Read more about the article Pope speaks on U.S. gun violence, abortion debate, retirement rumors
Pope Francis speaks in an interview with the Spanish-language TV network, Univision, in this still frame from video at the Vatican July 11, 2022. The pope spoke about U.S. President Joe Biden's support of abortion, about gun violence in the United States and about his tentative post-retirement plans -- if the time comes. (CNS photo/courtesy Televisa Univision)

Pope speaks on U.S. gun violence, abortion debate, retirement rumors

‘When the pastoral dimension is lost, it creates a political problem’

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Read more about the article Pope: Young people called to look beyond ‘shortsighted’ ideologies
Young people walk near the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, in this June 17, 2022, file photo. In a July 11 message to young people attending the "EU Youth Conference" in Prague, Pope Francis said young men and women in Europe must look beyond "short-sighted ideologies" that are prevalent in today's world. (CNS photo/Vincent West, Reuters)

Pope: Young people called to look beyond ‘shortsighted’ ideologies

'It is now up to you to present the world with a new face of Europe’

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Read more about the article Women’s voices: Pope says he’ll add women to Dicastery for Bishops
Pope Francis opens the spring general assembly of the Italian bishops' conference at the Vatican in this May 23, 2022, file photo. The pope told the Reuters news agency that he is preparing to name two women to the committee that helps him choose bishops for the world's Latin-rite dioceses; the current members are all cardinals and bishops. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Women’s voices: Pope says he’ll add women to Dicastery for Bishops

'This way, things are opening up a bit’

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Read more about the article Pope reflects on papacy in interview with Argentine news agency
Pope Francis answers questions posed by Bernarda Llorente, the president of Télam, the Argentine news agency, during an interview June 20, 2022, in the Domus Sanctae Marthae where the pope lives. The interview was released July 1. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope reflects on papacy in interview with Argentine news agency

Church reforms ‘neither my invention nor a dream I had after a night of indigestion’

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Read more about the article Catholics need better understanding of the Mass, pope says
Pope Francis elevates the chalice as he celebrates Mass in Carpi, Italy, April 2, 2017. On June 29, 2022, the pope issued issued an apostolic letter insisting Catholics need to better understand the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council and its goal on promoting the "full, conscious, active and fruitful celebration" of the Mass. (CNS photo/Alessandro Garofalo, Reuters)

Catholics need better understanding of the Mass, pope says

’How can we grow in our capacity to live in full the liturgical action?’

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Read more about the article To evangelize is to live the Gospel, then share it, pope says
Pope Francis greets Father Valdir José De Castro, superior general of the Pauline Fathers, during an audience with participants in the order's general chapter, at the Vatican June 18, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

To evangelize is to live the Gospel, then share it, pope says

’The push of the Holy Spirit is what makes us come out of ourselves’

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Read more about the article Health care must be accessible to all, not select few, pope says 
Pope Francis arrives to lead an audience with representatives of the Italian health care association, Federsanità, at the Vatican June 4, 2022. The pope said that health care is a fundamental right for all and not a privilege for the rich while the poor and disadvantaged are left to the wayside. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Health care must be accessible to all, not select few, pope says 

‘Illnesses may mark the body, confuse thoughts and take away strength, but they can never nullify the value of human life’

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Read more about the article Pope: Interreligious dialogue is built on respect, sharing 
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches, during an audience with members of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue at the Vatican June 6, 2022. The cardinal, who had just returned from visiting Ukrainian refugees in Romania, presented the pope with artwork. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: Interreligious dialogue is built on respect, sharing 

‘There is always another possible option: that of dialogue’

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Read more about the article Holy Spirit pushes people to repent, change, love, pope says 
Pope Francis gives the homily as he participates in Mass for the feast of Pentecost in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 5, 2022. The Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who has substituted as the main celebrant on a few occasions when the pope has had health problems. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Holy Spirit pushes people to repent, change, love, pope says 

‘Let us sit at the school of the Holy Spirit, so that he can teach us all things’

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