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Pope Francis greets people as he visits the Zimpeto Hospital outside Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 6, 2019.

Leaving Mozambique, Pope Francis urges reconciliation

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MAPUTO, Mozambique -- When Jesus told his disciples to love one another and pray for their enemies, he meant it -- even disciples in a nation like Mozambique, where political tensions have led to violence, war and death, Pope Francis said.

Women carry baskets of food on their heads as they dance during Pope Francis' meeting with bishops, priests, religious, seminarians and catechists at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 5, 2019.

Pope Francis to Mozambique church workers: Move forward, don't be afraid

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MAPUTO, Mozambique -- The Catholic Church's ministers -- including catechists and bishops -- are called to be realistic, to treasure the Christian identity and to never be afraid to move forward and try new ways to bring the Gospel to life, Pope Francis said.

U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, a canon lawyer and former head of the Vatican's supreme court, is pictured in a 2014 photo.

Burke and Brandmüller: Amazon synod challenges deposit of faith

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VATICAN CITY (CNA) - Two cardinals have sent letters to fellow members of the College of Cardinals, raising concerns about the working document for an upcoming synod of bishops on the pan-Amazonian region.

Pope Francis speaks at a meeting with authorities, leaders of civil society and the diplomatic corps at the Palacio da Ponta Vermelha in Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 5, 2019.

Pope Francis talks peace, politics in Mozambique

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MAPUTO, Mozambique -- With a courtesy and solemnity seldom seen at a gathering of opposing political leaders, Mozambican politicians came together a month before their general election to welcome Pope Francis and pledge to work for peace and the common good.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, speaks during an interview in his office at the Vatican April 17.

Paglia responds to controversy at JPII Institute

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WASHINGTON D.C. (CNA) -- Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, grand chancellor of Rome’s Pontifical Institute John Paul II and president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has responded to controversy over a plan to restructure the school’s faculty and curriculum.

Pope Francis arrives at the airport in Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 4, 2019. The pope will also visit Madagascar and Mauritius on his sixth foreign trip of 2019.

Crowds give Pope Francis warm welcome in Mozambique

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MAPUTO, Mozambique -- Greeted with full military honors, traditional dances and huge crowds lining the streets, Pope Francis arrived in Mozambique Sept. 4 at the start of a weeklong trip to Africa.

Pope Francis is pictured as he greets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 4, 2019. The pope will also visit Madagascar and Mauritius through Sept. 10. At left is Matteo Bruni, new director of the Vatican Press Office, and at right Msgr. Mauricio Rueda, papal trip planner.

Pope Francis 'honoured' by personal attacks

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO MOZAMBIQUE -- Pope Francis told a reporter that it is "an honor when Americans attack me."

Marion Carroll, whose unexplained 1989 cure has been formally recognized as a miracle at Ireland's Marian shrine in Knock, is pictured in this Sept. 2 photo.

Miraculous cure of woman at Knock in 1989 confirmed

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DUBLIN -- The Catholic Church in Ireland has confirmed that a woman who was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis experienced a complete healing of all her symptoms at Knock shrine in September 1989.

Pope Francis greets Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, at the Vatican Sept. 2, 2019. The 47 bishops from Ukrainian dioceses in Ukraine and 10 other nations, including the United States, Canada and Australia, met the pope during their synod in Rome.

Pope Francis: Synods are not for 'deal-making'

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VATICAN CITY -- Before a synod, bishops must learn what their people want and think and need, not so they can change church teaching, but so they can preach the Gospel more effectively, Pope Francis told the bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with doctors, patients and members of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology at the Vatican Sept. 2, 2019.

Euthanasia reduces people to 'things', Pope Francis says

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VATICAN CITY -- Medical advancements do not help if they treat people as objects or when they are applied only to those people who are not considered a burden and "deserve" to be helped, Pope Francis said.

September 3, 2019
Angelus: Climbers are in the church, too

Angelus: Climbers are in the church, too

VATICAN CITY -- People who race to get top positions often feel superior to others, an attitude that destroys the possibility for fellowship and communion, Pope Francis said.

Cardinals attend a consistory led by Pope Francis to create new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this June 28, 2018, file photo. The pope announced Sept. 1 that he will create 13 new cardinals at an Oct. 5 consistory.

Choices for new cardinals stress dialogue, care for poor

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VATICAN CITY -- After the consistory to create new cardinals in early October, Pope Francis will have chosen more than half of the men who will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor.

September 3, 2019
A beach on the Pacific Ocean near Seaview, Washington, is seen in this photofrom July 23, 2019. The ecumenical World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is celebrated Sept. 1 by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Pope Francis.

Pope Francis urges Catholics to join 'Season of Creation' initiative

VATICAN CITY -- "Now is the time to abandon our dependence on fossil fuels and move, quickly and decisively, toward forms of clean energy," Pope Francis said as he marked the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

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