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Pope Francis and NBA players discuss social justice in Vatican meeting

Pope Francis met with five NBA players at the Vatican Monday to discuss their efforts to combat social and economic injustice in the United States.
Pope, in new book, talks about personal 'lockdowns' that changed his life

While the coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions have interrupted people's lives and brought suffering on a global scale, every individual — including the pope — has or will experience traumatic interruptions in their lives, Pope Francis said in a new book.
Pope Francis on Christ the King: Make choices with eternity in mind

On Christ the King Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to make choices with eternity in mind, by thinking not about what they want to do, but what is best to do.
Pope Francis tells Latin American leaders to resist corruption during the pandemic

Pope Francis has called on leaders in Latin America to not politicize the coronavirus pandemic, urging them to seek the common good over personal interest.
Vatican bishop: Ethics committee will guide future investments

A Vatican bishop said this week that a committee of outside professionals is being created to help keep Holy See investments both ethical and profitable.
Cardinal Becciu seeks damages over 'groundless' Italian media reports

Cardinal Angelo Becciu said Wednesday he is taking legal action against an Italian media outlet for publishing “unfounded accusations” against him.
Pope Francis: Mary teaches us to pray with a heart open to God’s will

Pope Francis pointed to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a model of prayer that transforms restlessness into openness to God’s will in his livestreamed general audience address Wednesday.
Exorcisms and the popes: Stories from inside the Vatican

VATICAN CITY — It is a core tenet of the Catholic faith that demons are real, and as said in the St. Michael prayer, that they “prowl about the earth seeking the ruin of souls.”
Pope Francis: Stretch out your hand to the poor

Jesus is telling us today to stretch out our hand to the poor, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday.
Pope Francis: The poor are at the heart of the Gospel

Pope Francis said that the needy are at the heart of the Gospel as he celebrated a Mass marking World Day of the Poor Sunday. In his homily in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 15, the pope urged Catholics to take risks to help the millions of people worldwide who live below the poverty line.
McCarrick report should be lesson in transparency, say canon lawyers

The Vatican report on Theodore E. McCarrick's rise through the U.S. episcopal ranks should be a contemporary lesson in transparency for the entire church, said U.S. experts in church law.
Pope Francis calls Biden to congratulate him on winning presidential election

Pope Francis called President-elect Joe Biden early Nov. 12 to congratulate him on winning the U.S. presidential election.
McCarrick Report: Pope Francis prays for victims of sexual abuse

“Yesterday, the report on the sad case of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick was published. I renew my closeness to the victims of sexual abuse and the church’s commitment to eradicate this evil,” he said.
McCarrick report summary cites lack of serious investigations of rumors

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -— Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore E. McCarrick was able to rise up the Catholic hierarchical structure based on personal contacts, protestations of his innocence and a lack of church officials reporting and investigating accusations, according to the Vatican summary of its report on the matter.
Vatican details McCarrick's career and decades of sexual misconduct

The Vatican’s Secretariat of State published Tuesday a report on Theodore McCarrick, saying that the Holy See had received inaccurate information about McCarrick from three New Jersey bishops before McCarrick’s 2001 appointment as archbishop of Washington.
Teen martyred while protecting the Eucharist beatified in Spain

A 19-year-old Spanish martyr who gave his life while protecting the Eucharist was beatified Saturday at a Mass in the Sagrada Família Basilica in Barcelona.
Pope Francis: Prepare to meet the Lord with good deeds inspired by His love

Pope Francis said Sunday that it is important not to forget that at the end of one’s life there will be “a definitive appointment with God.”
Vatican announces publication date of long-awaited McCarrick Report

The Vatican announced Friday that the long-awaited report on the disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick will be released next week.
Religious orders, continents represented increase

With Pope Francis’ new picks for the College of Cardinals, the body will be more religious than ever — in the sense that the number of cardinals coming from religious orders will rise to 51. Those who will receive their red hats Nov. 28 come from eight countries, including Brunei and Rwanda, which have never had cardinals before. They will bring the total number of cardinals to 231 from 91 countries.
Papal support, opposition linked more to politics than faith, poll says

In Italy, a person's support for -- or opposition to -- Pope Francis has a stronger connection to their political affiliation or worldview than to their faith, a recent survey concluded.

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