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Pope Francis brings new era of relations between Vatican and Italy

For centuries, the papacy has exerted significant political influence over Italy. From 754 to 1870, the papal states gave popes direct control over large tracts of the country before the 1929 Lateran Treaty brought the creation of the Vatican City State.

Throwing away food is like throwing away people, pope says

Pope Francis condemned food waste, saying throwing away food is like throwing away people.

Pope issues new norms on mandatory abuse reporting and bishop accountability

Pope Francis has revised and clarified norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable in protecting minors as well as in protecting members of religious orders and seminarians from abuse.

Pope draws lessons from Mother Teresa in city of her birth

Pope Francis went to the tiny Balkan nation of North Macedonia to pay tribute to a tiny saint who accomplished big things: St. Teresa of Kolkata.

Pope Francis to restructure Roman Curia with major office for evangelization

It’s been a long, painstaking process that has taken over five years. But a new apostolic constitution for the Roman Curia is almost ready to be published and looks set to be one of the most radical shakeups of the church’s central administration in a generation.

Pope urges students to see human actions behind suffering, war

VATICAN CITY — God does not play favorites, but human beings do in little ways at school and in big ways with the global economy, Pope Francis told students from Milan’s Istituto San Carlo, a school with students from prekindergarten through high school.

Church, world need the gifts, enthusiasm of young people, pope says

The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is "holy ground" that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new apostolic exhortation.

Pope to young people: Mary inspires, assists those seeking their vocation

Signing his document dedicated to young people, faith and discernment, Pope Francis said Mary, the mother of God, is a source of inspiration and strength for everyone who seeks to understand their vocation and remain faithful to it.

Pope: God is purifying the church with 'unbearable' pain of abuse scandal

The clerical abuse scandal has caused everyone in the Catholic Church "pain and unbearable suffering," Pope Francis said, but it also is a call to repentance and the renewal of the church.

Give up gossiping for Lent, pope suggests

Lent is a good time to concentrate on fighting the urge to gossip about others and instead trying to correct one's own faults and defects, Pope Francis said.
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