Read more about the article Papal condemnations of nuclear war ‘indispensable,’ says U.N. official
Pope Francis gives gifts to Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, during a meeting Jan. 12, 2023, in the library of the Apostolic Palace. Grossi said they discussed the threat of a disaster from bombings of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Papal condemnations of nuclear war ‘indispensable,’ says U.N. official

Pope Francis said he hopes ‘concrete steps will be taken to end the war’

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Read more about the article Pope pays tribute to the late Pope Benedict, highlighting his gentleness
Pope Francis delivers his blessing during a traditional evening prayer service on New Year's Eve in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 31, 2022. Pope Benedict XVI died in the morning Dec. 31 at his residence at the Vatican. He was 95. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope pays tribute to the late Pope Benedict, highlighting his gentleness

‘With emotion we remember him as such a noble, such a gentle person’

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Read more about the article Kids help pope celebrate 86th birthday with cake, circus performers
Pope Francis reacts as an artist performs during an audience with children and volunteers of the Vatican's St. Martha Dispensary, a maternal and pediatric clinic, at the Vatican Dec. 18, 2022. (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

Kids help pope celebrate 86th birthday with cake, circus performers

‘A day of joy that helps us prepare for Christmas’

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Read more about the article Global church is seeing how pope’s vision of synodality involves everyone
Pope Francis leads a meeting with representatives of bishops' conferences from around the world at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2021. The meeting came as the Vatican launched the process that will lead up to the assembly of the world Synod of Bishops in 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Global church is seeing how pope’s vision of synodality involves everyone

Global Church is seeing how pope’s vision of synodality involves everyone

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Read more about the article Church must take seriously the problems, needs of workers, pope says
Antonio Di Matteo, general president of Italy's Movement of Christian Workers, holds a flag as he meets Pope Francis during an audience with members of the organization in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2022. The problems and needs of workers must be a part of the church's work and concern, the pope said. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Church must take seriously the problems, needs of workers, pope says

'I urge you to keep your minds and hearts open to workers'

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Read more about the article Pope pays tribute to predecessor, honors Ratzinger Prize winners
Jesuit Father Michel Fédou, professor of dogmatic theology and patristics at the Centre Sèvres of Paris, and Joseph H. H. Weiler, a professor of law at New York University School of Law, stand on either side of Pope Francis after receiving the Ratzinger Prize in theology from him Dec. 1, 2022, at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope pays tribute to predecessor, honors Ratzinger Prize winners

‘All of us sense his spiritual presence, his accompaniment in prayer for the whole Church and his constant contemplative gaze’

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Read more about the article Physical vulnerability can be a resource for society, the church, pope says
Pope Francis blesses a woman during an audience with members of the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired at the Vatican Dec. 12, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Physical vulnerability can be a resource for society, the church, pope says

Physical vulnerability can be a resource for society, the church, pope says

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Read more about the article Pope praises firefighters’ service, dedication
Pope Francis greets a boy during an audience with hundreds of Italian firefighters and their family members at the Vatican Dec. 10, 2022. The pope praised them as true good Samaritans, always ready to save others from calamity. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope praises firefighters’ service, dedication

‘Lord, let them not have work’

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Read more about the article Pope advances sainthood causes, including first ‘martyr’ of charity
An illustration depicts Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci in traditional Chinese clothing. In a decree Dec. 17, 2022, Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Father Ricci, recognizing the heroic virtues of the 16th-century missionary to China and declaring him venerable. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

Pope advances sainthood causes, including first ‘martyr’ of charity

Pope advances sainthood causes, including first ‘martyr’ of charity

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