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  • [ January 11, 2026 ] Gänswein says he prays to Benedict XVI, confirms hope for beatification cause News Briefs
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Pope Francis: The heart of repentance is God’s ‘infinite love,’ ‘boundless mercy’

March 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis addresses members of the Apostolic Penitentiary on March 8, 2024, in the Clementine Hall in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Mar 8, 2024 / 15:05 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis in an address on Fri… […]

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‘God never tires of forgiving’: Pope Francis hears confessions at Roman parish

March 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis presides over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Rome, Italy, Mar 8, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA).
On Friday evening Pope Francis traveled out of the Vatican to hear confession… […]

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Women are ‘builders of humanity,’ Pope Francis says in conference address

March 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets with Argentine pilgrims on Feb. 9, 2024, ahead of the historic canonization of the county’s first female saint on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Mar 8, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA).
On the day before Inter… […]

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Pope Francis to clergy abuse commission: ‘Our commitment must not wane’

March 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 13

Pope Francis joines the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in prayer at the Vatican on March 7, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Mar 7, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis encouraged the papal commission tasked with c… […]

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Pope Francis: St. Thomas Aquinas is needed to answer today’s social challenges

March 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis delivers an address during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 14, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Newsroom, Mar 7, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Economics, international relations, and ot… […]

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Priests suspend YouTube program after making ‘comments in bad taste’ about Pope Francis

March 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Four of the six priests who regularly appear in "The Sacristy of the Vendée" program on YouTube. / Credit: Screenshot/Sacristy of the Vendée

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 7, 2024 / 17:05 pm (CNA).
Father Francisco José Delgado, a Spanish prie… […]

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Pope Francis: ‘Of all vices, pride is the great queen’

March 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 10

Pope Francis appeared in a wheelchair at his general audience on Feb. 28, 2024. / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Mar 6, 2024 / 11:40 am (CNA).
Pope Francis this week used his general audience to focus on the vice of pride, with the Holy Father fo… […]

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Pope Francis appoints American priest to role in Vatican’s highest court

March 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

The Holy See Press Office announced on March 5, 2024, that Monsignor Shane L. Kirby has been named the Substitute Promoter of Justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. / Credit: Diocese of Scranton

Vatican City, Mar 5, 2024 /… […]

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Historic Notre Dame College in Ohio to close this spring after 100 years

March 4, 2024 Catholic News Agency 7

A view of the Notre Dame College administration building from the south, including its tower. / Credit: Josephgg216, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Mar 4, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA).
After more than 100 years in Ohio, Notre Dame Coll… […]

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Pope Francis urges ‘an immediate ceasefire in Gaza’ that frees hostages, grants aid 

March 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 7

Speaking in his Angelus address on March 3 about the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis made an emotional plea for negotiations to reach a deal that both frees the hostages immediately and grants civilians access to humanitarian aid. / Credit: Vatic… […]

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