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Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 30, 2019.

Pope Francis adds feast of Our Lady of Loreto to universal calendar

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has approved adding the Dec. 10 feast of Our Lady of Loreto to all calendars and liturgical books for the celebration of the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours.

Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 30, 2019.
October 30, 2019

Wednesday Audience: Holy Spirit guides church efforts to evangelize

VATICAN CITY -- The Holy Spirit guides the Catholic Church's mission, pointing the way to evangelize new lands and opening people's hearts to be transformed by Christ, Pope Francis said.

Demonstrators take part in an anti-government protest in Baghdad Oct. 30, 2019. In the wake of deadly protests in Iraq, Pope Francis called on the people and their leaders to take the path of dialogue to find answers to their nation's problems.

Pope Francis calls for dialogue in wake of protests in Iraq

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VATICAN CITY -- In the wake of deadly protests in Iraq, Pope Francis called on the people and their leaders to take the path of dialogue to find answers to their nation's problems.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, is pictured after being made a cardinal by Pope Francis during a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Cardinal Becciu denies allegations of financial mismanagement

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VATICAN CITY -- Nearly a month after private documents about a property deal involving the Vatican leaked to the press, a Vatican official rejected accusations that he "played and tampered with the money of the poor."

October 29, 2019
Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican Oct. 29, 2019.

Christians, like water, become stagnant if not moving, Pope Francis says

VATICAN CITY -- Christians can become stagnant if they do not have the crashing waves of hope moving in their lives, Pope Francis said.

Wax seals of members of the English House of Lords are seen March 1, 2012, on a letter from the Vatican Secret Archives. Citing the negative misinterpretations that the word "secret" implies, Pope Francis has changed the name of the archives to the Vatican Apostolic Archives.

Pope Francis renames the Vatican 'Secret' Archives

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VATICAN CITY -- Citing the negative misinterpretations that the word "secret" implies, Pope Francis has changed the name of the Vatican Secret Archives to the Vatican Apostolic Archives.

October 28, 2019
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Angelus: Church cannot remain indifferent to cry of the poor

VATICAN CITY -- After listening to indigenous people and church leaders at the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, the Catholic Church cannot remain indifferent to the suffering of the region's people, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis is pictured as Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, relator general of the synod, and Bishop Fabio Fabene, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, talk at the start of the final session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 26, 2019.

Synod calls for more ministry roles for women, but not diaconate

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VATICAN CITY -- Members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon asked that women be given leadership roles in the Catholic Church, although they stopped short of calling for women deacons.

October 28, 2019
Pope Francis accepts a plant during the offertory as he celebrates the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2019.

Pope Francis: Christians must shun self-worship

VATICAN CITY -- Poor people from the Amazon have shown that God's creation must be treated "not as a resource to be exploited but as a home to be preserved, with trust in God," Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis poses for a photo as he leaves the final session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 26, 2019.

Amazon synod supports married priests for Amazon

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VATICAN CITY -- While highlighting the gift of celibacy and the need for celibate priests in the Amazon region, the final document of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon has urged Pope Francis to allow the priestly ordination of married deacons to serve in remote areas.

A wooden statue of a pregnant woman is pictured in the Church of St. Mary in Traspontina as part of exhibits on the Amazon region during the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in Rome Oct. 18, 2019. Several copies of the statue were stolen from the church and thrown into the Tiber River Oct. 21.

Pope Francis says synod statues were recovered undamaged

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis apologized that two men entered a church near the Vatican, took controversial statues and tossed them into the Tiber River.

Quivers and arrows of the Yanomami people are seen in a new exhibit, "Mater Amazonia" in the Vatican Musuems. The new exhibit is dedicated to the people, customs and Catholic faith in the Amazon and runs Oct. 28 to Jan. 11.

Vatican Museums unveils Amazon exhibit

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VATICAN CITY -- With the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in the final stretch, the Vatican Museums unveiled a new exhibit dedicated to the people, customs and Catholic faith in the Amazon.

Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler of Marajo, Brazil, attends a news conference after a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 25, 2019.

Brazilian bishop claims Pope Benedict opened path to women deacons

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VATICAN CITY -- A change to the Code of Canon Law made by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 provides a canonical path to allow the ordination of women deacons, a Brazilian bishop said.

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