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Pope Francis: Protect your health, physically and spiritually

Jesus healed people of all sorts of physical ailments, but he always started with the essential — forgiving their sins, Pope Francis said.

Pope prays for dialogue between U.S., Iran

Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayers for peace as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following the assassination of a top Iranian general.

Pope to health workers: Uphold ‘the truest human right, the right to life’

Health care professionals always must “promote the dignity and life of each person and reject any compromise in the direction of euthanasia, assisted suicide or suppression of life, even in the case of terminal illness,” Pope Francis said. “Life is sacred and belongs to God,” the pope said, “hence it is inviolable, and no one can claim the right to dispose of it freely.”

Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate

Pope Francis' announcement that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of "ecological sin" sent Catholic Twitter into a frenzy.

Pope begins New Year with apology, prayers for peace

Pope Francis began the New Year with an apology for losing his patience the night before with a woman who grabbed his hand and yanked him closer to her while he was greeting people in St. Peter's Square.

'A victory for women is a victory for humanity,' pope says on Marian feast

The world will not know peace unless there is an end to violence against women, the exploitation of their bodies and the denial of their dignity, Pope Francis said on the feast of Mary, Mother of God.

Families must put the phone away and talk to each other, pope says

Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace in their hearts,” and that families would mark New Year’s by “communicating with one another.”

Pope's homily: Christmas says, 'You are loved'

Christmas night tells each person, no matter how poor or sinful, that they are utterly and totally loved by God, Pope Francis said as he celebrated Jesus' birth.

Francis’ desire to show Gospel’s cross-cultural message

In St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 15, Pope Francis celebrated the Simbang Gabi Mass for the Filipino community in Rome. Simbang Gabi is a Filipino novena where people attend Mass either in the early morning or evening for the nine days leading up to Christmas. It was the first time that a pope had presided over such a liturgy, and comes in the same month Francis celebrated a Mass in the Zaire rite for the Congolese in Rome.

Pope lifts secrecy obligation for those who report having been abused

Pope Francis has abolished the obligation of secrecy for those who report having been sexually abused by a priest and for those who testify in a church trial or process having to do with clerical sexual abuse.
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