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Pope Francis kisses the encolpion of Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, during a private meeting during the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 14, 2022. An encolpion is an episcopal pectoral medallion with an icon. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: Religions must be purified of extremism, self-righteousness 

Pope: ‘It is time for open and compassionate hearts’

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Read more about the article Arriving in Kazakhstan, pope makes case for peace
Pope Francis greets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 13, 2022. The pope is visiting Kazakhstan to attend the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Arriving in Kazakhstan, pope makes case for peace

‘Our world urgently needs peace; it needs to recover harmony’

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Read more about the article Zero tolerance for priests guilty of abuse, pope says in interview
Pope Francis is pictured during an interview with Maria João Avillez of CNN Portugal at the Vatican Aug. 11, 2022. During the lengthy interview, the pope called sexual abuse "diabolical" and a "monstrosity" and said there is "zero tolerance" for those in the church who are guilty of abuse. (CNS screenshot/CNN Portugal)

Zero tolerance for priests guilty of abuse, pope says in interview

‘It’s a monstrosity’

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Read more about the article Polish church backs new war reparations, but stresses reconciliation
German troops march through Warsaw, Poland, in September 1939. The Polish bishops' conference has cautiously endorsed government demands for $1.29 trillion reparations from Germany for World War II damage. (CNS photo/National Archives)

Polish church backs new war reparations, but stresses reconciliation

‘Forgiveness must be accompanied by truth’

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Read more about the article Gorbachev, St. John Paul had great appreciation for each other
Pope John Paul II greets Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the Vatican Dec. 1, 1989. Gorbachev, who died Aug. 30, 2022, in Moscow after a long illness, met several times with Pope John Paul, and the two often exchanged words of appreciation for each other. (CNS photo/Luciano Mellace, Reuters)

Gorbachev, St. John Paul had great appreciation for each other

‘Both clearly understood the direction that history had begun to take’

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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 New film on Mother Teresa seeks to put 20th-century saint back in spotlight
Missionaries of Charity nuns and other guests attend the Premier of the documentary film, "Mother Teresa: No Greater Love," in the Filmoteca Vaticana at the Vatican Aug. 31, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

New film on Mother Teresa seeks to put 20th-century saint back in spotlight

Mother Teresa: ‘an icon of the good Samaritan’

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