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Religious obedience is ‘act of love’ that builds community, pope says

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
September 18, 2025
Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For members of religious orders, obedience is “an act of love” and a powerful witness to the world

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Hope is knowing God is always ready to forgive, pope says at audience

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
August 14, 2025
Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God never gives up on anyone, even when the person betrays God’s love, Pope Leo XIV said. Christian

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Prepare space in your hearts for God’s love to grow, pope urges

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
August 6, 2025
Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While enjoying a summer break from school or work, Catholics should not neglect “the Lord’s invitation to prepare

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God’s love is generous, not calculating, pope says at first audience

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
May 22, 2025
Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Gospel parable of the “wasteful sower” who casts seeds on fertile soil as well as on a

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Chicago native Cardinal Prevost elected pope, takes name Leo XIV

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
May 8, 2025
News/Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the

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Final preparations, discussions underway before conclave begins

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
May 5, 2025
News/Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As members of the College of Cardinals met May 5, all 133 cardinals who plan to enter the

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How the conclave works: It’s guided by a rule book and a prayer book

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
May 1, 2025
News/Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The conclave to elect a new pope, scheduled to begin May 7, is governed by two texts: a

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Poor and powerful pray for eternal repose of a pope ‘with an open heart’

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
April 27, 2025
News/Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis was “a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista

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Synods and synodality: Pope Francis’ method and vision for the church

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
April 21, 2025
News/Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While Pope Francis often bucked formality and sidestepped some offices of the Roman Curia, one institution he believed

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Pope’s funeral rites, a celebration of hope, to begin late April 21

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
April 21, 2025
News/Vatican News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to “reinforce the hope

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