Read more about the article Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass
Father Stephen Saffron, parish administrator, elevates the Eucharist during a traditional Tridentine Mass July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City. The Sunday Latin Mass has a dedicated following, drawing more than 150 people from Queens and neighboring counties, in addition to southwestern Connecticut and northern New Jersey. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass

Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass

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Read more about the article Pope expresses closeness with Cuban people as unrest continues
People gesture and hold Cuban flags ahead of Pope Francis' midday recitation of the Angelus in St Peter's Square at the Vatican July 18, 2021. After speaking about the day's Gospel reading and leading the prayer, the pope expressed his closeness to the people of Cuba a week after protests erupted on the island nation. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

Pope expresses closeness with Cuban people as unrest continues

Prays for Cubans to construct a more just society ‘through peace, dialogue, solidarity’

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Read more about the article Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica
Pope Francis greets police officers before entering the Vatican after being discharged from Rome's Gemelli hospital following his recovery from colon surgery in this screengrab taken from a video July 14, 2021. (CNS photo/Cristiano Corvino, Reuters TV screengrab)

Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica

During hospital stay, pope visited with other patients

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Read more about the article Pope makes ‘satisfactory’ recovery; histology report confirms diagnosis
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican July 4, 2021. Afterward, the 84-year-old pope was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital for a prescheduled colon surgery. (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

Pope makes ‘satisfactory’ recovery; histology report confirms diagnosis

Pope expected to stay in hospital at least until July 11

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Read more about the article Pope asks for local events coinciding with World Meeting of Families 2022
Pope Francis blesses a girl as her family presents offertory gifts during the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families along Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia Sept. 27, 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope asks for local events coinciding with World Meeting of Families 2022

Theme will be ‘Family love: A vocation and a path to holiness’

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Read more about the article Pandemic’s economic fallout must not stop Catholics’ generosity, pope says
Pope Francis meets June 10, 2019, with a Vatican coalition of funding agencies, known by its Italian acronym ROACO. (CNS photo/Vatican Media handout via Reuters) See POPE-ROACO June 10, 2019.

Pandemic’s economic fallout must not stop Catholics’ generosity, pope says

War threatens Christian communities in several countries

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Read more about the article Self-righteous continue to disturb Christian community, pope says
Pope Francis greets people during his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 23, 2021. The pope began a new series of audience talks focused on St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians and its lessons about evangelization, faith and freedom. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Self-righteous continue to disturb Christian community, pope says

Pope announces new series of talks based on Letter to Galatians

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