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Pope urges world leaders to 'work for peace, not weapons'

Speaking on behalf of dozens of religious leaders, Pope Francis called on world leaders to put an end to violence and bloodshed and instead strive for peace.

Pope: Sharing wealth, creating jobs help rich get into heaven

Jesus throwing money changers out of the temple and talking about how difficult it is for a rich person to get to heaven make it easy to assume that there is little hope for the salvation of a business owner, Pope Francis said, but that is not true.

Arriving in Kazakhstan, pope makes case for peace

Arriving in Kazakhstan, a country that borders Russia, Pope Francis said he came as a "pilgrim of peace" at a time when "our world urgently needs peace; it needs to recover harmony."

Blessed John Paul I, 'the smiling pope,' showed God's goodness, pope says

Beatifying Blessed John Paul I, Pope Francis praised the late pope for showing the world God's goodness and for living the Gospel without compromise.

Without forgiveness, humility, pope says, then injustice, wars will rage

Pope Francis: Mary teaches primacy of humility over power, success

Mary’s humble life and example are a testament to the triumph of service and love over power and success, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis on tradition and the development of doctrine

Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has shown that church teaching can develop. He has called for updates to the Catechism of the Catholic Church to make it clear that the death penalty is inadmissible and that both the use and possession of nuclear weapons are immoral. His teaching document on family life, “Amoris Laetitia,” offers a path back to the sacraments for divorced and remarried Catholics, opening a door that was previously closed.

Pope brings apology to Arctic Indigenous communities

On a stage designed to evoke a “qammaq” — a traditional Inuit summer home built of whale ribs, sod and stone — Pope Francis again apologized to the Indigenous communities of Canada for Catholics’ complicity in breaking up their families and suppressing their languages.

Pope Francis: Residential-school policy was part of ‘genocide’ plan

The planned destruction of the families, languages, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous communities of Canada through the residential school system was “genocide,” Pope Francis said.

Pope entrusts three holy women with new relationship with Indigenous

Meeting Indigenous survivors of residential schools in Canada, Pope Francis entrusted them and the journey of truth, healing and reconciliation to three women: St. Anne, Mary and St. Kateri Tekakwitha.
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