Read more about the article Visiting his family, pope celebrates feast of Christ the King
Pope Francis poses for a group photo with his cousins and their families after Mass and a luncheon in Asti, Italy, Nov. 20, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Visiting his family, pope celebrates feast of Christ the King

‘The God who ‘casts down the mighty from their thrones’ appears as a slave executed by those in power’

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Read more about the article Pope: Spiritual consolation is deep joy that motivates one to ‘do good’
Pope Francis waves from the popemobile at the beginning of his weekly general audience Nov. 23, 2022, in St. Peter's Square. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: Spiritual consolation is deep joy that motivates one to ‘do good’

‘A profound experience of interior joy, consisting in seeing God’s presence in everything’

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Read more about the article Pope remembers victims of Soviet-made famine in Ukraine, prays for peace
Pope Francis, speaking at his weekly general audience Nov. 23, 2022, prayed for peace in Ukraine and remembered the millions of Ukrainian victims of the 1932-33 Holodomor, a Soviet-engineered famine. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope remembers victims of Soviet-made famine in Ukraine, prays for peace

‘Let us pray for peace in the world and an end to all conflicts, with a special thought for the terrible suffering of the dear and tormented Ukrainian people’

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Read more about the article ‘Situation is tragic,’ says bishop whose diocese includes Kherson, Ukraine
A local resident in Kherson, Ukraine, hugs a Ukrainian serviceman Nov. 12, 2022, as people celebrate Russia's retreat. (CNS photo/Yevhenii Zavhorodnii, Reuters)

‘Situation is tragic,’ says bishop whose diocese includes Kherson, Ukraine

‘We’re now praying and hoping the Russians don’t come back’

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Read more about the article Seminaries don’t form ‘supermen,’ but humble servants, pope says
Pope Francis greets Korean Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for Clergy, during an audience with Latin American seminary rectors and staff members in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Nov. 10, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Seminaries don’t form ‘supermen,’ but humble servants, pope says

‘It is important to turn every day to Jesus’

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Read more about the article Questions of faith: Vatican project sends theologians to ‘the margins’
Father Sergio Massironi, a staff member of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, celebrates Mass with street sweepers in Manila, Philippines, June 17, 2022, as part of the Vatican's "Doing theology from the existential peripheries" project. (CNS photo/courtesy of Father Sergio Massironi)

Questions of faith: Vatican project sends theologians to ‘the margins’

Vatican project sends theologians to ‘the margins’

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Read more about the article Source of evil is rejecting God, one’s neighbor, pope tells Muslim scholars
Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar mosque and university, attend a meeting with members of the Muslim Council of Elders in the courtyard of the mosque at Sakhir Palace in Awali, Bahrain, Nov. 4, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Source of evil is rejecting God, one’s neighbor, pope tells Muslim scholars

‘Transcendence and fraternity alone will save us’

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Read more about the article Showing love, mercy are key to entering heaven, pope says on All Souls’ Day
Pope Francis prays during a memorial Mass for cardinals and bishops who have died over the past year, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 2, 2022, All Souls' Day. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Showing love, mercy are key to entering heaven, pope says on All Souls’ Day

God ‘waits for us among the poor and wounded of the world’

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