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Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 11, 2022. The pope blessed figurines of the baby Jesus brought by children for their Nativity scenes. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Doubt can be a step toward deeper faith, pope says

Pope: Doubt ‘helps us understand that God is always greater than we imagine him to be’

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Read more about the article Nothing is impossible for God, not even peace in Ukraine, pope says
A firefighter places a wreath on a tall Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2022, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis prayed at the statue later in the day, continuing the papal tradition of visiting the Spanish Steps on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Nothing is impossible for God, not even peace in Ukraine, pope says

‘God wants our goodwill. May Our Lady help us to convert to God’s plans.’

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Read more about the article Church needs new look at role of men, women in church, theologian says
Marinella Perroni, a retired professor of biblical theology at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm, is pictured in Rome Sept. 21, 2021. In a recent article in the Vatican newspaper, Perroni said there are discriminatory notions behind the "Petrine and Marian principles" named by Pope Francis and previous popes. (CNS photo/Alessia Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo/handout)

Church needs new look at role of men, women in church, theologian says

Pope: ‘The Church is woman’

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Read more about the article Pope’s 2022: A year dominated by war, problems walking
Pope Francis burns incense in front of a Marian statue after consecrating the world and, in particular, Ukraine and Russia, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a Lenten penance service in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 25, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope’s 2022: A year dominated by war, problems walking

‘The position of the Holy See is to seek peace and to seek an understanding’

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Pope Francis greets an inmate as he washes the feet of prisoners during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at a prison in Civitavecchia, Italy, April 14, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope is asking governments to grant clemency to prisoners at Christmas

Pope: the way a country treats prisoners ‘is a measure of the dignity and the hope of a society’

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Read more about the article Mary accompanies migrants heading north, pope says on Guadalupe feast
Pope Francis passes an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe as he leaves after presiding at Mass marking the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 12, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Mary accompanies migrants heading north, pope says on Guadalupe feast

‘The Lord, through the Virgin Mother, continues to give us his son’

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Read more about the article Advent is opportunity to get off pedestal of superiority, pope says
A Nativity scene figure and the Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square are seen as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking the square at the Vatican Dec. 4, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Advent is opportunity to get off pedestal of superiority, pope says

‘Hypocrisy is the greatest danger, because it can even ruin the most sacred realities’

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Read more about the article Being ‘inclusive’ of those with disabilities means valuing them, pope says
Pope Francis greets a woman at the end of an audience with people with disabilities Dec. 3, 2022, in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Being ‘inclusive’ of those with disabilities means valuing them, pope says

‘There is no inclusion if the experience of fraternity and mutual communion is missing’

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