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Pope Francis greets police officers before entering the Vatican after being discharged from Rome's Gemelli hospital following his recovery from colon surgery in this screengrab taken from a video July 14, 2021. (CNS photo/Cristiano Corvino, Reuters TV screengrab)

Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica

During hospital stay, pope visited with other patients

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Read more about the article N.J. cardinal asks Catholics to sign petition to Congress on Hyde Amendment
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., answers questions during a news conference at the fall general assembly of the USCCB in Baltimore Nov. 12, 2019. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

N.J. cardinal asks Catholics to sign petition to Congress on Hyde Amendment

N.J. cardinal asks Catholics to sign petition to Congress on Hyde Amendment

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Read more about the article Pope makes ‘satisfactory’ recovery; histology report confirms diagnosis
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican July 4, 2021. Afterward, the 84-year-old pope was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital for a prescheduled colon surgery. (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

Pope makes ‘satisfactory’ recovery; histology report confirms diagnosis

Pope expected to stay in hospital at least until July 11

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Read more about the article Pope asks for local events coinciding with World Meeting of Families 2022
Pope Francis blesses a girl as her family presents offertory gifts during the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families along Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia Sept. 27, 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope asks for local events coinciding with World Meeting of Families 2022

Theme will be ‘Family love: A vocation and a path to holiness’

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Read more about the article Cardinal Dolan: Religious freedom is an ‘essential’ human right
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Religious Liberty, presents the keynote address June 28, 2021, during the Religious Liberty Summit at the University of Notre Dame Law School. (CNS photo/Peter Ringenberg, courtesy University of Notre Dame)

Cardinal Dolan: Religious freedom is an ‘essential’ human right

False narrative of religious freedom as discrimination has taken hold

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Read more about the article Pandemic’s economic fallout must not stop Catholics’ generosity, pope says
Pope Francis meets June 10, 2019, with a Vatican coalition of funding agencies, known by its Italian acronym ROACO. (CNS photo/Vatican Media handout via Reuters) See POPE-ROACO June 10, 2019.

Pandemic’s economic fallout must not stop Catholics’ generosity, pope says

War threatens Christian communities in several countries

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Read more about the article Self-righteous continue to disturb Christian community, pope says
Pope Francis greets people during his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 23, 2021. The pope began a new series of audience talks focused on St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians and its lessons about evangelization, faith and freedom. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Self-righteous continue to disturb Christian community, pope says

Pope announces new series of talks based on Letter to Galatians

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