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Nuns’ global anti-trafficking network must have more support, pope says
Pope Francis called on more religious orders of men and women, as well as foundations and benefactors, to get involved and help an international network of women religious in the fight against human trafficking.
‘Baptized and sent’: Pope designates October as Mission Month
In the October calendar of Vatican events, Pope Francis' "Extraordinary Missionary Month" may be overshadowed by the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon and its related events.
Being elected pope doesn’t wash away one’s sins, pope says
While his responsibilities are greater and his prayer list longer, Pope Francis said he's basically the same person he was before he was elected in 2013, so he still goes to confession every two weeks.
Careful engagement with popular movements needed, former official says
When engaging with popular movements, the Catholic Church must keep its focus on their work with the poor and not be dragged into ideological debates, a former Vatican official said.
A day of visiting the unwelcome, and a call to give them hope
A delegation of bishops, staff members from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, lay ministers and others visiting the border region met with farmworkers, their families, asylum-seekers, refugees and other migrants.
Calumny, slander is a ‘diabolical cancer,’ pope says
The act of bearing false witness to destroy someone is an attack against the body of the church, Pope Francis said.
God loves, rescues even those in the ‘hell’ of addiction, pope says
Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican Sept. 24 to spend the day with members of an Italian lay community, the young people in recovery they assist and tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Manila bishop urges Filipinos to have children vaccinated against polio
Philippine health officials declared the outbreak after a 3-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy reportedly tested positive for the crippling disease, the first cases since 2000, when the country was declared polio-free.
Guatemalan cardinal-designate known for social justice work, speaking out
Despite his work in peripheral dioceses, Cardinal-designate Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of Huehuetenango has been heard throughout the country.
Indonesian cardinal-designate known for justice and peace work
Setting up a Catholic justice and peace commission in Jakarta was a major achievement for Indonesian Cardinal-designate Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, who recently urged environmental awareness in a nation with a severe plastic waste problem.