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A group of Franciscans representing the four branches of the Franciscan family arrive in St. Peter's Square March 12 after walking from Assisi to Rome.

Pope tells Franciscans to stay true to charism

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis urged Franciscan friars to hold true to their charism of fraternity, humility and poverty and not lose the respect they have earned over the centuries for living up to those ideals.

The Institute for the Works of Religion, popularly known as the Vatican bank, is seen in a 2009 photo.

Vatican bank posts large profit, continues review of account holders

VATICAN CITY - The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank, showed a large jump in profits in 2014 as it continued to winnow its accounts.

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 24.

Pope, in interview, talks about his daily habits, hopes, concerns

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said he wants to be remembered as "a good person who tried to do good. I cannot ask for anything more than that."

CCN Ottawa correspondent Deborah Gyapong meets Pope Francis at the Vatican May 8.

Great joy praying with Francis

VATICAN CITY - On May 8, I had the joyful privilege of meeting Pope Francis following one of his private Masses at his residence at Casa Santa Marta inside Vatican City.

A man hugs a tree while celebrating World Environment Day in a forest in Nepal.

Greenbacks and the green economy: Ecology is good business

VATICAN CITY - Consumers want products that are environmentally friendly, and businesses that are not on board are already starting to feel the pinch, said the CEO of the multinational Unilever.

Girls dressed up as Blessed Mother Teresa during an Aug. 26 event to commemorate her 104th birth anniversary in a school in Bhopal, India. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Aug. 26, 1910, to Albanian parents in Skopje, in present-day Macedonia . She died in 1997 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

Mother Teresa's canonization in 2016 only hypothetical, says Vatican

VATICAN CITY - Despite reports in the Italian press that Blessed Teresa of Kolkata's canonization has been set for Sept. 4, 2016, a Vatican spokesman says the date is only hypothetical and cannot be confirmed.

Pope Francis smiles as he plays with a basketball next to a members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 6.

Pope gives coaches game plan for building team spirit, ethical players

VATICAN CITY - Coaches need to show integrity, fairness, patience, joy and kindness, especially toward those who are struggling, Pope Francis said.

Sister Sharon Holland, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, said the organization is pleased to be "going on with our normal life, so to speak," now that the Vatican's mandate to reform the group has concluded. She is pictured in a 2014 at the Vatican.

LCWR goes on 'with our normal life' after mandate ends, official says

WASHINGTON - The president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said the organization is pleased to be "going on with our normal life, so to speak," now that the Vatican's mandate to reform the group has concluded.

Cardinal Peter Turkson said that Pope Francis is publishing the encyclical on the environment to remind people that their choices are moral in nature when it comes to creation.

Protecting people means protecting the planet, Turkson says

ROME - Pride, greed and selfishness are destroying the planet just as they destroy human lives, said Cardinal Peter Turkson.

Pope Francis reviews the honour guard with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during an arrival ceremony at the presidential palace in Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014.

Vatican-Palestine accord supports 'two-state' solution

VATICAN CITY - Vatican and Palestinian representatives have finalized the text of a formal agreement recognizing freedom of religion in the "State of Palestine" and outlining the rights and obligations of the Catholic Church, its agencies and its personnel in the territory.

Pope Francis’s Twitter messages are retweeted more than 9,900 times on his Spanish account and more than 7,500 times on his English account.

Study confirms Pope’s Twitter influence

VATICAN CITY - When Pope Francis tweets, the world listens.

According to “Twiplomacy,” a study of the Twitter accounts of world leaders and their retweet rates, U.S. President Barack Obama has the most Twitter followers, but Pope Francis’ @Pontifex is the most influential Twitter account — his average “retweet” and “favorite” rate is more than eight times higher than Obama’s.

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