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FAITH/STORIES

Pope Francis greets pilgrims as he arrives for his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 18, 2019. The Catholic Church will endure, despite the frailty and sins of its members, because it is God's project, Pope Francis said during the audience.
September 18, 2019

Wednesday Audience: God is not thwarted by sin

VATICAN CITY -- The Catholic Church will endure, despite the frailty and sins of its members, because it is God's project, Pope Francis said.

The Palace of the Governorate, seat of the administrative offices of Vatican City State, is pictured at the Vatican in this file photo.

Vatican City court charges Italian priest with sexual abuse during seminary

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VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- The Vatican announced Tuesday that the Vatican City State’s Promoter of Justice is indicting two Italian priests -- Fr. Gabriele Martinelli on charges of sexual abuse and Fr. Enrico Radice for “aiding and abetting.”

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, president of the German bishops' conference.

German 'synod' will proceed despite Vatican objections

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MUNICH, Germany (CNA) -- The head of the German bishops’ conference told Vatican officials last week that addressing controversial theological topics during the German bishops’ proposed “binding synodal path” will be a service to the universal Church.

Pope Francis greets band members during an audience with members of the Italian Prison Police in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 14, 2019. The pope told prison guards, chaplains and officials that life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole are not the solution but a problem to be solved.

Pope Francis: Life without parole is no solution to crime

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VATICAN CITY -- Sentencing someone to life in prison without the possibility of parole is "not the solution to problems, but a problem to solve," Pope Francis told Italian prison guards, prison chaplains and officials from the Ministry of Justice.

St. Peter's Basilica is pictured at the Vatican.

Papal commission for protection of minors meets in Rome

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VATICAN CITY -- Members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors meeting in Rome said there was a continued need to make safeguarding consistently part of the life of the church around the world.

Pope Francis greets bishops from Eastern Catholic churches during a meeting at the Vatican Sept. 14, 2019. Meeting some 40 bishops serving in Europe, the pope praised them for their fidelity to Rome and encouraged them to be more active in seeking Christian unity.

Pope Francis urges Eastern Catholic bishops to promote ecumenism

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VATICAN CITY -- Praising the fidelity of Eastern Catholics, Pope Francis also urged them to be more active in the search for Christian unity, especially unity with their Orthodox counterparts.

September 16, 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: God conquers evil with love

VATICAN CITY -- God forgives sins so that joy, not sadness, can flourish once again in one's heart, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis talks with Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, during a private audience at the Vatican.

Prince Charles to attend Newman’s canonization in Rome

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VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- Prince Charles will attend the canonization of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman next month.

People pray for victims of the 1945 atomic bombing during an Aug. 9, 2015, Mass at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan. Pope Francis will finally fulfill his desire to be a missionary to Japan when he visits the country, as well as Thailand, Nov. 20-26, 2019, the Vatican announced Sept. 13.

Pope Francis to visit Thailand, Japan in November

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will finally fulfill his desire to be a missionary to Japan when he visits the country, as well as Thailand, Nov. 20-26, the Vatican announced.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople prays before a reliquary containing bone shards that are believed to belong to St. Peter June 30, 2019, in Istanbul, Turkey. Pope Francis gave the reliquary, commissioned by St. Paul VI, to the patriarch.

Pope Francis explains giving St. Peter's relics to Orthodox

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said giving fragments of St. Peter's bones to the head of the church founded by Peter's brother, St. Andrew, was meant to be a reminder and encouragement of the journey toward Christian unity.

Rodger Cardinal Etchegaray.

Cardinal Etchegaray a key papal envoy

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VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, a longtime Vatican official and papal envoy who was sent to some of the world’s most wounded and challenging places, died in France Sept. 4. He was 96.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

Vatican: German synod plans must conform to church law

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VATICAN CITY -- The German bishops' plans for a two-year process of consultation and deliberation on key issues facing the Catholic Church must conform to universal church law and must be approved by the pope, said the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

Pope Francis is flanked by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Sept. 12, 2019, during an audience with bishops who were ordained over the past year and were attending a course sponsored by the two congregations.

Get ready to get dirty, Pope Francis tells new bishops

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VATICAN CITY -- New bishops need to prepare for a life filled with God's surprises, with daily plans that change at the last minute and, especially, for a life dedicated to spending time with God and with the people, Pope Francis said.

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