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A woman prays during Holy Thursday Mass March 29, 2018, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. The provisional agreement signed in 2018 by the Holy See and the Chinese government meant that, for the first time in 70 years, all of the Catholic bishops in China were in communion with the pope and with their brother bishops throughout the world.

China-Vatican accord a positive step, speakers say

ROME -- The provisional agreement signed in 2018 by the Holy See and the Chinese government has "opened the way to the two most important things: pastoral activity and dialogue," said Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli.

Pope Francis talks with women religious during a Sept. 25, 2019, meeting at the Vatican with delegates of Talitha Kum. Pictured with the pope are Claretian Missionary Sister Jolanda Kafka, president of the International Union of Superiors General, and Comboni Sister Gabriella Bottani, Talitha Kum's international coordinator.

Pope Francis: Anti-trafficking network must have more support

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis called on more religious orders of men and women, as well as foundations and benefactors, to get involved and help an international network of women religious in the fight against human trafficking.

Pope Francis holds a paper airplane children gave him during a meeting at the Vatican Sept. 25, 2019, with members of the Emmanuel Community from Lecce, Italy, who are especially active in serving the poor, the disabled and marginalized. The pope told them they can fight off fatigue and discouragement by being with Christ as they work with so many people in difficulty.

Be with Christ in your work, Pope Francis tell volunteers

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told volunteers and social workers that they can guard against discouragement by always being with Christ when working with people in difficulty.

Pope Francis meets with Jesuits in Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 5, 2019. One of the Jesuits asked Pope Francis how his experience of God has changed since he was elected pope in 2013; he replied that he has greater responsibilities now and his prayers of intercession include global concerns, but he is still a sinner who goes to confession every two weeks.

Pope Francis: No magic in being elected pope

ROME -- While his responsibilities are greater and his prayer list longer, Pope Francis said he's basically the same person he was before he was elected in 2013, so he still goes to confession every two weeks.

Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with members of the Italian Catholic Union of the Press at the Vatican's apostolic palace Sept. 23, 2019. Journalists need to be able to distinguish good from evil and see how their reporting can actually shape the world, not just describe what has happened, Pope Francis said. Reporters can also help "unmask words that are false and destructive," and make sure their sources are credible, he added.

'Tell the truth at all costs,' Pope Francis enjoins journalists

VATICAN CITY -- Catholic journalists need to be able to distinguish good from evil and recognize how their words can shape the world, not just describe what has happened, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis greets Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Gendron was nominated by Pope Francis to be a voting member of the upcoming Amazon Synod.

Vatican releases list of participants for Amazon synod

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has named Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston and the other members of his international Council of Cardinals to be voting members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.

Pope Francis leads an audience with participants of an international meeting of schools, movements and associations of the new evangelization at the Vatican Sept. 21, 2019. The pope said the church should be more concerned with welcoming those who are far from the church rather than defending its good name.

Pope Francis: Proclaiming God does not mean justifying His existence

VATICAN CITY -- The Catholic Church must not become a distant memory for men and women today but must be a welcoming place where everyone feels at home, Pope Francis said.

This artist’s concept depicts select planetary discoveries made by NASA’s Kepler space telescope.

Belief in aliens not so far out for some Catholics

VATICAN CITY -- More than two million people RSVP’d to a recent social media invitation to “storm” Area 51 in Nevada, in the hope of discovering whether alien life or spacecraft may be secretly stored at this U.S. Air Force base.

God's Word on Sunday: The well-being of people not negotiable

God's Word on Sunday: The well-being of people not negotiable

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 29 (Year C) Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31

It is said that a society or nation can be judged morally and spiritually by what it does to the weakest and most vulnerable. One could also add what it allows or tolerates being done to them. 

Pope Francis greets Dr. Ramon Tallaj, founder and chairman of the board of Somos Community Care, and Mario J. Paredes, chief executive officer, during a Sept. 20, 2019, symposium at the Vatican on the health care needs of immigrants.

Common good requires culture of care, Pope Francis tells doctors

VATICAN CITY -- With so many changes and huge technological advancements in the field of medicine, health care must always be at the service of the whole individual, including a supportive relationship between patient and medical professionals, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, president of the German bishops' conference, gestures Sept. 13, 2019, during the extended Joint Conference of Bishops and Laity to prepare the "synodal way." The bishops of Germany, reacting to an independent study of the extent of clerical sexual abuse in their country and its possible causes, chose to initiate a "synodal" process that was not a synod or a plenary council.

German bishops say 'synodal way' is response to abuse scandal

VATICAN CITY -- The bishops of Germany, reacting to an independent study of the extent of clerical sexual abuse in their country and its possible causes, chose to initiate a "synodal" process that was not a synod or a plenary council.

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