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• International scholars express concerns about John Paul II Institute

  Vatican City, Aug 15, 2019 / 04:17 pm (CNA).- A group of 49 academics from universities around the world has asked the administrators of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome

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• Pope Francis gives thousands of rosaries to Christians in Syria

  Vatican City, Aug 15, 2019 / 05:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis announced Thursday that he is giving 6,000 blessed rosaries to Catholic communities in Syria as a sign of his closeness on

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• Pope Francis: In times of suffering, know that you are never alone

  Vatican City, Aug 13, 2019 / 10:45 am (CNA).- Pope Francis wrote a heartfelt letter Tuesday to an Italian community still suffering one year after a bridge collapse. His message:

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• Pope Francis prays for monsoon victims in India

  Vatican City, Aug 12, 2019 / 09:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis offered prayers and condolences Monday for the victims of monsoon flooding in southern India that has left more than 150

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• Pope Francis: War is always a loss for all humanity

  Vatican City, Aug 11, 2019 / 09:14 am (CNA).- Pope Francis marked the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions Sunday with a message urging the protection of life and human dignity

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• Pope Francis: Ordination of married men 'absolutely not' main theme of Amazon synod

  Vatican City, Aug 9, 2019 / 06:38 am (CNA).- The ordination to the priesthood of mature, married men, sometimes called viri probati, is among the topics to be addressed at

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• True wealth is found in Jesus Christ, not money, Pope Francis says

  Vatican City, Aug 7, 2019 / 04:26 am (CNA).- Pope Francis Wednesday criticized those who give more consideration to money than the sacraments or helping others find true wealth

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• Iraqi patriarch to Pope Francis: Chaldean Church is 'a church of martyrs'

  Vatican City, Aug 6, 2019 / 08:40 am (CNA).- The Chaldean Catholic Church is a Church of martyrs, Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako of Babylon told Pope Francis this

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• McCarrick's grooming tactics shown in letters to seminarians and abuse victims

  Vatican City, Aug 6, 2019 / 08:14 am (CNA).- Letters from Theodore McCarrick to his abuse victims were published Tuesday by the Associated Press, in advance of a promised Vatican

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• Amid JPII Institute controversy, Benedict XVI meets with recently dismissed professor

  Vatican City, Aug 5, 2019 / 01:08 am (CNA).- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI met last week with a recently dismissed professor of moral theology at Rome’s Pontifical John Paul II

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