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After raid, pope names commissioner for oversight of St. Peter's Basilica

After raid, pope names commissioner for oversight of St. Peter's Basilica

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis appointed a commissioner charged with overseeing and reorganizing the Fabbrica di San Pietro, the office responsible for the physical care and maintenance of St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis leads the Angelus from his window at the Vatican June 29, 2020, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. At his June 28 Angelus, the pope said in order to follow Christ's call to take up the cross and follow him, Christians must take the same path he did "without looking for shortcuts."
June 29, 2020

Pope Francis: No true love without the cross

VATICAN CITY -- True love is not defined by preserving one's personal interests but by willingness to sacrifice oneself for the good of others, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he celebrates Mass marking the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2020.

World needs more prayer, less complaints Pope Francis says at pallium Mass

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VATICAN CITY -- Some people always will want to destroy unity and stifle prophets, Pope Francis said on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.

June 24, 2020
Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 24, 2020. During the audience, the pope said people can put themselves back in God's hands through prayer.

Pope Francis: God listens to everybody -- sinner, saint, victim, killer

VATICAN CITY -- Everyone lives a life that is often inconsistent or a "contradiction" because people can be both a sinner and a saint, a victim and a tormentor, Pope Francis said.

A file photo shows a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe as it is unloaded from a truck after a procession to the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, where Mass was celebrated. Pope Francis has asked Catholics to add "Comfort of Migrants" and two other titles for Mary to the popular "Litany of Loreto."

Pope Francis adds 'Comfort of Migrants,' other Marian titles to litany

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VATICAN CITY -- Among the many titles under which Catholics invoke Mary, Pope Francis has asked them to add "Mother of Mercy," "Mother of Hope" and "Comfort of Migrants."

June 22, 2020
Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 21, 2020.

In times of trial, never surrender to despair, Pope Francis says

VATICAN CITY -- Christians have no need to fear in moments of trial and adversity because God's grace is more powerful than evil, Pope Francis said.

A photo of Jose Gregorio Hernandez Cisneros, a Venezuelan doctor born in 1864, is displayed following Mass in Caracas June 19, 2020. That day the Vatican announced Pope Francis had advanced the sainthood causes of the doctor, born in 1864, and four others.

Pope Francis advances five sainthood causes

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three men and two women, including an Italian nun who was brutally murdered by three teenage girls who claimed it had been a satanic sacrifice.

Pope Francis meets Attilio Fontana, president of the Lombardy region, during an audience with doctors, nurses and health care professionals from the Lombardy region at the Vatican June 20, 2020. The Lombardy region in northern Italy suffered the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country.

Pandemic showed just how much people need each other, Pope Francis says

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VATICAN CITY -- During the darkest, most deadly days of the COVID-19 pandemic in northern Italy, medical professionals and volunteers were "silent artisans of a culture of closeness and tenderness," a culture that cannot be allowed to disappear, Pope Francis said.

June 17, 2020
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 17, 2020. During the audience, the pope said that true believers do not condemn people for their sins or shortcomings but intercede on their behalf with God through prayer.

Pope Francis: Christians called to intercede for, not condemn, others

VATICAN CITY -- True believers do not condemn people for their sins or shortcomings but intercede on their behalf with God through prayer, Pope Francis said.

Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, will be beatified Oct. 10, 2020, the Diocese of Assisi announced. Acutis is pictured in an undated photo.

Teen to be beatified

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VATICAN CITY -- Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, will be beatified in October, the Diocese of Assisi announced.

Pope Francis listens as Gian Piero Milano, Vatican chief prosecutor, speaks during an audience at the Vatican.

Vatican: Broker involved in London property deal released

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VATICAN CITY -- An Italian broker who was arrested for his involvement in the questionable majority stake purchase of a property in London by the Vatican's Secretariat of State was granted a conditional release after 10 days in a Vatican jail cell.

June 15, 2020
Pope Francis leads Benediction at the conclusion of the Mass marking the feast of Corpus Christi in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 14, 2020. The Mass was celebrated with a small congregation of some 50 people as part of efforts to contain spread of the coronavirus.

Eucharist heals, gives strength to serve others, Pope Francis says

VATICAN CITY -- The Eucharist heals people of their wounds, emptiness and sadness, and gives them the strength to share Christ's loving mercy with others, Pope Francis said.

Swiss Guards are seen in a file photo arriving in St. Peter's Square to attend Pope Francis' Christmas message and blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at the Vatican. Tasked with protecting the pope even at the cost of their own lives, members of the Swiss Guard are not just highly trained specialists in security and ceremonial detail, they also receive extensive spiritual formation, the guard's chaplain said.

Swiss Guards receive formation in security, faith

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VATICAN CITY -- Tasked with protecting the pope even at the cost of their own lives, members of the Swiss Guard are not just highly trained specialists in security and ceremonial detail, they also receive extensive spiritual formation, the guard's chaplain said.

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