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Doctrinal text looks at increasing harmony among Church groups
Local bishops have an obligation to welcome new movements and communities and guide them, while groups have an obligation to obey the local bishop and avoid the appearance of setting up a parallel church, according to a new Vatican document.
Pope to appoint advisory board in removing negligent bishops
remove a religious superior or bishop from office for failing to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sex abuse.
Ignore the church schedule and serve the people, Pope tells deacons
Deacons are called to be servants who set aside their own self-serving plans and are generous with their lives, Pope Francis has said.
‘The meeting is the message,’ Pope tells head of al-Azhar University
Pope Francis and the Grand Iman of one of the most important Sunni Muslim Universities in the world have this week embraced at the Vatican, after five years of tension and top-level silence.
Economy of exclusion, inequality caused growth of poverty, Pope says
An economic vision geared solely toward profit and material well-being has led to an economy of exclusion and inequality that has increased poverty and the number of people discarded “as unproductive and useless”, Pope Francis said.
Pope tells struggling Europe he has a dream for its future
As Europe faces an unprecedented influx of immigrants and refugees, while struggling to counter continued economic woes, Pope Francis urged the continent to step up to its responsibilities with renewed hope, not cower behind walls and treaties.
Ethics must guide medical research, protect human dignity, says Pope
Moral and ethical concerns must guide medical research so it will always be at the service of protecting human life and dignity, Pope Francis has said.
When it comes to happiness, there’s no app for that, Pope tells teens
Happiness “is not an app that you can download on your phones, nor will the latest update help you become free and great in loving,” Pope Francis told thousands of teenagers.
‘It makes you weep,’ Pope says of refugees’ stories
When an aide suggested Pope Francis offer to fly some Syrian refugees back to Rome with him, the Pope said he agreed immediately because it was “an inspiration of the Holy Spirit”.
Book Review: Inside stories about John Paul II, also told by his successor Benedict XVI
On the evening of 2 April, 2005, Wlodzimierz Redzioch, a Polish journalist who worked for more than 30 years for the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, was with the thousands praying in St Peter’s Square.
