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Vatican formally rejects Doctrine of Discovery that allowed colonial-era seizure of Indigenous lands
Indigenous people hold a banner that reads ""Rescind the Doctrine"" as Pope Francis presides over a mass at the Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, in Quebec on July 28, 2022.
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Pope Francis in much better health after antibiotics, Vatican says
Pope Francis speaks during a general audience at St Peter's Square, Vatican City, March, 29, 2023. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Pope Francis hospitalized for respiratory infection, cancels audiences
Pope Francis helped to get on his car at the end of weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of Holy Week this Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Pope Francis appointee Frank Leo officially installed as new Archbishop of Toronto
Cardinal Thomas Collins delivers at online Good Friday service in an empty St. Michael's Cathedral in Toronto on Friday, April 10, 2020. Collins, who offered his resignation on his 75th birthday in January 2022, has been succeeded by bishop Frank Leo in a ceremony on Saturday, March 25. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Pope Francis expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims
Pope Francis arrives for an audience with pilgrims from Rho diocese, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Pope Francis’ tour came with a minimum $55-million price tag for Ottawa
Pope Francis and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon watch a traditional dance during the final public event of his papal visit across Canada as he prepares to leave Iqaluit, Nunavut on Friday, July 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Pope promotes ‘humanitarian corridors’ that help bring migrants to different parts of Europe
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Remaining journalists detained over video of South Sudan president are freed
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (L) looks on as he waits for the arrival of Pope Francis at the Presidential Palace in Juba, South Sudan, on February 3, 2023. - Pope Francis landed in Juba, in the first visit to South Sudan by a pope since the predominantly Christian nation gained independence from Muslim-majority Sudan in 2011 after decades of bloody struggle. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)
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On the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s papacy, his critics have become more brazen
Michael W. Higgins
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Pope Francis marks 10th anniversary as head of Catholic Church with Mass, podcast
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer at the Vatican, March 12, 2023. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Pope Francis to gather cardinals to mark his 10th anniversary as pontiff
Pope Francis waves to faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Nicaragua closes Vatican embassy in Managua, Nicaraguan embassy to Vatican
Altar servers lead the opening processional at the Immaculate Conception of Maria, La Carpio, Catholic church where the majority of the congregation is made up of Nicaraguan exiles and refugees, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Dozens of priests, nuns, seminarians and church workers have fled Nicaragua in recent years, or been exiled by President Daniel Ortega’s government, which considers them a threat. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)
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Pope Francis voices his concern for imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop
Pope Francis leads Angelus prayer at the Vatican, February 12, 2023. Divisione Produzione Fotografica/Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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‘Let us accept one another’: Pope makes final bid for peace, forgiveness in South Sudan
Pope Francis greets people during the Holy Mass at John Garang Mausoleum, during his apostolic journey, in Juba, South Sudan, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Pope Francis implores South Sudan’s leaders to end bloodshed, recriminations
Pope Francis addresses a gathering at the Presidential Palace during Pope's apostolic journey, in Juba, South Sudan, February 3, 2023. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Fighting erupts in eastern Congo as Pope condemns ‘murderous’ exploitation
Pope Francis attends a meeting with representatives from charities, during his apostolic journey, at the Apostolic Nunciature in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Pope Francis urges forgiveness to crowd of one million in Congo
Pope Francis on the popemobile arrives at Ndolo airport where he will preside over the Holy Mass in Kinshasa, Congo, Wednesday Feb. 1, 2023. Francis is in Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Pope Francis condemns ‘poison of greed’ stoking conflict in Congo as he begins Africa trip
Pope Francis is welcomed by residents of Kinshasa he starts his apostolic journey, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
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Pope Francis clarifies homosexuality and sin comments in note
FILE - Italian Arcigay gay rights association activists hold banners and flags during a demonstration in front of The Vatican, in this Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 file photo. In an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, Pope Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops in some parts of the world support laws that criminalize homosexuality or discriminate against the LGBTQ community, and he himself referred to homosexuality in terms of "sin." But he attributed attitudes to cultural backgrounds and said bishops in particular need to undergo a process of change to recognize the dignity of everyone. (AP Photo/Sandro Pace, file)
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Pope Francis condemns laws that criminalize homosexuality as ‘unjust’
Pope Francis pauses during an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Francis acknowledged the Catholic Church still had a long way to go to deal with the problem, saying transparency was still lacking about how cases are resolved and that the church must speak out more about the abuse of “vulnerable adults.” (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Some 200,000 turn out over three days to view Benedict’s body
Mourners queue to see the body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lied out in state in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, as thousands of people filed by to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a decade ago. Benedict died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. He was 95. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Pope Francis marks New Year as Vatican prepares to mourn Benedict
Pope Francis holds a Mass for the solemnity of St. Mary at the beginning of the new year, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Former Pope Benedict’s condition remains grave but stable, Vatican says
FILE PHOTO: Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI (L) looks on as Pope Francis arrives to lead a mass to create 20 new cardinals during a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo
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Former Pope Benedict ‘very sick’, Pope Francis calls for prayers
FILE - Pope Francis, right, hugs Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. Pope Francis on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, said his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, is “very sick," and he asked the faithful to pray for the retired pontiff so God will comfort him “to the very end.” (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
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Pope Francis laments ‘Icy winds of war’ in Christmas message with call to end fighting in Ukraine
Pope Francis waves as he delivers his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi message to the city and the world from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Jesus was poor, so don’t be power-hungry, Pope Francis says in Christmas Eve address
Pope Francis kisses a figurine of baby Jesus as he attends the Christmas Eve mass at The St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on December 24, 2022. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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Pope in 2013 signed resignation letter after election in case of bad health
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis receives a cake during his 86th birthday celebration as he meets with Seminarians of the Diocese of Rome at the Vatican, December 17, 2022. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Pope Francis marks 86th birthday giving awards for charity
Pope Francis meets with the delegation of Mother Teresa Award on his 86th birthday at the Vatican, December 17, 2022. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS
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Pope Francis orders return to Greece of Parthenon sculptures held in Vatican
One of the three fragments of Parthenon Sculptures housed by the Vatican Museum that Pope Francis decided to return to Athens, is displayed in this undated photo provided by Vatican Museum. Vatican Museum/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
opinion
The Vatican should rethink its diplomatic approach toward Moscow and Beijing
Michael W. Higgins
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Vatican court hears secret recording of pope on hostage fees
FILE - Pope Francis attends his general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. The Vatican tribunal weighing a financial fraud case heard from an unusual witness Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022 when a secret recording of Pope Francis was played to the court about the Holy See’s payments to free a nun held hostage by al-Qaida linked militants. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
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In my birth country, abortion bans and forced pregnancies amount to religious persecution
John Irving
canada
Indigenous languages, consultation among issues raised before Pope Francis’s visit
Pope Francis speaks during a news conference aboard the papal plane on his flight back after visiting Canada, July 29, 2022. - Pope Francis ended his six-day trip to Canada on July 29, 2022 as he began with a historic apology for the harm done to the country's indigenous people, again expressing his "outrage and shame" to Inuit in the Arctic. (Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)