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Real-life ‘Two Popes’ drama plays out at Vatican

Since December, the faces of the actors from Netflix’s movie “The Two Popes” have beamed out from poster on a Vatican-owned building just off St. Peter’s Square. Jonathan Pryce, who plays Pope Francis, and Anthony Hopkins, who plays Benedict XVI, have both been nominated for Oscars for their performances in a film that gets to the heart of theological tensions in the 21st-century church.

Vatican wartime archives ready for new batch of scholars

After decades of anticipation, the Vatican archives are ready to welcome, starting March 2, scores of scholars wishing to study documents related to the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII.

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 sets day to honor, study, share the Bible

The newly established “Sunday of the Word of God” is an invitation to Catholics across the world to deepen their appreciation, love and faithful witness to God and his word, 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.”
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