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Pope Francis recognizes Chinese bishops ordained without papal approval
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis has recognized all the remaining bishops who were ordained in China in recent years without the pope's approval.
FaithDispatches
Pope Francis will visit former K.G.B. headquarters in Lithuania
Edward W. Schmidt, S.J.
Pope Francis ends his official visit to Vilnius on Sunday evening at the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights, housed in the former headquarters of the K.G.B.
Girls gather for celebrations marking the feast of the Assumption in August 2012 in Aglona, Latvia. Twenty-five years after St. John Paul II visited Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Pope Francis will make the same three-nation visit Sept. 22-25, stopping at a number of the same places as his saint-predecessor. (CNS photo/Ints Kalinins, Reuters)
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A historic struggle for independence: Pope Francis visits the Baltic states
Gerard O’Connell
He is the second pope to visit these Baltic nations. John Paul II came to the region in September 1993, after the collapse of communism, and was welcomed as a hero. Pope Francis comes exactly 25 years later, but much has changed since that first papal visit.
FaithDispatches
Pope Francis tells V Encuentro: “Tear down walls and build bridges”
J.D. Long García
The U.S. bishops initiated the Encuentro, which means “Encounter,” to better serve the growing Latin American community.
Pope John Paul II prays in 1993 at the Hill of Crosses in Siauliai, Lithuania. Pope Francis will make the same three-nation visit, stopping at a number of the same places as his saint-predecessor. (CNS photo/Arturo Mari, L'Osservatore Romano) 
FaithDispatches
Three Baltic states once in Russia’s shadow prepare to welcome Pope Francis
Edward W. Schmidt, S.J.
Francis is visiting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to help mark their centennial of independence from czarist Russia.
FaithNews
Some cry ‘scandal’ to cover their own failings, pope says at Mass
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"The devil doesn't have anything to do with repentant sinners because they look to God and say, 'Lord, I'm a sinner. Help me,' and the devil is impotent," the pope said Sept. 20 during Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
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