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Pope Francis' sex abuse commission has scored a victory within the Vatican: Members have been invited to address Vatican congregations and a training course for new bishops, suggesting that the Holy See now considers child protection programs to be an important responsibility for church leaders. 
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"Circumstances often cause a man to seek a home in foreign parts. If he knows how to meet the situation and how to introduce himself in the right way, he may find a circle of friends and a sphere of activity even in a strange country." - The I Ching: Lu / The Wanderer (56).
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He's met with at least four since the start of the year, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, on Monday
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Since the massacres began two years ago in the territories of Beni, Butembo and Lubero in North Kivu, more than 1,150 people have been killed and kidnapped, with thousands more displaced.
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French President Francois Hollande will travel to the Vatican this Wednesday to meet with Pope Francis, reportedly to discuss the fallout from the murder of a French priest by Islamic terrorists last month.
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Pope Francis encouraged hundreds of thousands of young people at a global gathering of the faithful Sunday to "believe in a new humanity" that is stronger than evil and refuses to see borders as barriers.
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Walks through notorious gate bearing words "Arbeit Macht Frei" (work sets you free) at place where Nazis killed more than 1 million during WWII
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Less than two months after one of Sunni Islam’s highest authorities came to the Vatican following several years of icy relations, Pope Francis has sent a representative to Egypt’s Al-Azhar University in a bid to restart dialogue between the two.
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The Holy Father decided on the surprise visit after a dental appointment in the Vatican. Having been informed of the complicated security protocols involved in such an impromptu jaunt, Pope Francis responded, “Don’t worry: we’re in God’s hands.”
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A new letter from Pope Francis to Argentina to mark the 200th anniversary of independence has been read as a rebuke to the current government, but if you know his thought, it's actually a bold statement about Latin American unity and independence,...
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In a new interview with an Argentine journalist, Pope Francis says there's a wing of the Catholic Church that "says no to everything," and while he's going ahead, he has no intention of launching a crackdown: “I don’t cut off heads. That was never my style. I’ve never liked doing that," he said.
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"The destinies of men are subject to immutable laws that must fulfill themselves. But man has it in his power to shape his fate, according as his behavior exposes him to the influence of benevolent or destructive forces. When a man holds a high position and is nevertheless modest, he shines with the light of wisdom; if he is in a lowly position and is modest, he cannot be passed by." - The I Ching: Ch'ien / Modesty (15).
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It was the will expressed by the people, and this requires a great responsibility on the part of all of us to guarantee the well-being of the people of the United Kingdom, as well as the well-being and coexistence of the entire European continent.” — Pope Francis
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Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint at the Vatican on Sunday, conferring the Catholic Church's highest honor onto the diminutive nun who devoted her life to serving India's destitute.
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Saying that some form of domestic violence, direct either at spouses of children, occurs in "almost every family" in his part of Eastern Uganda, Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo of Tororo says the Church "cannot remain silent" and is striving to wipe it out.
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Several recent appointments by Pope Francis to Vatican departments show that his reform of the Roman Curia is in tune with what he's said from the beginning about his vision for the Church.
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Pope Francis has written a letter of support and encouragement to the Olympic team composed of African and Middle Eastern refugees.
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"I don't like to talk about Islamic terrorism," Pope Francis admitted on the Papal flight, adding: "Terrorism grows when there is no alternative."
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Pope Francis lands in Poland on Wednesday amid heavy security for an international Catholic youth festival where he is expected to make the case for welcoming refugees, a thorny issue for Warsaw.
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In a YouTube video greeting to all of the millennials gathered at the National Mall for Together 2016 on Saturday, Pope Francis spoke about the "restlessness in their hearts," and encouraged them to channel that energy to pursue Jesus.
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On Monday, Pope Francis had a Steph Curry moment, scoring three points on a single shot by naming Greg Burke to replace Father Federico Lombardi as his chief spokesman and director of the Vatican’s Press Office.Francis also tapped a lay woman, Paloma Garcia Ovejero, previously the Rome and Vatican correspondent for the Spanish broadcaster COPE, to the number two position in the Press Office, instantly making her one of the Vatican’s most visible female officials. A lay woman has never before held the post.Both appointments take effect August 1.
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Pope Francis met on Wednesday with the parents of an American college student whose body was found in the Tiber River this week, a victim of what the police are calling robbery and murder.
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Pope Francis has made no secret of his intention to radically reform the administrative structures of the Catholic church, which he regards as insular, imperious, and bureaucratic. He understands that in a hyper-kinetic world, inward-looking and self-obsessed leaders are a liability.
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Francis: Christians must apologize to gay people for marginalizing them | National Catholic Reporter
In a press conference Sunday on the flight back to Rome after his weekend trip to Armenia, the pontiff said bluntly: "The church must say it's sorry for not having comported itself well many times, many times.""I believe that the church not only must say it's sorry ... to this person that is gay that it has offended," said the pope. "But it must say it's sorry to the poor, also, to mistreated women, to children forced to work."
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