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Pope Francis speaks as he celebrates Mass with about 50 cardinals in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 27. The Mass marked the pope's 25th anniversary of his ordination as a bishop. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
FaithExplainer
Five reasons Pope Francis embraces the Vatican II liturgy
John F. Baldovin
With his speech last week, Pope Francis has definitively and unequivocally put his weight behind a liturgical movement.
Pope Francis greets Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar, during a private audience at the Vatican May 4 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis will visit Myanmar and Bangladesh in November
Gerard O’Connell
Francis will be the first pope to visit Myanmar, a majority Buddhist country of some 55 million people
Pope Francis raises the Book of the Gospels as he celebrates Holy Thursday chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 13.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: Jesus made Peter and his successors, the bishops of Rome, the center of communion in the church
Gerard O’Connell
His words would appear to be a gentle but firm reminder especially to the minority of Catholics who are challenging his authority.
FaithDispatches
Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the Vatican II liturgical reform is ‘irreversible’
Gerard O’Connell
The reform of the liturgy introduced by Vatican II is here to stay.
FaithNews
Polish archbishop thinks Vatican will recognize Medjugorje apparitions
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
An archbishop who inspected the Medjugorje shrine believes the Vatican will recognize the Marian apparitions, but Pope Francis has said of them, "This is not the mother of Jesus."
 In this Friday, June 9, 2017 file photo, a South Sudanese refugee boy sits on a mat outside a communal tent while his brother sleeps, at the Imvepi reception center, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in northern Uganda. AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Pope Francis offers 4 points to guide the world’s response to refugees
Colleen Dulle
The pope’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees message marks a break from past years.
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