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✣  pope opens way to recognising sspx marriages what happened? pope francis has made a concession to the society of st pius x (sspx) by...

Pope and Prince Charles discuss environment

prince charles and the duchess of cornwall had a private audience with pope francis at the vatican last week. they spoke privately for 27 mi...

Parents to Pope: help us find our son’s killers

the parents of a student tortured to death in egypt have urged pope francis to take up the case during his forthcoming trip to the country. ...

Papal envoy praises Medjugorje’s ‘climate’

pope francis’s envoy to medjugorje has said that “there is a special spiritual climate” in the town. archbishop henryk hoser of warsaw-praga...

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francis names priest to oversee abuse cases pope francis has named mgr john kennedy as head of the discipline section of the congregation of...

The Catholic Herald

Francis to pray for modern-day martyrs at island basilica

The Pope will celebrate a Liturgy of the Word in memory of the martyrs of the 20th and 21st centuries on Easter Saturday

Catholic News Service

US cardinal: children are crying at school because they fear their parents will be deported

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo criticised President Trump's crackdown on undocumented migrants

Associated Press

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'On the Cross, our hope was born and is always reborn,' says Pope Francis

Francis held his final general audience before Easter

Catholic News Service

Pope makes 13 appointments to Vatican Secretariat for Communications

Jesuit Father James Martin and Michael Warsaw, CEO of EWTN Global Catholic Network, will join in an advisory capacity