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Four Takeaways From the Vatican’s Document on Human Dignity
The document restated the Roman Catholic Church’s rejection of abortion, gender fluidity and transition surgery.
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Pope Francis Tries to Settle Accounts
For years now, Pope Francis’s governance of the Roman Catholic Church has been seemingly designed to drive the church’s conservative…
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Reports Say Pope Francis Is Evicting U.S. Cardinal From His Vatican Home
Word of the action against Cardinal Raymond Burke came after the prelate’s increasingly pointed critiques of the reform-minded pope.
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Pope Francis Cancels Trip to U.N. Climate Summit on Doctor’s Orders
Days after the pontiff was forced to slow down because of a flu, his doctors advised him to not travel…
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As Catholic Leaders Met, Fired Bishop Took His Message to the Street
The meeting opened with a call for unity, but clerics are navigating a contentious relationship between Pope Francis and conservative…
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He Called the Pope a ‘Filthy Leftist.’ Now He Wants to Be President.
Javier Milei is leading the race to be Argentina’s next president. But he is dogged by his past broadsides against…
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Opinion
How the Extraordinary Became Normal in Catholicism
The Francis era in Roman Catholicism is a good example of how the abnormal and even extraordinary can come to…
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World
Some find fault with Francis’ homily for Benedict.
VATICAN CITY — The unusual nature of Thursday’s funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, presided over by his successor, Pope…
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Faithful Gather in the Vatican to View Pope Benedict’s Body
Tens of thousands came to see the pope emeritus, who died on Saturday at age 95, as he lay in…
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World
Benedict Leaves Behind a Conflicted Legacy on Clerical Sexual Abuse
Joseph Ratzinger was accused of mishandling cases when he was bishop of Munich, but as pope he was credited with…
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