Cindy Wooden

Catholic News Service

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Pope Issues New ‘Fundamental Law’ for Vatican City State

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis updated the “Fundamental Law of Vatican City State,” opening the possibility that laypeople can be members of its governing commission and emphasizing that the […]

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Pope decides women will be voting members of Synod of Bishops

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At least three dozen women will be voting members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October, Pope Francis has decided. In a decision […]

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Pope Prays that Easter Joy Would Break Through Gloom of Sin, War, Strife

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illumines […]

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Pope at Easter: Roll Away the Stone of Sadness, Encounter the Risen Lord

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Easter is the time “to roll away the stone of the tombs in which we often imprison our hope and to look with confidence to the […]

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As Pope Leaves Hospital, He Comforts Couple, Jokes with Reporters

ROME (CNS) — “I’m still alive,” Pope Francis joked to reporters who asked how he was doing as he left Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Apr. 1. The 86-year-old pope, who […]

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10 Years as Pope: Pushing the Church to Bring the Gospel to the World

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For a decade, even when discussing the internal workings of the Vatican, Pope Francis has insisted the Church is not the Church of Christ if it […]

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Pope Asks Congo’s Priests, Religious to Be Authentic Witnesses of Faith

KINSHASA, Congo (CNS) — The strength and unity of the Catholic community in Congo and its ability to be an effective force for peace and reconciliation depend in large part […]

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‘Lay Down the Weapons of Hatred, Revenge,’ Pope Tells South Sudanese

JUBA, South Sudan (CNS) —  Looking out at tens of thousands of smiling faces, Pope Francis told South Sudanese Catholics that the only way the country will get out of […]

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Pope Asks Congo’s Priests, Religious to Be Authentic Witnesses of Faith

KINSHASA, Congo (CNS) — The strength and unity of the Catholic community in Congo and its ability to be an effective force for peace and reconciliation depend in large part […]

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Pope Announces Ecumenical Prayer Before Synod Assembly in October

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Encouraging Catholics to participate in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis also announced that before the assembly of the Synod of Bishops opens […]

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Pope Benedict: Eight Years as Pope Capped Long Ministry as Teacher of Faith

Other stories in the Pope Benedict package include: Global Impact of a German Pope Pope Benedict’s Body Solemnly, Lovingly Carried to St. Peter’s Basilica Thousands Pay Last Respects to Pope […]

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Pope Benedict’s Body Solemnly, Lovingly Carried to St. Peter’s Basilica

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The consecrated women who cared for Pope Benedict XVI in his retirement gently stroked his hands before his body was carried on a red-covered stretcher to […]