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Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, seen here in 2015, said the global economy needs to shift from its profit-driven model.

Economic focus must shift from profit to people, cardinal says

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VATICAN CITY – The current economic model that places profit over the common good of all human beings must change in order to confront the challenges the world is facing today, a Vatican official said.

Pope Francis arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 7. The Pope thanks a group of Argentine bishops for providing concrete guidelines regarding divorced and remarried couples.

Pope praises bishops' guidelines on helping divorced, remarried couples

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis thanked a group of bishops in Argentina for providing their priests with concrete guidelines for implementing the section of his apostolic exhortation on the family about circumstances in which divorced and civilly remarried couples might eventually be allowed to receive Communion.

Pope Francis greets Giuseppe Chiolo, 16, in St. Peter's Square during a Year of Mercy general audience at the Vatican Sept. 10. The pope administered the sacrament of confirmation to the young man, who is being treated in the oncology ward of a Florence hospital.

Pope gives confirmation sacrament to gravely ill teen

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VATICAN CITY – In a brief outdoor ceremony, Pope Francis administered the sacrament of confirmation to 16-year-old Giuseppe Chiolo, who had come to the Vatican by ambulance from Florence.

Clerical abuse survivors have been speaking with new bishops and major Vatican offices as part of a mandate to develop and educate the church about best practices.

Papal commission steps up work to educate church about abuse

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VATICAN CITY – Members of the Pope's commission for child protection, including an abuse survivor, have been speaking with new bishops and major Vatican offices as part of a mandate to develop and educate the church about best practices.

Abbot Gregory Polan, the new leader of the confederation of Benedictine monasteries, is pictured at St. Anselm Abbey in Rome Sept. 13. Abbots and priors from Benedictine men's communities around the world elected Abbot Polan of Conception Abbey in Missouri to be abbot primate.

Benedictine abbots elect head of Conception Abbey abbot primate

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ROME – A room with a view of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica from a monastery atop the Aventine Hill is very nice, but Abbot Gregory Polan knows he will miss his brother monks at Conception Abbey in Missouri very, very much.

September 12, 2016
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 31.

The devil seeks to divide the Church at the root of unity

Divisions destroy the Church, and the devil seeks to attack the root of unity: the celebration of the Eucharist. That was the message of Pope Francis on Monday morning at the daily Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, on the feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Rescue workers carry fatally injured New York City Fire Department chaplain, the Rev. Mychal Judge, from the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.

15 years after 9/11, are congregations prepared for disasters?

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In late August, as the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks loomed, religious leaders tuned into a webinar to prepare themselves for a possible future disaster.

Veteran religion reporter Kenneth A. Briggs, author of "The Invisible Bestseller: Searching for the Bible in America," is pictured on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Chicago.

Veteran religion reporter looks for the Bible in public life

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CHICAGO – Kenneth A. Briggs has been on the “Godbeat” for years, as a religion reporter for Newsday, as religion editor at The New York Times and now as a contributor to the National Catholic Reporter.

September 9, 2016
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 31.

Evangelizing not a rote task

Pope Francis said Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Friday morning. In remarks to the faithful following the readings of the day, the Holy Father focused on the nature of the work of Evangelization: it is an art and a discipline – never a vaunt and never a task to be done by rote – and the work of evangelization is never, never, “a walk in the park.”

Tourists take pictures of a lotus flower in Hamyang, South Korea, Aug. 29. Pope Francis said religions can play an important role in protecting the environment and defending human rights in their countries, their communities and their schools.

Religions must take lead in protecting creation, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – Religions can play an important role in protecting the environment and defending human rights in their countries, their communities and their schools, Pope Francis said.

A group of U.S. airmen praying together in Baghdad, Iraq, November 2008. Pope Francis said peace starts in the heart and not at international conferences.

Peace in the heart leads to peace in the world, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – Peace cannot be achieved by huge protests or international conferences unless it begins in people's hearts, Pope Francis said.

September 8, 2016
Pope Francis speaks during an audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 3.

Conferences won't achieve peace if the heart is at war

Resuming the daily Mass at the Casa Santa Marta after the summer break, Pope Francis, in his homily, spoke about the importance of working for peace in small, daily actions – because, he said, it is in small daily gestures that peace on a global scale is born.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI talks with Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican in this June 30, 2015, file photo. Benedict said in a recent interview that, unlike his successor, governance wasn't his gift.

Benedict says governance wasn't his gift, but Francis is good at it

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VATICAN CITY – While retired Pope Benedict XVI said organization and governance are not his strong suits, he also said, "I am unable to see myself as a failure."

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