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Be modern prophets by guiding others to the Holy Spirit, pope asks
By JUSTIN MCLELLAN, Catholic News Service
Published July 3, 2023Christians are called to be modern-day prophets who guide others to see the Holy Spirit at work in everyday life and not to be superstitious people, Pope Francis said July 2 at the Angelus.
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Pope returns to Vatican, ‘is better than before,’ chief surgeon says
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published June 16, 2023Pope Francis has returned to the Vatican after a nine-day hospital stay and intends to go ahead with his planned trips abroad in August and September, according to his chief surgeon.
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Pope thanks well-wishers for prayers; Vatican says recovery going smoothly
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published June 9, 2023Pope Francis thanked people for prayers and messages of affection following his hernia surgery, said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, in a statement the evening of June 9. Pope Francis spent the afternoon working and set aside time for prayer, and in the evening, he received the Eucharist.
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Pope to undergo surgery for hernia, expected to remain in hospital
By JUSTIN McCLELLAN, Catholic News Service
Published June 7, 2023Pope Francis was scheduled to undergo surgery at Rome’s Gemelli hospital June 7 to treat a hernia that had developed at an incision of a previous operation, the Vatican said.
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Those with political power must be ‘servants’ to citizens, pope says
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published May 30, 2023The greatest way of life is serving others, and those in political power must see themselves as servants, too, Pope Francis said during a May 29 ceremony.
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Holy Spirit defends, consoles those who call on his help, pope says
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published May 15, 2023Before reciting the midday “Regina Coeli” prayer May 14 with about 25,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis spoke about the day’s Gospel reading in which Jesus speaks about the Holy Spirit as an advocate and consoler.
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World Youth Day helps inspire young people to serve others, pope says
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published May 2, 2023World Youth Day is an antidote against indifference, isolation and lethargy, Pope Francis said in the preface of a new book by a Portuguese journalist.
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Pope prays that Easter joy would break through gloom of sin, war, strife
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published April 9, 2023On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped.”
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Pope hospitalized for respiratory infection, Vatican says
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published March 29, 2023After having difficulty breathing, Pope Francis went to Rome’s Gemelli hospital March 29 where he was diagnosed with a respiratory infection that will be treated in the hospital for several days, the Vatican press office said.
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Jesus renews life, hope even when all seems lost, pope says
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published March 27, 2023Jesus can offer everyone hope and new life, Pope Francis said before praying the Angelus with some 35,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter’s Square March 26.
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To see God’s beauty, just look around you, pope says
By JUSTIN McCLELLAN, Catholic News Service
Published March 6, 2023The light and beauty of Christ is an invitation to recognize God’s love in life’s ordinary moments, Pope Francis said at the Angelus March 5.
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Pope saddened by ‘huge loss of life’ after earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
By JUSTIN McLELLAN, Catholic News Service
Published February 7, 2023Pope Francis expressed his “spiritual closeness” and “solidarity” with those affected by a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria Feb. 6.
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At funeral, pope remembers Benedict’s ‘wisdom, tenderness, devotion’
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published January 5, 2023Pope Benedict XVI “spread and testified to” the Gospel his entire life, Pope Francis told tens of thousands of people gathered Jan. 5 for his predecessor’s funeral Mass.
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Thousands pay last respects to Pope Benedict in St. Peter’s Basilica
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published January 2, 2023A quiet hush covered the vast expanse of St. Peter’s Square even though it was filled with thousands of people winding their way around the colonnade into St. Peter’s Basilica to pay last respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI.
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Pope Benedict: Eight years as pope capped long ministry as teacher of faith
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published December 31, 2022Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who had an impressive record as a teacher and defender of the basics of Catholic faith, died Dec. 31 at the age of 95, nearly 10 years after leaving the papacy to live a life of prayer and study.
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Pope Francis says retired Pope Benedict is ‘very sick’
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published December 28, 2022Saying that retired Pope Benedict XVI was “very sick,” Pope Francis has asked people to offer special prayers for him.
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Listen to the cries of the newborn Prince of Peace, pope says on Christmas
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published December 25, 2022With the birth of Jesus, God became flesh to share the joys and sorrows, hopes and fears of all people, especially the poor and those living daily amid danger, Pope Francis said in his Christmas message.
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Mary accompanies migrants heading north, pope says on Guadalupe feast
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published December 12, 2022During this “bitter time” of war, hunger, injustice and poverty, Our Lady of Guadalupe invites everyone to open their lives to her son, Jesus, and to learn to love others like he does, Pope Francis said.
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Keep the creche in Christmas, pope urges
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published December 4, 2022Stopping to gaze at and perhaps pray before a Nativity scene is one of the best ways to remember the real meaning of Christmas, Pope Francis said.
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‘Dream big,’ take small steps for peace each day, pope tells students
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published November 28, 2022Pope Francis told Italian students to “dream big” like St. John XXIII and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. about the world of peace and justice they would like to see.