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A statue of Martin Luther is seen onstage as Pope Francis arrives for an audience with a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 13. The pope will visit Sweden Oct. 31-Nov. 1 for commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

Ecumenical papal trip: Touching the Christian heart of secular Sweden

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis' recent insistence on "walking ecumenism," the notion that Christians will draw closer to each other as they work together to help the poor, should resonate well with Lutherans and Catholics in Sweden.

Martin Luther, a German monk and key figure in the Protestant Reformation, is depicted in this painting at a church in Helsingor, Denmark. Pope Francis will visit Sweden Oct. 31-Nov. 1 for commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

Sorrow and joy: Marking the Reformation with honesty about the past

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VATICAN CITY – As Catholics and Lutherans prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation, Pope Francis said they should feel "pain for the division that still exists among us, but also joy for the brotherhood we have already rediscovered."

Pope Francis said during during his general audience in St. Peter's Square Oct. 26 that closing doors to migrants and refugees is not the answer.

Walls aren't answer to people fleeing war, climate change, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – Closing doors to immigrants and refugees is not the answer – in fact, it only helps encourage the crime of human trafficking, Pope Francis said.

CPJ executive director Joe Gunn moderated a panel of faith leaders at a conference on ending poverty at Saint Paul University Oct. 20.

Faith communities are integral to healing poverty

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OTTAWA – Faith communities are an integral component in the struggle to overcome poverty, faith leaders told a conference on the subject.

Pope Francis speaks at the Jesuits' 36th general congregation in Rome Oct. 24. Pope Francis, a Jesuit, met his Jesuit brothers after the election of a new superior but did not participate in the election.

Pope tells Jesuits to walk to peripheries, be open to future

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ROME – Pope Francis, speaking both as pope and a Jesuit, asked members of the Society of Jesus to continue to journey to where Christ is most needed, and always ask God for consolation, compassion and help in discernment.

Catholic doctors are concerned that they will be forced to provide an “effective referral” for patients seeking assisted suicide. It has some thinking they may have to resort to civil disobedience to get around the policy being set by physician colleges.

Catholic health workers face crisis of conscience

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TORONTO – Dr. Luigi Castagna doesn’t think of practicing medicine as a protest movement. But a stalemate over conscience rights for doctors who object to physician-assisted dying may change that.

Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, the new superior general of the Jesuits, speaks at a press conference in Rome Oct. 18. Also pictured are Jesuit Father Patrick Mulemi, director of the Jesuits' Rome communications office, and Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, former Vatican spokesman.

Jesuits called to reconcile humanity with God, new superior says

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ROME – Jesuits are called to face the challenges of today's world and contribute toward "reconciliation among human beings and, at the same time, a reconciliation with God and creation," the newly elected Jesuit superior general said.

Pope Francis poses with people during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 12. Pope Francis told thousands of grandparents in a belated celebration of Italy’s Grandparents’ Day Oct. 15 that they must uphold values that bring hope and wisdom to younger generations.

Promote culture of life, inclusion, hope, Pope tells grandparents

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VATICAN CITY – In a world that glorifies physical strength and appearances, grandparents must uphold the values that really matter and bring hope and wisdom to younger generations, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, spoke at the CCCB plenary on 'Amoris Laetitia.'

Media reports miss ‘most beautiful aspects’ of 'Amoris Laetitia'

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OTTAWA – The Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada has expressed disappointment that most media reports on the family-centred Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis have focused on homosexuality and on communion for the divorced and remarried.

From left to right: Father Lazer Shantoja, Father Giovanni Fausti, Father Anton Zogaj, Father Shtjefen Kurti. These four are among 38 communist-era Albanians to be beatified as martyrs on Nov. 5.

Persecuted by communists, 38 Albanians to be beatified

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WARSAW, Poland – A priest who was shot for baptizing a child and a religious novice who died after she was tortured in a sack are among 38 Albanians to be beatified as martyrs Nov. 5, doubling the number of Catholics declared blessed from communist rule in Eastern Europe.

Cardinal-designate and retired bishop of Novara, Italy, Renato Corti, pictured here in 2009, says that the experiences of some of the other soon-to-be cardinals make him reflect.

Italian cardinal-designate says experiences of other new cardinals make him reflect

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VATICAN CITY – Being named a cardinal along with the nuncio who refuses to leave war-torn Syria, an Albanian priest sentenced to death and tortured by an atheist regime and a young African archbishop who put his life on the line to sow peace and reconciliation in Central African Republic has made Cardinal-designate Renato Corti pray and think hard.

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