Read more about the article Pope prays for peace in Afghanistan as Taliban takes control
People try to get into Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. During his Angelus address Aug. 15, Pope Francis expressed his concern for Afghanistan amid the Taliban's control of the country. (CNS photo/Reuters)

Pope prays for peace in Afghanistan as Taliban takes control

2,300 U.S. soldiers died in 20-year conflict

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Read more about the article Archbishop Broglio says human dignity of Afghan people ‘must be respected’
Evacuees crowd the interior of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft carrying nearly 700 Afghans from Kabul to Qatar Aug. 15, 2021. (CNS photo/courtesy Defense One handout via Reuters)

Archbishop Broglio says human dignity of Afghan people ‘must be respected’

Afghans who helped U.S. effort ‘desperate’ to leave

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Read more about the article Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass
Father Stephen Saffron, parish administrator, elevates the Eucharist during a traditional Tridentine Mass July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City. The Sunday Latin Mass has a dedicated following, drawing more than 150 people from Queens and neighboring counties, in addition to southwestern Connecticut and northern New Jersey. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass

Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass

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Read more about the article Pope expresses closeness with Cuban people as unrest continues
People gesture and hold Cuban flags ahead of Pope Francis' midday recitation of the Angelus in St Peter's Square at the Vatican July 18, 2021. After speaking about the day's Gospel reading and leading the prayer, the pope expressed his closeness to the people of Cuba a week after protests erupted on the island nation. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

Pope expresses closeness with Cuban people as unrest continues

Prays for Cubans to construct a more just society ‘through peace, dialogue, solidarity’

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