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Pope Francis adjusts the hoodie of a baby during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
A deeper dive on 'Amoris Laetitia' is planned for the World Meeting of Families, to be held in Dublin in August 2018.
Pope Francis, in Milan on March 25, sought to strengthen their faith and to address the dissatisfaction among young people and families due to economic difficulties, which creates fertile soil for populist movements.
People carry large portraits of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero during rally in his honor in San Salvador (CNS photo/Roberto Escobar, EPA)
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator for the cause of Blessed Óscar Romero, experienced firsthand pushback against the archbishop’s canonization.
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 15. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
March 19 marks the one-year anniversary of the publication of “Amoris Laetitia.”
A man prays before dinner in 2014 at the Guadalupanos Homeless Project in Los Angeles. (CNS photo/David Maung, EPA) 
‘God is silent only to the extent that we are.’
Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress as Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Speaker of the House John Boehner look on in the House of Representatives Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sept. 24, 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
Francis has reminded us time and time again that we cannot withdraw into our protective cocoons and ignore what is going on around us.
Pope Francis greets children outside Our Lady Queen of Angels School in the East Harlem area of New York Sept. 25, 2015 (CNS photo/Eric Thayer).
Francis is popular because he speaks in a simple, straightforward way, and people say, “I understand this pope.”
Pope Francis smiles as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on May 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Monday marks the fourth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election. Here are the top 10 highlights of his time in office.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, talks with Pope Francis as the arrive for the concluding session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18. At right is Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
“Creating space for a variety of pastoral responses is not decentralization. It’s a response to the realities in which people live.”
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Reconnecting the church “with the energy of the Second Vatican Council,” may be the pope’s greatest achievement, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington said in an exclusive interview as the fourth anniversary of the pope’s election approaches.