Retired Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie sought Rome’s permission to ordain married, Indigenous clergy in 2011, but got nowhere with the proposal.

Married priest debate set to rise again

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When bishops start talking this fall about ordaining married men to serve as priests in their own, remote, Indigenous communities in the Amazon, bishops in northern Canada will be listening closely.

Pope Francis.

Pope Francis: Must overcome indifference, apathy to fight hunger

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VATICAN CITY -- If the world is to succeed in eradicating the scourge of hunger, it must first fight against the indifference, apathy and broken promises that allow the crisis to continue, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis leads an audience with members of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations at the Vatican June 22.

Doctors are called to be ‘servants’ of life

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VATICAN CITY -- Catholic doctors have a mission to show God’s compassionate love to those who are suffering and to defend life at all stages, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 26, 2019.

U.S. bishops join Pope Francis reacting to photos of drowned migrant father, child

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. bishops joined Pope Francis in expressing sadness after seeing photos of the lifeless bodies of a migrant father and his daughter who drowned near the U.S. border with Mexico.

Pope Francis meets with participants attending the International Youth Forum during an audience at the Vatican June 22, 2019.

Pope Francis announces themes for upcoming WYD celebrations

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VATICAN CITY -- Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate on the path of Christian life that God has called them to walk.

St. John Paul II swings a St. Louis Blues’ hockey stick given to him by young people during his visit to the Kiel Center in St. Louis for a rally on Jan. 26, 1999.

Was there a little help from a friend?

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ST. LOUIS -- Before the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins in Game 7 on June 12 to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in the team’s 52-year history, Twitter was alive with hopes for a little divine intervention for such a victory — maybe even from St. John Paul II.

Pope Francis attends a conference on theology and the Mediterranean in Naples, Italy, June 21, 2019.

Patriarch criticizes European governments on immigration

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NAPLES, Italy -- The Mediterranean Sea, which has been and again could be a route for a meeting of peoples and cultures, instead is a "border not to be crossed" between the poor South and the wealthy North, said Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.

Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris celebrates Mass in the Chapel of the Virgin inside Notre Dame Cathedral June 15, 2019. It was the first Mass since a huge blaze devastated the landmark building in April.

Mass returns to Notre-Dame

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PARIS -- The archbishop of Paris wore a hard hat as he celebrated the first Mass in Notre Dame Cathedral since a huge blaze devastated the landmark building in April.

A firefighter hands Pope Francis a fire helmet made specifically for him to wear June 16, 2019, as he visits the Camerino cathedral, which suffered major damage during an earthquake in October 2016.

Don't let quake shake your hope, Pope Francis tells earthquake survivors

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CAMERINO, Italy -- Wearing a firefighter's helmet painted white and gold for the occasion, Pope Francis entered the earthquake-damaged cathedral in Camerino and prayed before a statue of Mary missing the top of its head.

Tourists walk around the tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City, June 13, 2019. Following the successful cooperation on the 2016 restoration of the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the leaders of the Greek Orthodox, Catholics and Armenian Orthodox, who serve as guardians of the holy site, have signed an agreement to continue with restorations, this time on the pavement and foundations around the tomb.

Holy site preparing for more repair work

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JERUSALEM -- Following the successful cooperation on the 2016 restoration of the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the leaders of the three churches who serve as guardians of the holy site have signed an agreement to continue with restorations, this time on the pavement and foundations around the tomb.

Pope Francis listens to a question from Romanian journalist Cristian Micaci aboard his flight from Sibiu, Romania, to Rome June 2.

Plane speaking: Behind the scenes of the Pope's in-flight press conferences

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis’ in-flight news conferences are arguably less newsy than when his pontificate began, mostly because he has been insisting the past few years that most of the questions refer to the trip that is concluding.

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