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How Pope Francis is reforming the Roman Curia

On Pentecost, the birthday of the church, Pope Francis’ reform of the church’s central government will officially come into effect. A new constitution of the Roman Curia, “Praedicate Evangelium” (“Preach the Gospel”), seeks to ensure the Curia’s mission is one of service to the pope and local churches for the purposes of evangelization. Crucially, it opens the path for laypeople to lead Vatican offices, something that has far-reaching implications and that is part of Francis’ attempts to address clericalism in church structures.

Pope prays for Texas shooting victims, calls for stricter gun laws

Saying his heart was broken at the news of at least 19 children and two adults being shot and killed at a Texas elementary school, Pope Francis said it was time to say "Enough!" and enact stricter laws on gun sales.

The past should be source of inspiration, not the destination, pope says

Wanting to go back to the way things were in the past is not Christian, Pope Francis said.

Pope tells Russian patriarch they are not 'clerics of the state'

Warning that the Russian Orthodox patriarch should not "turn himself into Putin's altar boy," Pope Francis also said he would like to go to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin in an attempt to end the conflict in Ukraine.

Christ's resurrection brings hope amid 'Easter of war,' pope says

The joy of Christ's resurrection is needed now more than ever in a time when war in Ukraine and other parts of the world makes the hope for peace seem like an illusion, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing.

Cardinal Cupich leads Act of Consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary

During noon Mass at Holy Name Cathedral on March 25, the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, Cardinal Cupich joined Pope Francis and bishops around the world in consecrating humanity, in particular Ukraine and Russia, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Meeting migrants, pope warns civilization risks being 'shipwrecked'

Saying civilization itself risks foundering because of apathy and selfishness, Pope Francis insisted that migrants and refugees must be treated with care and kindness and recognized as brothers and sisters.

Pope consecrates Ukraine, Russia to Mary

As Russia's violent monthlong invasion continued to devastate Ukraine, Pope Francis laid the fates of both countries at the feet of Mary in the hopes that peace would finally reign.

Pope will consecrate humanity, 'especially Russia and Ukraine,' to Mary, text says

While Pope Francis and bishops around the world will consecrate themselves and all humanity to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, they will include the phrase, "especially Russia and Ukraine."

Pope Francis on Ukraine: ‘Stop this massacre’

Appealing again for an end to the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis said those who invoke God to promote or justify violence “profane his name.”
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