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Pope Francis is pictured during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 24.

Just a few meetings is 'fake', not enough for marriage preparation, Pope says

VATICAN – Every heart longs for unconditional love and fidelity, Pope Francis said.
Cardinal Raymond Burke was the keynote speaker at a conference for young people organized by Voice of the Family, a coalition of pro-life and pro-family groups. Cardinal Burke is pictured leaving a papal audience at the Vatican in this Dec. 22, 2016, file photo.

Cardinal Burke urges Catholic youth to not compromise with the world

ROME – Cardinal Raymond Burke urged Catholic young people attending a conference to hold fast to the teachings of Jesus Christ and to resist temptations by a “profoundly secularized culture” to change the Church into “one more Protestant denomination.” 

Pope Francis greets a participant during a meeting with seminarians from Italy's Lombardy region at the Vatican Oct. 13.

Doubt helps us discern God's will, Pope tells seminarians

VATICAN – Having some doubts is definitely better than having no doubts at all, Pope Francis told a group of seminarians.
Pope Francis and Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, share an umbrella as they leave a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 11.

God wants 'deep spiritual renewal' in church marred by clericalism, Pope says

VATICAN  Catholics need to help the church along a path of "deep spiritual renewal," Pope Francis told Jesuits from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Emilie Callan, center, a synod delegate from Canada, attends a working group at the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 10.

Inspire young people to be 'everyday saints,' Los Angeles archbishop says

VATICAN – To "capture the imagination" of young people and inspire them, church leaders should offer them the example of modern saints and call young people to be "everyday saints, each in his or her own way," said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles.
Pope Francis embraces a sick boy during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 17.

Indifference to lives of others kills, Pope says

VATICAN – Hurling insults and being indifferent to other people's lives is the first step along the winding path that leads to killing them, at least figuratively, Pope Francis said.
A man holding a portrait of St. Oscar Romero prays during an Oct. 13 Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua.

Salvadoran archbishop asks Pope to make Romero first Latin American 'doctor of the church'

VATICAN – Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador asked Pope Francis to proclaim St. Oscar Romero the church's first Latin American "doctor of the church."
Pope Francis holds up five fingers to represent the Fifth Commandment as he speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 10.

Religions are meant to build bridges, pursue peace, Pope says

VATICAN – Religions, which are meant to build bridges, contradict their very nature if they stop pursuing the path of peace, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis uses incense to venerate relics as he celebrates the canonization Mass for seven new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 14. Among the new saints are St. Paul VI and St. Oscar Romero.

Relics offer physical reminder that saints were real people, Pope says

VATICAN – Pope Francis and many people attending the canonization Mass in St. Peter's Square were alive when St. Paul VI and St. Oscar Romero were alive, but the new saints' relics and those of five other people canonized Oct. 14 still were present at the Mass as reminders that the saints were flesh-and-blood people who lived holy lives.
Pope Francis and prelates pray at the start of a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 11.

'Young people are tired of Pharisees, we need fathers,' synod observer says

VATICAN  – The Catholic Church must be a place of justice and mercy, and its members must be catalysts for change, some young observers said at the Synod of Bishops Oct. 11.
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 11.

Adults must keep eyes on Christ to help young people, Cardinal Cupich tells synod

VATICAN – Unless they recognize themselves as sinners rescued by Jesus, adults cannot be effective in helping young people find the path to faith and doing God's will, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago told the Synod of Bishops.
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