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Leaked documents won’t stop financial reforms, pope says
Leaked and published information about Vatican financial problems and irregularities were already known and are the reason "measures have already been taken that have begun to bear fruit," Pope Francis said.
Pope thanks pro-life movement for following example of good Samaritan
"For Christ's disciples, helping wounded human life means to encounter people who are in need, to stand by their side, take care of their frailty and their pain, so that they can recover," the pope said Nov. 6.
Catholic officials say court ruling paves way to legalize marijuana
"For the church, this is a serious decision and an incredibly irresponsible decision that follows certain fads, a certain mentality of individual freedom superior to social well-being," said Father Hugo Valdemar Romero.
Vatican II fathers hand legacy to today’s young adults
Elderly participants in the Second Vatican Council, now in their 80s and 90s, assessed the impact of Gaudium et Spes over a half-century, and encouraged young people to look for ways to bring God's love and justice to the world.
As winter nears, Syrian refugees ponder a hopeless future
Syrians living on 50 cents a day in aid and facing their fourth winter in Jordan's desert are considering whether to remain there, risk their lives getting into Europe or travel back to the war zone of Syria. "I don't have any hope for the future," said one refugee.
Pope: Persecution is a ‘shared experience’ that unites all Christians
The pope sent a message addressed to Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, who was attending the Global Christian Forum that was meeting in Tirana, Albania, Nov. 2-5.
Christians have no right to exclude others, pope says at morning Mass
In his homily Nov. 5 during the Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the pope said that like the Pharisees and scribes depicted in the Gospels, people are often tempted to be selective and form their own "little group," an attitude "that is not Christian."
Pray and work: Benedictine uses motto to help people in northern Kenya
This has become his mantra for his time with Kenya's ethnic Daasanach community, one of the smallest tribes in Kenya. More than 10 years into his time with them, he has seen many small changes create good things.
Money laundering probe underway at Vatican
The Vatican office charged with financial oversight called for a civil investigation in August that includes possible insider trading and market manipulation of church funds, a spokesman confirmed.
‘VatiLeaks’ 2015: Books claim strong resistance to pope’s finance reform
Financial wrongdoing at the Vatican, leaked documents and arrests by the Vatican police may make it seem like 2012 all over again, but the serious situation is not the breach of papal privacy that the earlier scandal was.