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Pope says Vatican II shaped his theology, including in social teaching

Pope Francis said the Second Vatican Council so shaped his theological and pastoral vision that perhaps he has not been as explicit as he should have been in highlighting those ties, especially when it comes to his contributions to Catholic social teaching.
Pope Francis decries abortion and euthanasia as treating human life like ‘waste’

Pope Francis decried abortion and euthanasia in a speech Monday in which he said that today’s “throwaway culture” leads to the killing of children and discarding of the elderly.
Pope Francis: The Catholic Church must be welcoming

Pope Francis on Sunday said the Catholic Church must be open and welcoming toward others, warning that division and exclusion come from Satan.
Pope Francis meets with newly elected Armenian Catholic patriarch

Pope Francis met Friday with the newly elected patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church. Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian was elected as the 21st Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics during the Eastern Catholic Church’s synod in Rome this week.
Pope Francis confirms Cardinal Woelki in post

Pope Francis has ruled that Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki should remain in charge of Germany’s Cologne Archdiocese after a Vatican investigation into his handling of abuse cases, the Holy See announced on Friday.
Vatican: Racial, religious bigotry leads to human rights violations

World leaders must commit to rooting out the evil of racism, xenophobia and racial discrimination through meaningful legislation and action, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister.
Pope Francis: Christian faith in Europe is being diluted by consumerism

Pope Francis said Wednesday that the Christian faith in Europe is being diluted by consumerism and ideologies, making prayer and the witness of humble love especially needed today.
Pope Francis to theologians: See ‘contemporary challenges in light of the Wisdom of the Cross’

Pope Francis urged theologians gathering in Rome on Tuesday to promote “a renewed understanding of contemporary challenges in light of the Wisdom of the Cross.”
Vatican to require vaccination proof or negative COVID-19 test

Visitors, tourists and employees who want to enter Vatican territory will be required beginning Oct. 1 to show proof of vaccination, recovery from the coronavirus or a negative COVID-19 test.
Pope Francis: The true measure of success is what you give, not what you have

Pope Francis said on Sunday that in God’s eyes, success is measured “not on what someone has, but on what someone gives.”
Pope Francis: Synodal process not about ‘gathering opinions,’ but ‘listening to the Holy Spirit’

Pope Francis said on Saturday that the two-year process leading to the 2023 synod on synodality is not about “gathering opinions,” but “listening to the Holy Spirit.”
Pope Francis hopes new ministry of catechist will ‘awaken this vocation’

Pope Francis said on Friday that he instituted the new ministry of catechist with the hope that it would help to “awaken this vocation.”
Pope: Bishops must handle Communion debate as shepherds, not with censures

The debate about denying Communion to politicians who support abortion must be handled in a pastoral way, not by public condemnations that seek to "excommunicate" Catholics who are not in line with church teaching, Pope Francis said.
Pope: Christianity without the Cross is sterile

On the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Pope Francis celebrated the Byzantine Divine Liturgy and called Christianity without the Cross worldly and sterile.
Pope Francis: We need ‘creativity of the Gospel,’ not ‘a defensive Catholicism’

Pope Francis told Slovakia’s Catholics on Monday that the church should respond to secularization with the “creativity of the Gospel,” not “a defensive Catholicism.”
Eucharist heals from idolatry of 'self,' pope says at Mass in Budapest

Spending time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament can heal Christians from a self-absorbed religiosity that is ostentatious and triumphalist, Pope Francis said.
Pope to interfaith summit: If we want peace on Earth, 'we cannot lose sight of Heaven'

Pope Francis on Saturday greeted the G20 Interfaith Forum, being held in Bologna, Italy Sept. 12-14, telling participants that “true religiosity consists in adoring God and loving one's neighbor.”
Vatican Library lends Germany copy of historic edict recording Jewish life

The oldest record of 1,700 years of Jewish life in Germany has arrived in Cologne, on loan from the Vatican Library.
Pope Francis to missionaries: ‘If you want to be witnesses, you can’t cease being adorers’

Pope Francis told Claretian Missionaries on Thursday that their work must always be rooted in contemplation.
Vatican releases guidance for dioceses to begin synodal path

The Vatican has issued the preparatory document and a "handbook" for dioceses as part of the global church's preparation for the 2023 assembly of the Synod of Bishops, discussing the theme, "For a synodal church: communion, participation and mission."

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