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Pope Francis tours excavated area near St. Peter’s tomb
Pope Francis became the first pope to tour the excavated necropolis where St. Peter is buried, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman.
Pope recognizes martyrs from communist, fascist regimes
An Italian priest who died in a Nazi concentration camp and two victims of Soviet-bloc regimes during the Cold War were among those recognized on March 27 as martyrs by Pope Francis.
At Rome’s Colosseum, pope says cross is God’s response to evil
By Cindy Wooden
Gazing from a hillside overlooking Rome's Colosseum, where thousands of people gathered to pray the Way of the Cross, Pope Francis said Christ's cross is God's response to evil in the world.
"Sometimes it may seem as though God does not react to evil, as if he is silent. And yet, God has spoken," the pope said March 29 at the end of the nighttime prayer service.
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Looking out for No. 2: Who will be Vatican secretary of state?
Of the several widely acknowledged priorities in the run-up to the conclave that chose Pope Francis, including the challenge of secularism and the growth of the church in the global South, none was more prominent than a need to reform the Roman Curia, the church’s central administration in the Vatican.
At Easter pope calls Christians to be channels of mercy, justice, peace
With Jesus’ resurrection “love has triumphed, mercy has been victorious,” Pope Francis said in his first Easter message “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world).
Image on Turin shroud is reminder of God’s love, pope says in message
Gazing upon the image of a crucified man on the Shroud of Turin, Catholics contemplate Jesus and are called on to remember his great love for them and for all who suffer, Pope Francis said.
In Easter messages, Mideast church leaders call for peace in Syria
In Easter messages, Catholic patriarchs in the Middle East highlighted the need for an end to the war in Syria, now entering its third year.
Pope urges Catholics to let grace transform, work through them
Catholics must allow the grace of their baptism and of the Eucharist to transform their lives and make them instruments of God’s grace in the world, Pope Francis said.
Cardinal urges Kenyans to accept court verdict on election
Nairobi Cardinal John Njue urged Kenyans to maintain peace as the Supreme Court decides on the nation’s disputed presidential election. He also urged Kenyans to accept the court verdict, expected March 30.
Pope washes feet of 12 young detainees to serve them ‘from the heart’
Pope Francis told young inmates that, just as Jesus came to help and serve others, he, too, was at their service as a priest and bishop. During the evening Mass at Rome’s Casal del Marmo prison for minors, Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 young people of different nationalities and faiths, including at least two Muslims and two women, who are housed at the juvenile detention facility.
