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Church cannot improvise its training, support for priests, pope says

Church cannot improvise its training, support for priests, pope says

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VATICAN CITY - The Catholic Church needs priests who show their people that being Christian is a lifelong journey toward holiness, a journey that proceeds by serving God and serving their brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, then-prefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, arrives for a session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 14. The Vatican announced Nov. 8 that Pope Francis has removed Cardinal Burke as head of the Vatican's highest court and named him to a largely ceremonial post. He will now serve as cardinal patron of the Knights and Dames of Malta.

Pope demotes Cardinal Burke from Vatican post

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has removed outspoken U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke as head of the Vatican's highest court and named him to a largely ceremonial post for a chivalric religious order.

To heart of Europe: Pope expected to talk dignity, jobs, family life

To heart of Europe: Pope expected to talk dignity, jobs, family life

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who has called the Catholic Church to go out to the peripheries and who described himself as coming from "the end of the Earth," will visit the heart of European secular and economic power: the European Parliament and the Council of Europe.

Pope Francis has raised the prospect of no-cost marriage annulments.

Pope Francis suggests no-cost annulments in divorce cases

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis raised the prospect of no-cost marriage annulments Nov. 5 after revealing he had dismissed a Church official for selling annulments for thousands of dollars, which he called a “public scandal.”

Pope Francis to open Vatican conference on traditional marriage

Pope Francis to open Vatican conference on traditional marriage

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VATICAN CITY - A month after closing a Synod of Bishops on the family stirred by controversy over divorce, same-sex unions and other non-marital relationships, Pope Francis will open an interreligious conference dedicated to traditional marriage.

Pope Francis gives the homily as he celebrates Mass at the Verano cemetery in Rome Nov. 1, the feast of All Saints.

Praying for the dead, pope asks special prayers for victims of war

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VATICAN CITY - The early November feasts of All Saints and All Souls call Catholics to contemplate their ultimate destiny, hope in the eternal happiness of their beloved dead and remember the thousands of innocent people dying each day because of human evil and selfishness.

A displaced child, who fled from violence by Islamic State militants in Mosul, sits with her family outside their tent at a camp in Irbil Sept. 14.

Vatican official: Syria's war is part of regional humanitarian crisis

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BEIRUT, Lebanon - A Vatican official who just returned from a visit to Syria said "the humanitarian situation is worse than I thought."

Divisions aside, Christians must work together to evangelize, pope says

Divisions aside, Christians must work together to evangelize, pope says

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VATICAN CITY - Although divided by ancient disputes and new developments, Christians in Europe still have an obligation to work together to help confused men and women find the answers to their spiritual thirst and their search for life's ultimate meaning, Pope Francis said.

Be ready with God's weaponry; devil is real, pope says

Be ready with God's weaponry; devil is real, pope says

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VATICAN CITY - Christian life is a constant battle against the devil, who is not the stuff of legend, but really exists, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.

Pope urges activists to struggle against 'structural causes' of poverty

Pope urges activists to struggle against 'structural causes' of poverty

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis urged an international gathering of grassroots social activists to struggle against the "structural causes" of poverty and inequality, with a "revolutionary" program drawn from the Gospels.

An exorcism took place in this Bel-Nor neighborhood home in Saint Louis, Mo., in 1949. Pope Francis said that exorcists demonstrate the love and acre of the the church for “those who suffer because of the work of the devil.”

Pope says official exorcists show church's love for the suffering

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VATICAN CITY - Exorcists, assigned to that ministry by their bishops, demonstrate the love and care of the church for "those who suffer because of the work of the devil," Pope Francis said in a message to the International Association of Exorcists.

Pope Francis: ‘Evolution … is not inconsistent with the notion of creation’

Pope Francis: ‘Evolution … is not inconsistent with the notion of creation’

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Monday (Oct. 27) waded into the controversial debate over the origins of human life, saying the big bang theory did not contradict the role of a divine creator, but even required it.

Cardinal George Pell

Cardinal Pell calls for 'no doctrinal back-flips' at next family synod

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ROME - Looking ahead to the October 2015 world Synod of Bishops on the family, Cardinal George Pell said the task for Catholics "over the next 12 months" is to explain "the necessity of conversion, the nature of the Mass," and "the purity of heart the Scriptures require of us to receive holy Communion."

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