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FAITH/STORIES

Carlo Acutis is pictured in an undated photo.

Pope Francis says he'll canonize Acutis, Frassati, host meeting on child's rights

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Pope Francis announced that he will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will host a world meeting on the rights of the child Feb. 3.

Pope Francis welcomes Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, to a private meeting at the Vatican Nov. 20, 2024.

Pope Francis meets Ukrainian first lady, decries war as 'shameful tragedy'

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With Ukraine's first lady seated in the front row, Pope Francis told people at his general audience that it is "a shameful tragedy for all humanity" that Russia's war on Ukraine has lasted more than 1,000 days.

Accompanied by her children, Yahel and Naveh, Adi Shoham holds a poster of her husband, Tal Shoham, 39, during a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican Nov. 14, 2024. The Shoham family had been among those taken hostage by Palestinian militants Oct. 7, 2023.

Pope Francis meets Israeli citizens freed from captivity in Gaza

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Pope Francis met with a group of Israelis and their family members who were freed after being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas and other Palestinian militants.

Members of confraternities and sodalities, wearing their capes, join Pope Francis for Mass on the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ in Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran June 2, 2024. Nov. 9 marked the 1,700th anniversary of the Dedication of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of Rome and the "Mother and Head of all the Churches in the City and the World."

Marking 1,700 years, Rome's cathedral testifies to Christianity's perseverance

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Situated on the outskirts of ancient Rome along the still-visible Aurelian Walls is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of Rome. The site of the pope's residence for nearly 1,000 years, five of the church's ecumenical councils, and the signing of a pivotal 1929 treaty between Italy and the Holy See, St. John Lateran is celebrated by the whole church annually with the Nov. 9 feast of its dedication.

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, delivers the homily during the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 29, 2024.

Italian Capuchin succeeds Cardinal Cantalamessa as papal preacher

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Pope Francis appointed a new preacher of the papal household: a 53-year-old Italian Capuchin priest who studied computer science and mathematics and discovered his vocation while reading a free copy of St. Matthew's Gospel on the subway.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, leaves the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall after a working session of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops with Pope Francis at the Vatican Oct. 6, 2023.

Top Vatican official hopes Trump will promote peace, national unity

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The Vatican secretary of state said his prayer for Donald J. Trump is that God would grant him wisdom "because that is the main virtue of those who govern according to the Bible."

Pope Francis pauses to pray at the graves of infants who were miscarried during his visit to Rome's Laurentino cemetery to celebrate Mass on the feast of All Souls, Nov. 2, 2024.

On All Souls, pope prays at graves of children, miscarried infants

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Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass with several hundred mourners.

Pope Francis prays during a memorial Mass for cardinals and bishops who died in the past year at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Nov. 4, 2024.

Pope Francis offers Mass for cardinals and bishops who died in past year

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Remembering the cardinals and bishops who died in the past year, Pope Francis prayed that after their loving service to the Catholic Church "they may exult in eternal communion with the saints."

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks at a news conference at the Vatican Oct. 29, 2024, about the commission’s first pilot annual report, which highlights safeguarding progress, gaps and recommendations for over 20 church-based entities.

Papal commission releases report highlighting progress in safeguarding

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Highlighting progress made in safeguarding and recommendations for rectifying ongoing gaps, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors dedicated its first annual report to all victims and survivors of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church.

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization's section for new evangelization and the chief organizer of the Holy Year 2025, presents the official mascot of the Jubilee Year during a news conference at the Vatican Oct. 28, 2024.

Pope Francis to open Holy Door at Rome prison at beginning of Jubilee 2025

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Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to a Rome prison to open a Holy Door as a "tangible sign of the message of hope" for people in prisons around the world, the Vatican announced.

Pope Francis speaks to members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality after they approved their final document Oct. 26, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.

Publishing synod document, Pope Francis says he will not write exhortation

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After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary post-synodal apostolic exhortation but would offer the final document to the entire church to implement.

Religious sisters participate in a Eucharistic procession through midtown Manhattan in New York City Oct. 15. The procession and the Holy Hour and Mass that preceded it at St. Patrick’s Cathedral attracted thousands of worshippers.

Eucharistic procession takes to New York streets

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A remarkable day of faith and devotion unfolded at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan Oct. 15 as thousands of Catholics gathered for a Eucharistic procession.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, arrives in the Paul VI Audience Hall to attend a morning session of the synod at the Vatican Oct. 21, 2024.

Cardinal Fernández updates synod on study group focusing on women's roles

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Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed a synod-related study group on women's ministries not to explore the matter, according to the Vatican's doctrinal chief.

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