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The St. Peter's Square Christmas tree is reflected in a puddle of slush after a five-minute hail storm hit the Vatican Feb. 1.

Vatican nativity scene, tree to be unveiled early for Year of Mercy

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VATICAN CITY - The Christmas tree and Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square will be set up and unveiled earlier than usual this year to be ready for the opening of the Year of Mercy.

November 18, 2015

Pope warns against temptations of leading a double life

The importance of safeguarding our Christian identity and not living double lives: that was the theme at the heart of Pope Francis’ homily at the Santa Marta Mass on Tuesday morning. The Pope based his words on the daily readings which focus on the need for coherence between our spiritual and our temporal lives.

St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Journalist in leaks case denounces Vatican’s ‘medieval rules'

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ROME - An Italian investigative journalist spoke out against what he called a “medieval” Vatican law that might result in a jail sentence of up to eight years for publishing confidential Holy See documents.

In this Sept. 9, 2014, file photo, a young man collects items on Jawahar Lal Nehru Lake after a festival in Bhopal, India. Some doctors say patients have a right to have causes of illness, especially from environmental pollution, studied as part of their care.

People have right to know environmental causes of illness, doctor says

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VATICAN CITY - Patients have a right to a diagnosis that includes the possible causes of their illness, not just treatment addressing the symptoms, said a doctor invited to a Vatican-sponsored congress.

Accepting invite from Rome's Jewish community, Pope to visit synagogue

Accepting invite from Rome's Jewish community, Pope to visit synagogue

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will visit Rome's synagogue and meet with the city's Jewish community Jan. 17, the Vatican announced.
Invited by Rome's Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, Pope Francis will be the third pope to visit the synagogue; St. John Paul II made his landmark visit in 1986 and Pope Benedict XVI visited in 2010.

People observe a minute of silence at the Trocadero in Paris Nov. 16.

World religious leaders condemn Paris carnage

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis raised the specter of a World War III “in pieces,” Muslims issued statements of condemnation, while evangelical Christians in America debated whether to speak of a “war with Islam.”

November 16, 2015

We don't put our Christian identity up for auction

The single thought, humanism that takes the place of Jesus, destroys the Christian identity. We don't put that identity card up for auction. Those were the words of Pope Francis on Monday during  Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.

Basilica of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, an underground altar where the Catacombs Pact was signed at a Mass on Nov. 16, 1965

Francis gives new life to ‘Catacombs Pact’

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ROME - On the evening of Nov. 16, 1965, quietly alerted to the event by word-of-mouth, some 40 Roman Catholic bishops made their way to celebrate Mass in an ancient, underground basilica in the Catacombs of Domitilla on the outskirts of the Eternal City.

Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OSV, gave a retreat on Ignatian discernment to about 150 people in Ottawa Nov. 4

Discerning God’s will when either choice is good

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OTTAWA - Discerning God’s will when one choice is clearly immoral is easy, but discerning among good options can be helped by advice from St. Ignatius, Fr. Timothy Gallagher told a recent retreat in Ottawa.

Retired Italian Bishop Luigi Bettazzi of Ivrea, Italy, is pictured during a press conference at Vatican Radio Nov. 12. Bishop Bettazzi, 92, is the last surviving bishop of the 42 members of the Second Vatican Council who signed a pact in 1965 in the Catacombs of Domatilla promising to live simply and close to the poor.

Back to the catacombs: New emphasis placed on bishops' simplicity pact

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VATICAN CITY - Italian Bishop Luigi Bettazzi is the last surviving bishop of the 42 members of the Second Vatican Council who celebrated a Mass Nov. 16, 1965, in the Catacombs of Domitilla and signed a pact promising to live simply and close to the poor.

November 13, 2015

The greatest glory is God, everything else fades away

Pope Francis said God is the greatest glory and warned believers against the temptation to deify earthly things and even to idolize our habits. Instead, he said, we should be looking beyond these things to the transcendent, to God the creator, whose glory never fades. The Pope’s words came during his homily at his Mass on Friday (13th November) celebrated at the Santa Marta residence.   

A Mexican soldier stands guard outside of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as soldiers burn tons of drugs in 2010. Pope Francis is exploring the possibility of visiting the previously problematic border city of Ciudad Juarez, where a battle between drug cartels during the last decade cost more than 10,000 lives in a four-year period.

Vatican advance team, in Mexico, visits border city of Juarez

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MEXICO CITY - Pope Francis is exploring the possibility of visiting the previously problematic border city of Ciudad Juarez, where a battle between drug cartels during the past decade cost more than 10,000 lives in a four-year period.

A large family is pictured eating dinner together in late May at their St. Louis home. A family that chooses to watch TV or play with their smartphones rather than talk at the dinner table is "hardly a family," Pope Francis said.

A family that doesn't eat together is 'hardly a family,' Pope says

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VATICAN CITY - A family that chooses to watch TV or play with their smartphones rather than talk at the dinner table is "hardly a family," Pope Francis said.

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