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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis says he will make “a penitential pilgrimage” to Canada July 24 to embrace and contribute to healing and reconciliation with its Indigenous peoples
Father Stephen Saffron elevates the Eucharist during a Tridentine Mass at St. Josaphat Church in Queens, New York City, on July 18, 2021. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
FaithShort Take
Elisha Valladares-Cormier
Suppressing all elements of the Latin Mass would alienate Catholics who desire the reformed liturgy but also seek the rich liturgical elements of the centuries-old Tridentine celebration.
The pope shakes hands with a priest. Behind the priest, others wait in line.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
In an address to members of three religious orders, the pope asked for "zero tolerance" for abusers in the church and expressed his "closeness" with the people of Ukraine.
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Continuing with determination to open up new positions of responsibility for women in the Roman Curia, Pope Francis has appointed three women as members of the Dicastery for Bishops.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
James T. Keane
No, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is not dead. No, Pope Francis is not resigning. And no, the Vatican is not hiding a secret time machine.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, left, greets Pope Francis prior to the start of the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI and a mass for the closing of a two-week synod on family issues, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Pope Francis has said that if and when he ever retires, he wouldn’t live in the Vatican or return to his native Argentina but would like to find a church in Rome where he could continue hearing confessions. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
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The Associated Press
Pope Francis said he would not live in the Vatican or return to his native Argentina if and when he ever retires, but would instead like to find a church in Rome where he could continue hearing confessions.