Read more about the article Pope speaks on U.S. gun violence, abortion debate, retirement rumors
Pope Francis speaks in an interview with the Spanish-language TV network, Univision, in this still frame from video at the Vatican July 11, 2022. The pope spoke about U.S. President Joe Biden's support of abortion, about gun violence in the United States and about his tentative post-retirement plans -- if the time comes. (CNS photo/courtesy Televisa Univision)

Pope speaks on U.S. gun violence, abortion debate, retirement rumors

‘When the pastoral dimension is lost, it creates a political problem’

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Read more about the article Catholic journalists urged to face media, Church distrust head-on
Timothy O'Malley, director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, speaks July 6, 2022, during the Catholic Media Conference in Portland, Ore. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Catholic journalists urged to face media, Church distrust head-on

‘The Church is experiencing a crisis related to communications’

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Read more about the article Pope: Young people called to look beyond ‘shortsighted’ ideologies
Young people walk near the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, in this June 17, 2022, file photo. In a July 11 message to young people attending the "EU Youth Conference" in Prague, Pope Francis said young men and women in Europe must look beyond "short-sighted ideologies" that are prevalent in today's world. (CNS photo/Vincent West, Reuters)

Pope: Young people called to look beyond ‘shortsighted’ ideologies

'It is now up to you to present the world with a new face of Europe’

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Read more about the article Exchange student, U.S. host family recount youth’s odyssey to flee Ukraine
After a harrowing two-month journey from Ukraine to the United States, Anton Bezborodov arrived in Indianapolis April 22, 2022, where his true home is, he said, with Beth and Thomas Wright, members of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. Growing up in an orphanage in Ukraine, Anton spent Christmas 2017 with the Wrights as part of an international program to give orphans in Ukraine an opportunity to spend the holidays with an American family. (CNS photo/John Shaughnessy, The Criterion)

Exchange student, U.S. host family recount youth’s odyssey to flee Ukraine

‘I was really impressed that I could go anywhere and people were willing to help me'

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Read more about the article Arkansas Catholics are among 5,000 extras filmed for ‘Chosen’ episode
A crowd of about 11,000 extras, including Catholics from Arkansas, gather in Midlothian, Texas, June 8, 2022, for the filming of the "Feeding of the 5,000" episode of the popular streaming show "The Chosen." (CNS photo/courtesy Diane Hanley via Arkansas Catholic)

Arkansas Catholics are among 5,000 extras filmed for ‘Chosen’ episode

'Part of me felt I was sitting and listening to Jesus’

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Read more about the article Bishops say U.S. mass shootings have become ‘shockingly commonplace’
Jazel Ramos, niece of victim Eduardo Uvalde, cries while visiting a memorial site July 6, 2022, in Highland Park, Ill., after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade. (CNS photo/Cheney Orr, Reuters)

Bishops say U.S. mass shootings have become ‘shockingly commonplace’

’It seems there are no days of the year when our nation is not grieving the latest mass shooting’

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Read more about the article Mexican bishops call for day of prayer against crippling violence
Images of Christ the King are seen as people gather in Mexico City's central Zocalo square during Pope Francis' visit in this Feb. 13, 2016, file photo. Mexican bishops plan a day of prayer for their country July 10. (CNS photo/David Maung)

Mexican bishops call for day of prayer against crippling violence

’There is a wound to heal’

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Read more about the article About 1,700 gather for ordination of Burmese priest in Western Kentucky
Deacon Martin Ma Na Ling of Owensboro, Ky., lies prostrate during his priestly ordination Mass at the Owensboro Sportscenter July 2, 2022. His ordination for the Owensboro Diocese took place during the July 1-4 National Conference of Burmese-American Catholics. (CNS photo/Riley Greif, Western Kentucky Catholic)

About 1,700 gather for ordination of Burmese priest in Western Kentucky

’It brings us great joy here in Kentucky to see our faith celebrated by the people of Myanmar’

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Read more about the article Women’s voices: Pope says he’ll add women to Dicastery for Bishops
Pope Francis opens the spring general assembly of the Italian bishops' conference at the Vatican in this May 23, 2022, file photo. The pope told the Reuters news agency that he is preparing to name two women to the committee that helps him choose bishops for the world's Latin-rite dioceses; the current members are all cardinals and bishops. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Women’s voices: Pope says he’ll add women to Dicastery for Bishops

'This way, things are opening up a bit’

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