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A child sits on railroad tracks near a makeshift camp for migrants in late March at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of in Idomeni, Greece. Children are the most vulnerable and hardest hit among the world's migrants and require special protection, Pope Francis said.

Pope: Protect child migrants, refugees who face greater risk of abuse

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VATICAN CITY – Children are the most vulnerable and hardest hit among the world's migrants and require special protection, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis speaks during an Oct. 13 audience with a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. The Pope said that Christians who reject refugees are "hypocrites."

Christians who reject all refugees are 'hypocrites,' Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – Meeting a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany, Pope Francis said he does not like "the contradiction of those who want to defend Christianity in the West, and, on the other hand, are against refugees and other religions."

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople at Assisi, Italy, Sept. 20. Texts by Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict were published in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of Patriarch Bartholomew's election.

Pope Francis, retired Pope Benedict praise Patriarch Bartholomew

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VATICAN CITY – Defending religious freedom, fighting indifference to attacks on human dignity and promoting care of creation are obligations that Orthodox and Catholics share and areas where Pope Francis said he and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople are in deep harmony.

October 11, 2016
Pope Francis greets the crowd after celebrating a jubilee Mass in honor of Mary in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 9.

No to a “cosmetics” religion that’s all show

Pope Francis said Jesus asks us to perform good deeds with humility and reject a "cosmetics" (maquillage) religion that is merely concerned with its outward appearance and pretending to be what it’s not. The Pope was speaking at his morning Mass on Tuesday celebrated in the Santa Marta residence.

Former Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona gestures from a balcony as he attends the Argentine First Division soccer match between Boca Juniors and Quilmes at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires on July 18, 2015.

Soccer legend Maradona credits Pope Francis for renewing his faith

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ROME – Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona says it was the influence of his countryman Pope Francis that revived his faith and brought him back to the Catholic Church.

Cardinals hold palm branches at the start of the Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican on March 20, 2016. Many of the Pope's latest cardinal appointments comes from countries and dioceses that has never had any representation in the College of Cardinals.

Off the beaten path: Pope looks far afield for new cardinals

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VATICAN CITY – In choosing 17 new members of the College of Cardinals, Pope Francis has once again looked to countries and dioceses that had never been represented in the body that advises the Pope and will elect his successor.

October 10, 2016
Pope Francis prays during a Marian vigil in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 8.

Mary as example of being thankful

Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday to mark the end of the Marian Jubilee, the latest event in the ongoing Holy Year of Mercy.

Mary and Michael Johnson with five of their six grandchildren. The Johnsons spend as much time as they can with their grandchildren, seeing it as an opportunity to help out as their children try to get by in the world.

Grandparents are becoming more involved with their children's children

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The death knell for the nuclear family continues to ring out in a new compilation of statistics from the Vanier Institute of the Family. But the good news is that grandparents are more involved than ever in raising their grandchildren and helping out their extended families.

Pope Francis leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 5.

In modern world, every land is 'mission land,' Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – Catholic missionary orders like the Oblates of Mary Immaculate have as much work to do as ever, Pope Francis said.

October 8, 2016
Pope Francis uses incense as he celebrates a jubilee Mass in honor of Mary in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 9.

Vigil of Marian Jubilee

Pope Francis on Saturday evening presided at the Vigil of the Marian Jubilee taking place in St. Peter’s Square. The Jubilee began on Friday, which was the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, and the highlight of Saturday's event was the recitation of the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.

At 7 p.m. at least twice a week, Archbishop Konrad Krajewski pulls up in a large gray van and unloads heavy containers filled with steaming risotto, fresh fruit and drinks for the men, women and children who will soon bed down in the open alley for the night.

Who is the archbishop Pope Francis sends into the streets to help Rome’s migrants?

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ROME – In a narrow alley a few miles from the center of Rome, around 250 migrants gather at sunset.

Pope Francis is seen with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, during the opening ceremony of a world conference on faith and sport Oct. 5 in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall.

Where policy, religion fail, sports can lift spirits, say speakers

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VATICAN CITY – Wherever public policy, communities and even religions may have failed, sports and recreation are ready and set to lift wounded spirits and build cooperation and peace in the world, said a number of speakers at a Vatican conference.

October 6, 2016
Pope Francis arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 5.

Be open to the Spirit, Who carries us forward

True doctrine is not a rigid attachment to the Law, which bewitches like ideologies, but is rather the revelation of God, that allows itself to be discovered more and more fully each day by those who are open to the Holy Spirit. That was the message of Pope Francis at the morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.

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