Read more about the article Pope returns to Vatican, ‘is better than before,’ chief surgeon says
Pope Francis smiles as he leaves Rome's Gemelli hospital early June 16, 2023. Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the pope's chief surgeon, and Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, commander of the Vatican police force, are next to the pope as he responds to questions from Spanish journalist Eva Fernández, left, and Italian journalist Vania De Luca. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope returns to Vatican, ‘is better than before,’ chief surgeon says

Pope Francis is planning to make schedule trips abroad

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Read more about the article Pope to Nobel laureates, world: Fraternity is stronger than hatred
Young people join hands and embrace in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after the signing of the Declaration on Human Fraternity during the World Meeting on Human Fraternity June 10, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope to Nobel laureates, world: Fraternity is stronger than hatred

‘Only a great spiritual and social covenant born from the heart and centered on fraternity can restore the sacredness and inviolability of human dignity as the core of relationships’

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Read more about the article Pope insists Christian politicians promote human dignity, common good
Pope Francis gives his blessing at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 7, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope insists Christian politicians promote human dignity, common good

'On some issues where primary ethical values and important points of Christian social doctrine are at stake, we need to be united’

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Read more about the article Pope Francis undergoes successful three-hour surgery for hernia
Dr. Sergio Alfieri, a chief surgeon at Rome's Gemelli's hospital, who operated on Pope Francis June 7, 2023, speaks to reporters at the hospital as seen in this screengrab of the news conference broadcast live by Vatican Media. He said the pope was recoverying well from a three-hour surgery for a hernia. (CNS screengrab/Courtesy Vatican Media)

Pope Francis undergoes successful three-hour surgery for hernia

The abdominal surgery was performed ‘without complications’

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Read more about the article Pope accepts resignation of bishop acquitted of rape, nun files appeal
A nun is consoled during a Sept. 13, 2018, protest in Cochin, India. The protest was to demand justice after a former religious superior accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of raping her. Indian nuns questioned the church's silence in the rape case and expressed support for the complainant nun after a court acquitted Bishop Mulakkal of all charges Jan. 14, 2022. (CNS photo/Sivaram V, Reuters)

Pope accepts resignation of bishop acquitted of rape, nun files appeal

The Vatican made the announcement June 1.

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Read more about the article A host of sacramental statistics: Vatican tracks practice of the faith
Pope Francis baptizes a baby during a Mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in this file photo from Jan. 8, 2023. According to the Vatican's Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2021, the Catholic Church baptized 13.7 million people in 2021, more than 81% of whom were children under the age of 7. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

A host of sacramental statistics: Vatican tracks practice of the faith

The Central Office of Church Statistics keeps track of baptisms, first Communions, confirmations and Catholic marriages reported by dioceses around the world.

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Read more about the article Pope has named two-thirds of cardinals eligible to elect his successor
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington, center, arrives with other cardinals for the funeral Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this file photo from Jan. 5, 2023. As of June 2, 2023, two-thirds of the members of the College of Cardinals who are under the age of 80 and eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope are cardinals created by Pope Francis. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope has named two-thirds of cardinals eligible to elect his successor

After celebrating his 80th birthday, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe is now ineligible

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