Pope Francis in Fatima: arrival ceremony
Pope Francis’s plane touched down at Monte Real Air Base shortly before 4:30pm local time in Portugal. The sky was
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Pope Francis in Fatima: what the papers are (not) saying
(Vatican Radio) The local papers in Fatima this morning are filled with facts and figures: Chris Altieri, Vatican Radio’s correspondent
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Pilgrims descend on Fatima shrine ahead of Pope’s visit
Vatican Radio) Tens of thousands of pilgrims are descending on the Marian Shrine of Fatima ahead of Pope Francis’ visit
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Pope decries cancer of corruption in Latin America
Corruption is “like a cancer” that consumes the daily life of people across Latin America, Pope Francis has told bishops.
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Pope sends video-message ahead of Fatima pilgrimage
Pope Francis has sent a message of greeting to the people of Portugal as he prepares to travel to Fatima
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Catholics, Orthodox must work toward unity in diversity, pope says
In a letter to Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, Pope Francis said he hoped that both their churches can
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Pope Audience: Look to Mary, Mother of Hope
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis during his Wednesday General Audience continued his catechesis on Christian hope, highlighting Mary the Mother of
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Pope meets members of Portuguese College, reflects on Fatima visit
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Monday with staff and students of Rome’s Pontifical Portuguese College, reflecting on his forthcoming
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Priest kidnapped in Yemen pleads for help in video message
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped in Yemen more than a year ago, in
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Catholic-Coptic joint declaration: an important ecumenical milestone
(Vatican Radio) As Pope Francis prepares for his next pastoral visit to Portugal on Friday, analysts are reflecting on the
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“Let us receive the Holy Spirit with docility!” Pope Francis
“Let us receive the Holy Spirit with docility!” This was Pope Francis’ message during his Tuesday morning homily during Mass
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Pope Francis welcomes new Swiss Guards recruits
(Vatican Radio) Each year on May 6, the new recruits for the Pontifical Swiss Guard are sworn in at an
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Pope Francis at Regina coeli: Pray Rosary for peace!
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis called for Catholics to pray the Rosary for peace on Sunday. In remarks to pilgrims and
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Pope Francis ordains 10 new priests on Good Shepherd Sunday
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis ordained ten men to the sacred priesthood on Sunday morning, the Fourth Sunday of Easter and
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The leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church visits the UK
(Vatican Radio) The Coptic Orthodox leader, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, on Friday embarked on his first pastoral visit to
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Vatican Weekend for May 7th, 2017
Vatican Weekend for May 7th, 2017 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel reading, “There’s more in the Sunday
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of Greek Melkite Patriarch
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of the Melkite Greek Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude Gregory III
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Pope Francis receives Swiss President Leuthard
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the President of the Swiss Confederation, Doris Leuthard, on Saturday morning in the Apostolic Palace
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Vietnamese Cardinal Van Thuan on the road to sainthood
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Wisconsin-born Capuchin Father Solanus Casey, five religious, four laypeople
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Trump to visit Francis at the Vatican May 24 after trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia
ROME-U.S. President Donald Trump will visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 24, as part of his first
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Pope’s prayer intention for May: Christians in Africa
Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ prayer intention for May is dedicated to Christians in Africa: That Christians in Africa, in imitation of the
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General Audience: Pope reflects on Apostolic Voyage to Egypt
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis reflected on last weekend’s Apostolic Voyage to Egypt during his weekly General Audience, recalling the various
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Pope: fraternity can generate a just society with dignity for all
(Vatican Radio) On May 1st the Church remembers Saint Joseph the worker, a day marked across the globe as International
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Egypt is a beacon of hope and refuge, pope says at audience
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just as it had been for centuries, Egypt can be a sign of hope for those
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Hungry, scared South Sudanese stay in cathedral compound for protection
WAU, South Sudan (CNS) — Rita Williams slept under a tree beside St. Mary Catholic Cathedral, her three hungry
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