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Pope Francis pictured on April 17, 2013.

Pope Francis says he wants to travel to Oceania and Africa

Oct 22, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

He confirmed that he would visit Greece and Cyprus in December. Read more

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Pope emeritus Benedict XVI.

Archbishop Gänswein: Benedict XVI is praying for victims in wake of Munich abuse report

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, pictured in June 2016.

Cardinal Marx ‘shocked and ashamed’ by Munich abuse report

Pope Francis takes part in the Roman Curia’s Lenten retreat in Ariccia, Italy, on March 6-10, 2016. Credit: Vatican Media.

Roman Curia’s annual Lenten retreat changed again due to COVID-19

French President Emmanuel Macron.

Pro-life group criticizes Macron’s call to add abortion to rights charter

Albrecht von Boeselager.

Top official won’t join Order of Malta reform working group, citing threat to sovereignty

The Frauenkirche, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.

Benedict XVI, Cardinal Marx faulted in Munich abuse report

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Italian Catholic doctors: Assisted suicide is not a dignified death

The California capitol.

Scholarships, loan relief for abortion workers in California budget proposal

Boston City Hall

Supreme Court hears Boston free speech case involving Christian organization

Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan the most dangerous place to be Christian, advocacy group says

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The Frauenkirche, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.

Benedict XVI, Cardinal Marx faulted in Munich abuse report

Edith Stein, pictured as a student in 1913-1914.

City names 2022 the Year of Edith Stein to mark 100 years since her baptism

The flag of Eritrea.

Pope Francis appoints apostolic visitor for Eritrean Catholics in US and Canada

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Catholic health care system removes race as factor in eligibility for COVID-19 treatments