Read more about the article Beatification of wartime Polish nuns highlights radical Christian witness 
Senior Catholics in Poland see the June 11, 2022, beatification of these 10 Polish nuns murdered by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II as highlighting the need for radical Christian witness while offering a prophetic reminder of current sufferings in Ukraine. Pictured clockwise are, Sisters Maria Paschalis Jahn, Melusja, Edelburgis Kubitzki, Adel Schramm, Adelheidis Töpfer, Acutina Goldberg, Felicitas Ellmerer, Rosaria Schilling, Sabina Thienel, and Sapientia Heymann. (CNS photo/courtesy Congregation of Sisters of St. Elizabeth)

Beatification of wartime Polish nuns highlights radical Christian witness 

‘No one predicted our brothers and sisters in Ukraine would experience the same fate’

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Read more about the article Families are path to holiness, pope says 
Pope Francis speaks in a video message released on YouTube by the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network June 2, 2022. The pope dedicated his prayer intention for the month of June to families. (CNS photo/Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network)

Families are path to holiness, pope says 

'When we argue, when we suffer, when we’re joyful, the Lord is there’

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Read more about the article Pope congratulates Queen Elizabeth II on Platinum Jubilee 
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II talks with Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican in this April 3, 2014, file photo. The pope sent well-wishes to the queen on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee celebration marking 70 years on the throne. (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella, pool)

Pope congratulates Queen Elizabeth II on Platinum Jubilee 

‘I send cordial greetings and good wishes’

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Read more about the article Educators must learn from, not relive, the past, pope says 
Pope Francis and other religious leaders attend the meeting, "Religions and Education: Toward a Global Compact on Education," at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2021. Pictured in the background are Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church; Rabbi Noam Marans with the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations; and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Educators must learn from, not relive, the past, pope says 

‘In any educational process, we always must put people at the center’

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Read more about the article Synodality means communion, not ‘populism,’ pope says 
In an Aug. 13, 2021, video message to a virtual conference of religious men and women from Latin America and the Caribbean, Pope Francis urged them to offer a joyful witness to the people they serve. (CNS screenshot/Vatican Media)

Synodality means communion, not ‘populism,’ pope says 

‘When someone is a know-it-all, the gift cannot be received’

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Read more about the article Pope, with Ukrainian families, to lead rosary for peace May 31 
The statue of Our Lady Queen of Peace is seen at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome in this Dec. 10, 2019, file photo. Pope Francis will close the Marian month of May by reciting the rosary for peace May 31 in front of the statue. (CNS photo/Cindy Wooden)

Pope, with Ukrainian families, to lead rosary for peace May 31 

The statue of Our Lady Queen of Peace is seen at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome in this Dec. 10, 2019, file photo. Pope Francis will close…

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Read more about the article U.S. cardinal urges Italian bishops to track, share information about abuse 
Boston Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, addresses the general assembly of the Italian bishops in a video message released May 25, 2022. Cardinal O'Malley encouraged the bishops "to undertake a constructive process of review, of reform and of reconciliation" in view of calls for a national study on clerical sexual abuse. (CNS photo/courtesy Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors)

U.S. cardinal urges Italian bishops to track, share information about abuse 

‘There is a sea of suffering that we are called to face up to’

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Read more about the article Syria’s economy so bad many people don’t have one meal a day, nun says 
Young men carry bread as they walk along a street in Jaramana, Syria, Jan. 25, 2022. The war is over but "the situation in Syria is becoming worse and worse" due to the country's economic crisis, said a nun based there. (CNS photo/Yamam al Shaar, Reuters)

Syria’s economy so bad many people don’t have one meal a day, nun says 

‘They feel that one day light will come from this darkness’

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Read more about the article Pope, Bono launch Scholas educational initiative 
Pope Francis greets U2 singer Bono before a meeting of Scholas Occurentes in Rome May 19, 2022. The event was for the launch of the "Laudato Si' School," a yearlong project of Scholas young people to develop projects to promote protection of the environment. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope, Bono launch Scholas educational initiative 

‘Defending nature means defending the poetry of creation’

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