Read more about the article Vatican investments must follow Catholic social teaching, new policy says
This is the cover of a document released by the Investment Committee of the Holy See July 19, 2022, with new statutes and policies governing Vatican investments. The document calls for investments in line with Catholic teaching and for them to be financially responsible. (CNS photo/courtesy Holy See Press Office)

Vatican investments must follow Catholic social teaching, new policy says

Church will invest in line with the principles of Catholic teaching

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Read more about the article Pope’s words in Canada may have broader reach, official says
Pope Francis accepts snowshoes from Adrian Gunner, representing the Assembly of First Nations, during a meeting with Canadian Indigenous groups at the Vatican in this April 1, 2022, file photo. The pope plans to read his speeches in Spanish during his July 24-29 trip to Canada. While the Indigenous will be the focus of the trip, concern for the environment and prayers for Ukraine also are expected. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope’s words in Canada may have broader reach, official says

Comments carry message to Indigenous peoples of North, South America

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Read more about the article Eastern Africa bishops explore consequences of climate change on daily life
Bernard Mbithi uproots a field where he was growing corn that failed because of a drought in Kilifi, Kenya, Feb. 16, 2022. Catholic bishops of eastern Africa, meeting in Tanzania July 10-18, 2022, examined the consequences of climate change throughout the region. (CNS photo/Baz Ratner, Reuters)

Eastern Africa bishops explore consequences of climate change on daily life

‘We are aware that addressing these issues touches on economic justice and fairness’

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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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Read more about the article Pope’s Canada trip: Beginning and ending with ‘sorry’
Women from Canada's First Nations gesture in St. Peter's Square after an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican in this April 1, 2022, file photo. The pope is expected to apologize directly to Indigenous peoples during his July 24-29 visit to Canada. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)

Pope’s Canada trip: Beginning and ending with ‘sorry’

‘The sins of the past live on, and everyone has a share in overcoming them’

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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 Exchange student, U.S. host family recount youth’s odyssey to flee Ukraine
After a harrowing two-month journey from Ukraine to the United States, Anton Bezborodov arrived in Indianapolis April 22, 2022, where his true home is, he said, with Beth and Thomas Wright, members of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. Growing up in an orphanage in Ukraine, Anton spent Christmas 2017 with the Wrights as part of an international program to give orphans in Ukraine an opportunity to spend the holidays with an American family. (CNS photo/John Shaughnessy, The Criterion)

Exchange student, U.S. host family recount youth’s odyssey to flee Ukraine

‘I was really impressed that I could go anywhere and people were willing to help me'

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Read more about the article Mexican bishops call for day of prayer against crippling violence
Images of Christ the King are seen as people gather in Mexico City's central Zocalo square during Pope Francis' visit in this Feb. 13, 2016, file photo. Mexican bishops plan a day of prayer for their country July 10. (CNS photo/David Maung)

Mexican bishops call for day of prayer against crippling violence

’There is a wound to heal’

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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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