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Dispatches
December 22, 2015
Bishop Shomali: 'We hope that this wave of violence stops and more serious negotiations take place in view of a final settlement.'
Dispatches
December 21, 2015
Greg Burke, an American, and Stefano D’Agostini, an Italian, are early personnel changes in Vatican's reform project.
Dispatches
December 21, 2015
The pope struck a very different tone this year, compared to last year when he lambasted 15 “curial diseases.”
Dispatches
December 19, 2015
Pope Francis has nominated the well-known Irish monsignor Paul Tighe as a bishop and has appointed him as Adjunct-Secretary to the Pontifical Council of Culture The Vatican made the announcement on Dec 19 and said the Pope has named him to the titular episcopal See of Drivasto in Albania nbsp M
Crowds await the arrival of Pope Francis for his Mass in Mother Teresa Square in Tirana, Albania, Sept. 21. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Faith Dispatches
December 17, 2015
Pope Francis has opened the door to the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta He did so this afternoon Dec 17 when he recognized the miraculous cure of a Brazilian man that took place at the end of 2008 nbsp The news was broken unofficially this evening by the Italian Catholic daily
Dispatches
December 11, 2015
“The Catholic Church could do things with political consequences if it coordinated with political leaders.”
Vatican Dispatch
December 09, 2015
The Holy Year of Mercy arrives in advance in this land that has suffered from war.
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica to inaugurate the Jubilee Year of Mercy at the Vatican Dec. 8. (CNS photo/Maurizio Brambatti, EPA)
Dispatches
December 08, 2015
Today the pope opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
Pope Francis greets Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Manila Jan. 16. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Faith Dispatches
December 04, 2015
The pope's words come as the peace process to end a 45-year-old conflict between the government and separatist rebels seems to have stalled.
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door as he begins the Holy Year of Mercy at the start of a Mass with priests, religious, catechists and youths at the cathedral in Bangui, Central African Republic, Nov. 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
December 04, 2015
After Pope Francis opens the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 8, the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council, Holy Doors will be opened in all the cathedrals of the world on Dec. 13.