021

Pope Francis spoke over video call to participants in the fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements.

Archbishop-elect George Desmond Tambala. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Catholic Bishop of Malawi’s Zomba Diocese Appointed Archbishop for Lilongwe

Oct 15, 2021

Pope Francis has transferred the Local Ordinary of Malawi’s Zomba Diocese to the country’s Lilongwe Archdiocese where he will serve as Archbishop.

Pope Francis meets participants in a congress promoted by the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Services of Health Authorities at the Vatican, Oct. 14, 2021./ Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Defends Conscientious Objection to Abortion, Euthanasia in Healthcare

Oct 14, 2021

The pope was speaking to Italian pharmacists.

Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Oct. 13, 2021. Vatican Media.

The Gospel Opens Every Culture to Greater Freedom in Christ: Pope Francis

Oct 13, 2021

He was speaking at his weekly general audience.

Pope Francis celebrates a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica opening the worldwide synodal path, Oct. 10, 2021. Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Pope Francis Launches Two-year Synodal Path with Call to "encounter, listen, and discern"

Oct 11, 2021

The diocesan phase will last from October 2021 to April 2022.

Pope Francis greets the recently freed Sr. Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti at the Vatican, Oct. 10, 2021. Vatican Media.

Colombian Nun Kidnapped in Mali in 2017 Freed, Greeted, Blessed By Pope Francis at Vatican

Oct 10, 2021

Sr. Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti was kidnapped in 2017.