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Pope Francis carries a palm branch as he proceeds to the altar in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during Palm Sunday Mass April 2, 2023.
April 3, 2023

Pope Francis says be close to those 'abandoned' like Christ: unborn, migrants

The unborn, migrants, the elderly and the disabled are "living icons" of Jesus that call Christians to draw close to those who feel abandoned just as Christ did on the cross, Pope Francis said.

Workers prepare St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for Holy Week celebrations March 31, 2023. Pope Francis will be present in the square for the Palm Sunday Mass, the Vatican said.

Pope Francis set to leave hospital after three-day stay for bronchitis

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Pope Francis enjoyed a pizza "party" with staff on his second night at Rome's Gemelli hospital and was expected to be released from the hospital April 1, the Vatican press office said.

Members of the media are seen outside of Rome's Gemelli hospital March 30, 2023. Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital March 29 due to concerns over breathing difficulties and was diagnosed with a "respiratory infection," according to the Vatican.

Doctors report 'marked improvement' in Pope Francis' condition

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More than 24 hours after he entered the hospital, Pope Francis' doctors reported a "marked improvement" in his condition, which they attributed to treatment with intravenous antibiotics.

Pope Francis meets with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities at Maskwacis, Alberta, July 25, 2022.

Responding to Indigenous, Vatican disavows 'doctrine of discovery'

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The Catholic Church formally "repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political 'doctrine of discovery,'" a Vatican statement said.

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, attends a press conference to discuss revisions to the Code of Canon Law, at the Vatican June 1, 2021. Pope Francis has promulgated a revised section of the Code of Canon Law dealing with crimes and punishments.

Pope Francis issues updated 'Vos Estis' text for handling abuse cases

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Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse or the cover up of abuse, specifying that the leaders of Vatican-recognized international Catholic lay associations and movements have the same responsibilities over their members that a bishop has over the priests of his diocese.

March 22, 2023
Pope Francis burns incense in front of a Marian statue after consecrating the world and, in particular, Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a Lenten penance service in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 25, 2022. A year later, he asked Catholics worldwide to renew the consecration and pray for peace.

Pope Francis asks Catholics to renew consecration of world to Mary every March 25

Pope Francis has invited Catholics worldwide to renew the act of consecrating the church and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine, to Mary every March 25, the feast of the Annunciation.

Known as the “Professor of Spacewalking,” Allissa Battocletti Noffke is pictured above at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston training an astronaut in using the tools that are needed during a space mission. An alum of Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis, Battocletti Noffke, 35, also works with Mission Control when American astronauts are in space.

Faith the foundation for spacewalk prof

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The path to Easter is Christ’s Way

The path to Easter is Christ’s Way

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In this final stretch before Easter, let’s return to where we began — looking at the entirety of Christ’s way of being, as an integral whole of truth, goodness and beauty. Any other way risks removing something essential. 

March 8, 2023
Pope Francis makes the sign of the cross as he begins his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 8, 2023.

To be Christian is to share God's love, Pope Francis says at audience

The mission to spread the Gospel message of God's love and of salvation in Christ is entrusted to all the baptized who are called to work together and never set out alone, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix of Quebec as he arrives to lead his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 4, 2023. Pope Francis named him as one of five new members to his international Council of Cardinals March 7, 2023.

Cardinal Lacroix of Quebec named to Pope Francis' council of advisers

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Pope Francis named five new members to his international Council of Cardinals and renewed the mandate of four current members, the Vatican announced March 7.

Pope Francis meets with cardinals at the Vatican Aug. 29, 2022. The meeting was to reflect on the apostolic constitution "Praedicate evangelium" (Preach the Gospel) on the reform of the Roman Curia.

Pope Francis says cardinals, top Vatican officials, must pay rent on Vatican housing

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Cardinals and other senior Vatican officials who have been living rent-free in Vatican-owned apartments in Rome will now have to pay "ordinary" unsubsidized rates, Pope Francis said.

Hearing the Lenten call to conscience

Hearing the Lenten call to conscience

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Pope Francis greets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during a meeting that also included Hungarian President János Áder at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 12, 2021. The Vatican announced Feb. 27, 2023, that Pope Francis will travel to Hungary April 28-30, 2023.

Pope Francis will travel to Hungary at end of April

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Pope Francis will travel to Hungary April 28-30 where he will meet with government officials, refugees, academic scholars and young people in Budapest, the Vatican announced Feb. 27.

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