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Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 31. The Pope established a new office for promoting integral human development

Pope establishes new office for promoting integral human development

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VATICAN CITY – To promote Catholic social teaching and ensure appropriate assistance to vulnerable people – especially victims of war, refugees and the sick – Pope Francis has established a new office combing the responsibilities of four pontifical councils.

Pope Francis receives a stethoscope from the President of the European Society of Cardiology, Fausto Pinto, as he attends the World Congress of the European Society of Cardiology Aug. 31 in Rome.

Pope to scientists: Faith doesn't hurt reason, it leads to greater truth

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VATICAN CITY – Because scientists can never be neutral in their research, they must not be tempted to suppress the truth and ignore the divine, Pope Francis told health care professionals.

The opening proceedings for the 'VatiLeaks' case are seen in a Vatican courtroom Nov. 24. All five people accused of involvement in leaking and publishing confidential documents about Vatican finances were present at the opening of the criminal trial in a Vatican courtroom.

'VatiLeaks': Spanish monsignor who leaked documents begins jail time

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VATICAN CITY – A Spanish monsignor found guilty of leaking confidential documents about the Vatican's financial reform has begun serving his 18-month prison sentence at the Vatican.

A poster of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata and Missionaries of Charity are seen in Calcutta, India, Sept. 5, 2007, file photo.

'Icon of mercy': Missionaries superior describes Blessed Teresa

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ROME – Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was a woman who truly felt wed to Jesus, and the freedom she experienced in loving him led her to radical poverty, a courageous outreach and an immense love for the poor, said the superior general of the order Mother Teresa founded.

Conventual Franciscan friars greet the residents of the Greenpoint/Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2015, shortly after they opened their San Damiano Mission in the neighborhood, which had been the Holy Family (Slovak) Church.

Catholic mission set up to bring God to hipsters

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WASHINGTON – The gray robes worn by the Conventual Franciscan friars may not be fashionable in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, but the religious men appear to be fitting in just fine in the heart of "hipster" country.

For Catholics looking for a new parish, location is the primary driver.

For Catholics choosing a new parish, it's location, location, location

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WASHINGTON– The driving force behind Catholics' search for a new parish is location – most likely how close it is to their new home.

The faithful attend the Angelus prayer led by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Aug. 14, 2016.

New Vatican manual warns that sex is not just for pleasure

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VATICAN CITY – Sex should be focused on love, not egotism or pleasure, according to the Vatican.

Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI prior to the opening of the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 8, 2015. Pope Benedict said in a recent interview that was his duty to resign from papacy.

Retired Pope Benedict says it was his 'duty' to resign from papacy

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VATICAN CITY – Retired Pope Benedict XVI said in an interview that he felt a "duty" to resign from the papacy because of his declining health and the rigorous demands of papal travel.

Pope Francis speaks as he leads the July 30 World Youth Day prayer vigil at the Field of Mercy in Krakow, Poland. A transcript of his remarks with 28 Polish Jesuits during his time in Poland was recently published.

Pope asks Jesuits to educate diocesan clergy in practice of discernment

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ROME – When it comes to the Christian life, too many seminaries teach students a rigid list of rules that make it difficult or impossible for them as priests to respond to the real-life situation of those who come to them seeking guidance, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago greets homeless guests and invites them into the cathedral Aug. 19.

Chilean homeless in tears at cathedral feast for Year of Mercy

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SANTIAGO, Chile – Outside the cathedral, Ricardo Reyes, dressed in a black tracksuit, waited with nearly 250 other homeless people to pass through white metal barriers for a special dinner to celebrate the Year of Mercy. Inside the nave, 10 tables were covered with red and white tablecloths, waiting for the food and guests.

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, holds his copy of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the family, "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love"), during a news conference for the release of the document at the Vatican April 8.

Vatican newspaper: 'Amoris Laetitia' is authoritative church teaching

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VATICAN CITY –Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the family is an example of the "ordinary magisterium" – papal teaching – to which Catholics are obliged to give "religious submission of will and intellect," said an article in the Vatican newspaper.

Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity Fathers, postulator for the cause of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, poses for a photo at the Vatican Aug. 19.

Mother Teresa knew what being unloved felt like, priest says

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ROME – In the chapel of the first house Blessed Teresa of Calcutta established in Rome, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity talks about her life, mixing the concrete and even mundane with the spiritual and even mystical.

In this 1996 black-and-white file photo, Blessed Teresa of Kolkata visits Catholic Relief Services headquarters in Baltimore, Md, accompanied by Ken Hackett, second from right, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and former president of CRS, and Sean Callahan, left, and and Bishop John H. Ricard, second from left, of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla.

Mother Teresa embodied what Francis teaches

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VATICAN CITY – If there is one person who immersed herself in the "peripheries" Pope Francis is drawn to, it was Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.

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