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Pope asks youth to perform works of mercy in run-up to WYD
He asked that they not be afraid to experience God's "boundless mercy, so that in turn you may become apostles of mercy by your actions, words and prayers in our world, wounded by selfishness, hatred and so much despair."
Text of pope’s Q&A with media on plane to Rome
Pope Francis touched on many issues in his conversation with journalists including his just concluded visit, the sex abuse scandal in the church, migration and the upcoming Synod on the Family.
People come first, human life is sacred, pope insists at U.N.
Dealing with war, development, the economy or environmental concerns, bureaucrats and diplomats always must remember that the lives of real children, women and men are at stake, Pope Francis told the United Nations.
Key organizer of families’ meeting is cleared in Italian probe
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, head of the Pontifical Council for the Family, has been dropped from a criminal investigation. An investigating judge and prosecutor cleared the archbishop of involvement in a land-purchase scheme in Italy.
Pope tells Cubans that families are opportunities, not problems
Families are "an opportunity that we must protect and care for," he said at a meeting with Cuban families at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. "Without family, without the warmth of home, life becomes empty."
The famous popemobile: Pontiffs have hit the streets in style
There's perhaps no other signature vehicle in the world more well-known than the popemobile. Tall and boxy or sleek and chic, it's the one white ride that always catches people's eye, mostly because of the special passenger waving inside.
Visit to Cuban shrine gives pope quiet time for prayer
In one of the calmer, more intimate moments of his visit to Cuba, Pope Francis and the country's bishops offered special prayers to the Cuba's patroness, Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre.
Pope calls for ‘revolution of tenderness’ in Cuba
Pope Francis called Cuban to a "revolution of tenderness" as he celebrated Mass in the Minor Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, the country's patroness.
Chefs working at a ‘different level’ cooking for Pope Francis, homeless
Cooking for 1,900 people, no problem. Cooking for the pope? Now that requires extra care. Chefs Michael McDonald and Irshaad Ellis-Bey say they are up to the challenge.
Parents of missing Mexican students travel to U.S. to appeal to pope
Parents and classmates of the missing students have expressed dissatisfaction with the official investigation and what they say is indifference and incompetence on the part of police, public officials and politicians.