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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, 2023

  Pope Francis expressed his “spiritual closeness” and “solidarity” with those affected by a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria Feb. 6.

• At funeral, pope remembers Benedict’s ‘wisdom, tenderness, devotion’

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published January 5, 2023

  Pope 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.

• Thousands pay last respects to Pope Benedict in St. Peter’s Basilica

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published January 2, 2023

  A 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.

• Pope Benedict: Eight years as pope capped long ministry as teacher of faith

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published December 31, 2022

  Retired 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.

• Pope Francis says retired Pope Benedict is ‘very sick’

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published December 28, 2022

  Saying that retired Pope Benedict XVI was “very sick,” Pope Francis has asked people to offer special prayers for him.

• Listen to the cries of the newborn Prince of Peace, pope says on Christmas

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published December 25, 2022

  With 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.

• Mary accompanies migrants heading north, pope says on Guadalupe feast

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published December 12, 2022

  During 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.

• Keep the creche in Christmas, pope urges

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published December 4, 2022

  Stopping 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.

• ‘Dream big,’ take small steps for peace each day, pope tells students

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published November 28, 2022

  Pope 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.

• Love the Lord by loving the poor, pope says

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published November 13, 2022

  Wars, famine and calamities of every kind can tempt Christians to a fear that the world is about to end; what they must do instead is act, even in a small way, to make the world a better place, Pope Francis said.

• Saints were revolutionaries who lived the beatitudes, pope says

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published November 1, 2022

  The multitude of men and women honored on the feast of All Saints lived according to the Eight Beatitudes, which made them decidedly out of place in the world, Pope Francis said Nov. 1 before reciting the Angelus prayer.

• Pope announces a second session for Synod of Bishops assembly

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published October 17, 2022

  Saying he did not want to rush the process of discerning how the Holy Spirit is calling the church to grow in “synodality,” Pope Francis announced Oct. 16 that the next assembly of the Synod of Bishops would take place in two sessions.

• Nicholas Le ordained a transitional deacon at St. Peter’s Basilica 

  

  By ALEXANDER BROWN, Special to the Bulletin
  Published October 16, 2022

  Nicholas “Nick” Le, a seminarian of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, who has been studying in the North American College in Rome, was ordained to the transitional diaconate Sept. 29 at St. Peter’s Basilica.

• Pope prays for unity of church as he celebrates anniversary of Vatican II

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published October 13, 2022

  The Second Vatican Council was the universal Catholic Church’s response to God’s love and to Jesus’ command to feed his sheep, Pope Francis said, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council’s opening.

• Pope tells Putin: Stop the war

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published October 2, 2022

  With “rivers of blood and tears” still flowing in Ukraine and the increasing threat of the use of nuclear weapons, Pope Francis begged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the spiral of violence and death. The pope made the plea prior to the Sunday Angelus prayer.

• Jesus, present in the Eucharist, inspires compassion, pope says

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published September 25, 2022

  Pope Francis concelebrated Mass at an outdoor stadium in the southern Italian city of Matera, which was host to Italy’s 27th National Eucharistic Congress Sept. 22-25. He asked all to rediscover the prayer of adoration and to pray for a ‘eucharistic’ church.

• Blessed John Paul I, ‘the smiling pope,’ showed God’s goodness, pope says

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published September 4, 2022

  Beatifying Blessed John Paul I, Pope Francis praised the late pope for showing the world God’s goodness and for living the Gospel without compromise. An estimated 25,000 people attended the Sept. 4 Mass in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 4.

• Pope creates 20 new cardinals, including San Diego bishop

  

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
  Published August 27, 2022

  In a ceremony to create 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis encouraged the College of Cardinals to have the same spiritual zeal for all people, whether they are in positions of power or ordinary Christians.

• The elderly can unite all generations, save humanity, pope says

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published August 17, 2022

  Pope Francis dedicated his general audience talk to the urgent need for young and old to come together so older people can share their faith and wisdom about the world.

• Be vigilant to God’s presence in life, pope says

  

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
  Published August 8, 2022

  Christians should not only face life’s challenges without fear but also not be overcome by the temptation to remain idle to the Lord’s presence in those moments, Pope Francis said at the Aug. 7 Angelus address.