Read more about the article Pope: Correct view of tradition nurtures beauty, grandeur of the liturgy
Pope Francis meets with members of Italy's Association of Professors of Liturgy in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican Sept. 1, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: Correct view of tradition nurtures beauty, grandeur of the liturgy

‘The liturgy is alive like a plant, and it must be nurtured with care’

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Read more about the article Death penalty encourages revenge, not justice, pope says
Pope Francis offers his prayer intention for the month of September for the abolition of the death penalty in this video posted to the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network. (CNS photo/Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network)

Death penalty encourages revenge, not justice, pope says

‘Capital punishment offers no justice to victims, but rather encourages revenge’

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Read more about the article Pope calls for end to horror, madness of war, on anniversary war in Ukraine
A volunteer places a cross with a number on a grave of an unidentified person during a mass burial ceremony in Bucha, Ukraine, Aug. 17, 2022, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues. (CNS photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters)

Pope calls for end to horror, madness of war, on anniversary war in Ukraine

‘We need peace’

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Read more about the article Venice Film Festival will feature documentary on Pope Francis’ travels
Pope Francis walks from the papal plane as he arrives at an airfield during a 2015 foreign trip. Pope Francis will be featured in a new documentary premiering at this year's Venice Film Festival. Titled, "Traveling," the film covers the pope's near decade of travel. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Venice Film Festival will feature documentary on Pope Francis’ travels

The film is expected to be released in theaters Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

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Read more about the article Covenant between humanity, environment needed, pope says
A man walks on the dry riverbed of the Sangone River, a tributary of the Po River, in Beinasco, Turin, Italy, June 19, 2022. Italy is experiencing its worst drought in 70 years. Pope Francis issued a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Sept. 1, calling for "a covenant between human beings and the environment" in order to combat climate change. (CNS photo/Massimo Pinca, Reuters)

Covenant between humanity, environment needed, pope says

Protecting ‘God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue’

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Read more about the article Pope asks Signis to combat toxic media filled with hate, fake news
The sign of the Anti-Fake News center is pictured in Bangkok, Thailand, in this Nov. 1, 2019, file photo. Pope Francis asked members of Signis, a Catholic communicators association, to educate young people and help them understand how social media "become places of toxicity, hate speech and fake news. (CNS photo/Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters)

Pope asks Signis to combat toxic media filled with hate, fake news

Some media ‘become places of toxicity, hate speech and fake news,’ says pope

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