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Pope Francis greets newly married couples during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in this Sept. 30, 2015, file photo. The “Amoris Laetitia” Family Year, which opened March 19, is an opportunity for Catholics to read Pope Francis’ 2016 document and discover its reflections on family life.
Pope’s teaching on family, sexuality emphasized mercy, welcome
Pope Francis’s emphasis on God’s mercy and on pastoral outreach to Catholics who felt pushed to the edges of the Catholic community marked a new, and often controversial, approach to the family … more
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Pope Francis greets people attending a two-day conference in Rome on “Women in the Church: Builders of Humanity” during an audience at the Vatican, March 7, 2024. The conference, part of a celebration of International Women’s Day, was being held at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
While holding line on Priesthood, Pope Francis promoted women’s roles
Asserting that the Catholic Church needed the gifts and experiences of women, Pope Francis appointed several women to top positions in the Roman Curia, including the first female prefect of a major … more
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Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington shares a laugh with Pope Francis before the first working session of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops Oct. 4, 2023, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Synods and synodality: Pope Francis’ method and vision for the Church
While Pope Francis often bucked formality and sidestepped some offices of the Roman Curia, one institution he believed in deeply was the Synod of Bishops and ― even more ― the notion of … more
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Pope Francis greets an elderly woman as he meets with people of the Banado Norte neighborhood in the Chapel of St. John the Baptist in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12, 2015.
Pope’s life, leadership, placed Latin America at center of the Church
As the pope of the peripheries, Pope Francis brought the heart, mind and soul of the Catholic Church in Latin America from what he called the “ends of the earth” to the center of … more
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Pope Francis greets visitors during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 4, 2022.
A way with words: Pope Francis wove vivid metaphors
A few days before Pope Francis was elected in March 2013, he told his fellow cardinals, “I have the impression that Jesus is locked inside the Church and that he is knocking because he wants to get … more
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