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Pope plans to visit Iraq in March
Barring any obstacles caused by the global pandemic, Pope Francis is set to begin international travel again in 2021 by visiting Iraq in March, which would make him the first pope to visit this nation.
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Pope creates 13 new cardinals, including Washington archbishop
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published November 28, 2020One by one 11 senior churchmen, including–Cardinals Wilton D. Gregory of Washingto, and formerly of Atlanta, and Silvano M. Tomasi, a former Vatican diplomat–knelt before Pope Francis to receive their red hats in a Nov. 28 consistory.
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Beatified teen showed that heaven is ‘attainable goal,’ cardinal says
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
Published October 10, 2020Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified Oct. 10 in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi.
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Pope to take his post-pandemic pleas to global stage
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published September 17, 2020When he addresses, via video message, the U.N. General Assembly Sept. 21, Pope Francis is expected to speak about using the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to rethink economic, political and environmental policies in a way that will benefit humanity and the earth.
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