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Pope visits place of first Nativity Scene, in Italian town of Greccio

Pope Francis makes a brief visit to the Italian town of Greccio on Sunday, to sign his Apostolic Letter “Admirabile signum” on importance of the Christmas crèche. 

Pope writes Apostolic Letter on the significance of the Christmas crèche

Pope Francis has written an Apostolic Letter on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene. He signed the Letter during his visit on Sunday afternoon to ... 

Pope calls entrepreneurs, businessmen to embrace simplicity

Pope Francis reflected on the challenges of bearing evangelical witness in professional life, as he met with young French businessmen and entrepreneurs at the ... 

Pope Francis laments violence against Iraqi protesters

As violence against protesters escalates in Iraq, Pope Francis expresses his concern and sadness over the death of more than 400 people during the last two ... 

Pope at Mass: Consumerism is a virus that attacks the faith

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday for the Congolese community of Rome, praying for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ... 

Pope at Angelus: Advent helps us find Jesus in the needs of others

Ahead of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis reflects on the meaning of the Advent season, and invites us to pay attention to the needs of those around ... 

Pope to school children: “I can” must become “we can together”

Pope Francis on Saturday met some 3,500 school boys and girls, aged 6-16, along with their parents and teachers, who participated in the “I Can” Children’s ... 

Pope: We need a free and simple outward looking Church

Pope Francis on Saturday receives those taking part in the International Meeting “Evangelii Gaudium: Reception and Perspectives. The “Church which goes forth"”. ... 

Pope Francis: The Church suffers with married couples in crisis

Pope Francis receives participants taking part in a Formation Course for the Protection of Marriage and the Pastoral Care of married couples in crisis, ... 

Pope to Caritas Rome: go crazy to love and help others

It was a sort of an informal family get-together for Pope Francis, Friday evening, when he visited the “Cittadella della Carità – Santa Giacinta” (Citadel of ... 

Pope sends greetings to Patriarch Bartholomew on feast of St Andrew

Pope Francis sends a letter to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on Saturday, and expresses his hopes for the re-establishment of full communion between ... 

Pope holds up Italy’s assassinated anti-mafia judge as model for jurists

Pope Francis on Friday received in audience a group of Italian lawyers, judges, notaries and law professors and academics who are members of the Centro Studio ... 

Pope to theologians: Pursue your mission for a beautiful theology

Pope Francis addresses members of the International Theological Commission on the occasion of their 50th anniversary of its foundation. 

Pope authorizes new decrees on candidates to sainthood 

Pope Francis on Thursday took 26 men and women a step closer to sainthood, including an Italian priest who has been cleared for canonization. 

Pope Francis visits the Cittadella della Carità in Rome

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its institution, Pope Francis visits the Cittadella della Carità [Citadel of Charity], a group of charitable ... 

Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical 'Caritas in veritate' remembered

The Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development holds an international conference honouring the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict's encyclical ... 

Burkina Faso: Attack on church is ‘anti-Christian persecution’

Following the murder of 14 people at a Protestant church in Burkina Faso, a local Catholic Bishop warns of an Islamist insurgency seeking to drive a wedge ... 

Solidarity with South Sudan: the situation has deteriorated and more can be done

The Association, "Solidarity with South Sudan", a collaborative commitment of religious institutes offering aid, in many forms, to the world's youngest nation, ...