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Beatitudes are a Christian’s ID card, pope says at audience

The beatitudes are a path to joy and true happiness mapped out by Jesus for all of humanity, Pope Francis said. “It is difficult not to be touched by these words,” the pope said Jan. 29 during his weekly general audience.

• Pope shares with U.S. bishops his frustration with reaction to Amazon text

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published February 13, 2020

  Fifteen bishops from Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina spent close to three hours with Pope Francis Feb. 13 as part of their “ad limina” visits to the Vatican.

• Pope lifts secrecy obligation for those who report having been abused

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published December 17, 2019

  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.

• Pope’s 2019: Preaching the Gospel globally, dealing with scandals

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published December 12, 2019

  For Pope Francis, 2019 included his sixth anniversary as pope and his 50th anniversary as a priest, but it also was a year that saw him still confronted with the clerical sexual abuse crisis and with Vatican financial scandals. He earned more points than ever on his frequent-flyer card, making seven foreign trips in 2019.