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From wheelchair, pope tells nuns ‘I count on you’ for synod listening
Meeting with the heads of women's religious orders in Rome, Pope Francis used in a wheelchair for the first time publicly, due to his ailing knee. He called for authority "that does not leave wounds along the way, but growth."
Vatican exonerates Cardinal Woelki in financial investigation
The German cardinal and his vicar general were cleared of violating canon law in spending almost 3 million Euros on hiring communications consultants and funding investigations.
Zelenskyy refers to Mother Teresa in address to Albanian legislators
Speaking to Albania's Parliament May 3, Ukraine's president said Mother Teresa "taught people that good daily efforts can defeat evil and bring them closer to holiness."
Use of nuclear weapons ‘inconceivable,’ pope tells Japanese official
During a May 4 meeting, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Pope Francis discussed Russia's war on Ukraine, stressing the need for dialogue and hopes for "a world free of nuclear weapons."
Pope agrees to treat painful knee with injections
Pope Francis, 85, will have therapeutic injections to alleviate pain in his right knee due to a torn ligament. He called his inability to stand and greet visitors "a humiliation."
Pope tells Russian patriarch they are not ‘clerics of the state’
In a May 3 interview, Pope Francis said he is still seeking a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin to end that nation's war on Ukraine, which has killed thousands and displaced millions.
Pope wants annual global audit of work to safeguard minors
Without progress in "transparency and accountability," Pope Francis said, "the faithful will continue to lose trust in their pastors" and "witnessing to the Gospel will become increasingly difficult."
Volunteers weave fellowship for war effort in Ukrainian church
In the basement of a church in western Ukraine, residents and displaced people make camouflage nets, dumplings and rosaries for the Ukrainian military resisting the Russian invasion.
Ideology obstructs beauty of family, pope says
The family is "the principal antidote to poverty, both material and spiritual," Pope Francis told the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences,. He warned about demographic decline and "irresponsible" parenthood."
Pope, Council of Cardinals meet, discuss war in Ukraine
Pope Francis and his international council met in-person at the Vatican April 25, discussing the global and local impacts of the war, climate change, women in the church, tenuous political situations and pastoral problems in local churches.