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Pope Francis prays at a replica of the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens in this 2013 file photo. Pope Francis will pray there May 30, the eve of Pentecost, leading the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary's intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis to lead world shrines in rosary prayer for pandemic

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will lead the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary's intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis waves as he looks out on St. Peter's Square after leading the "Regina Coeli" from his library in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 24, 2020. It was the first time the public was allowed in the square given the ongoing easing of restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
May 26, 2020

Pope Francis blesses visitors on feast of Ascension

VATICAN CITY -- St. Peter's Square was open to the public May 24, the feast of the Ascension, and scores of visitors turned up for Pope Francis' noonday prayer and blessing.

Water flows down the Trient Glacier in Trient, Switzerland, Aug. 26, 2019.

Pope marks anniversary of 'Laudato Si'' with call to prayer, action

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VATICAN CITY -- Commemorating the fifth anniversary of his encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis called on Christians to join in prayer and acts of care for the Earth and for the poor.

Year-long program created for encyclical

Year-long program created for encyclical

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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced that it will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment with a year-long series of initiatives dedicated to the safeguarding and care for the Earth.

A worker disinfects before Mass at Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Campitelli May 18, 2020. The Pontifical Council for Culture at the Vatican distributed guidelines May 20 for cleaning and protecting church objects during the coronavirus pandemic.

Vatican distributes notes on cleaning, protecting church objects

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VATICAN CITY -- To help prevent damaging artistic and historically significant objects, the Pontifical Council for Culture released suggestions for cleaning and disinfecting church buildings, furnishings and sacred objects.

May 18, 2020
Pope Francis prays silently during Mass at the tomb of St. John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica May 18, 2020, the 100th anniversary of the late pope's birth.

St. John Paul was a good shepherd, Pope Francis says on saint's birthday

VATICAN CITY -- St. John Paul II was a man of deep prayer, who loved being close to people and loved God's justice and mercy, Pope Francis said.

Pope John Paul II gestures to the crowd during World Youth Day in Denver in 1993. Msgr. Slawomir Oder, postulator for the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul II, said he and the commission involved in investigating the life of the late pope for sainthood found no evidence the pope knowingly neglected or covered up abuse scandals.

Investigators: No evidence St. John Paul covered up abuse

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ROME -- The postulator and the commission involved in investigating the life of Pope John Paul II for sainthood cause found no evidence that the pope knowingly neglected or covered up abuse scandals, the postulator said.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI, pictured in a 2013 file photo.

Pope Benedict: St. John Paul's life marked by mercy, not moral rigidity

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VATICAN CITY -- The continuity between St. John Paul II and Pope Francis is rooted in the message of God's divine mercy for all men and women, retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a letter commemorating his predecessor's birth.

The main entrance of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. The Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education has asked pontifical universities to reopen in the fall with students present but many are making back-up plans.

Pontifical universities planning to reopen in the fall

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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education has asked pontifical universities and faculties to plan to reopen in the fall and teach with students present.

May 13, 2020
Pope Francis leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 13, 2020. The pope greeted Portuguese speakers during the live-streamed audience as he commemorated the 103rd anniversary of the first Marian apparition in Fatima, Portugal.

Pope Francis: Prayer establishes trusting relationship with God

VATICAN CITY -- Prayer is more than just a physical, emotional or intellectual act; it is an inner desire to encounter God, Pope Francis said.

Nurses wearing face masks take part in an event held to mark International Nurses Day, at Wuhan Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China, May 12, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis to nurses, midwives: 'Thank you for your service to humanity'

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VATICAN CITY -- The coronavirus pandemic has drawn well-deserved attention to nurses and midwives, who are among "the saints next door," dedicated to helping people in some of the most joyful or painful moments of their lives, Pope Francis said.

A robot equipped with artificial intelligence is seen at the AI Xperience Center at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Brussels Feb. 19, 2020. The Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life is fostering ethics and multidisciplinary alliances in the AI debate.

Papal academy fosters ethics, multidisciplinary alliances in AI debate

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VATICAN CITY -- Given the huge impact technology and artificial intelligence will have on humanity and the environment, the Pontifical Academy for Life is seeking to foster more ethical and moral reflection.

May 11, 2020
Pope Francis looks out on an empty St. Peter's Square after leading the "Regina Coeli" prayer from his library in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 10, 2020. The Sunday prayer took place without the physical presence of the faithful due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Know heaven is your destiny, Pope Francis says

VATICAN CITY -- Just as Jesus told the disciples, "Do not let your hearts be troubled," he says the same thing to his followers today amid "the dramas of life," Pope Francis said.

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