Read more about the article Pope reflects on papacy in interview with Argentine news agency
Pope Francis answers questions posed by Bernarda Llorente, the president of Télam, the Argentine news agency, during an interview June 20, 2022, in the Domus Sanctae Marthae where the pope lives. The interview was released July 1. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope reflects on papacy in interview with Argentine news agency

Church reforms ‘neither my invention nor a dream I had after a night of indigestion’

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Read more about the article Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as Supreme Court justice
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson takes the judicial oath of office as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court June 30, 2022. Administering the oath is Justice Stephen Breyer, whom she succeeds on the court due to his retirement, effective the same day. Jackson's husband, Patrick Jackson, holds the Bible during the ceremony. (CNS photo/Supreme Court of the United States, Handout via Reuters)

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as Supreme Court justice

’I accept the solemn responsibility of supporting and defending the Constitution’

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Read more about the article Missionaries of Charity kicked out of Nicaragua
A member of the Missionaries of Charity is pictured in a file photo near an image of St. Teresa of Kolkata during Mass at the cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua. The religious order has been expelled from Nicaragua. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

Missionaries of Charity kicked out of Nicaragua

’Nothing justifies depriving the poor of charitable attention’

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Read more about the article Catholics need better understanding of the Mass, pope says
Pope Francis elevates the chalice as he celebrates Mass in Carpi, Italy, April 2, 2017. On June 29, 2022, the pope issued issued an apostolic letter insisting Catholics need to better understand the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council and its goal on promoting the "full, conscious, active and fruitful celebration" of the Mass. (CNS photo/Alessandro Garofalo, Reuters)

Catholics need better understanding of the Mass, pope says

’How can we grow in our capacity to live in full the liturgical action?’

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Read more about the article Archbishop asks Church to be in solidarity with migrants who died in truck
Debra Ponce, left, and Angelita Olvera of San Antonio mourn June 28, 2022, near the scene where dozens of immigrants were found dead inside a trailer truck a day earlier. (CNS photo/Go Nakamura, Reuters)

Archbishop asks Church to be in solidarity with migrants who died in truck

’We pray for the souls of the ... people who died in such a cruel, inhuman manner’

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Read more about the article After court decision, it’s time for widespread pro-life work, Vatican says
"For life, always," ("Per la vita sempre"), an editorial reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion, is seen on the front page of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, June 25, 2022. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano)

After court decision, it’s time for widespread pro-life work, Vatican says

‘A human being is always sacred and inviolable’

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Read more about the article Supreme Court sides with coach in public school prayer case
Joe Kennedy, former assistant coach at Bremerton High School outside of Seattle, is seen in this undated photo. In a decision June 27, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Kennedy had a constitutional right to pray at the 50-yard line after his team's games. (CNS photo/courtesy First Liberty Institute)

Supreme Court sides with coach in public school prayer case

’Respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse republic’

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Read more about the article Cardinal says renewing Vatican II’s spirit can carry the Church forward
Cardinal Peter Turkson, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Science, addresses the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests in Linthicum Heights, Md., June 22, 2022. (CNS photo/Dennis Sadowski)

Cardinal says renewing Vatican II’s spirit can carry the Church forward

'Humanity has a mandate to change, to build’

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