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The South Korean unification ministry said Monday that a visit by Pope Francis to North Korea would “greatly contribute” to securing peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Pope Francis said Sunday that he hears the cries of migrants in Libya and appealed for an end to repatriation and the establishment instead of “regular migration routes.”

The former Associate Director of the U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Office, a self-described “pro-life Democrat” said Saturday he grieves “for the disastrously wrong turn of my party.”

Pope Francis had high praise for German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday, predicting that she will “go down in history as one of the great leaders.”

Anti-Catholicism reigned loud and proud in the City of Angels this month when it removed the name of beloved Saint Junipero Serra.

The Sicilian archdiocese of Catania has abolished the role of godfather and godmother at Catholic baptisms, asserting that the institution has devolved into a method of strengthening family ties and sometimes criminal ties rather than bonds of Christian faith.

Pope Francis decried recent lethal attacks Sunday, urging people to “abandon the path of violence” in favor of a peaceful resolution of conflicts.

The police reportedly denied access to a Catholic priest who wanted to give the Last Rites to Sir David Amess MP after his fatal stabbing.

Pope Francis commemorated World Food Day Friday, urging nations to combat food insecurity and work to achieve environmental sustainability.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue writes that Joe Donnelly, President Biden’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, is a “rogue Catholic” despite reports to the contrary.

Pope Francis hammered home his condemnation of abortion Thursday, insisting that medical professionals should opt out of the procedure for reasons of conscience.

The Catholic archbishop of the U.S. military said this week that Catholic military personnel could refuse the mandated coronavirus vaccine on religious grounds.

The U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman Archbishop Joseph Naumann is urging President Biden to act like the “devout Catholic” he says he is by opposing the evil of abortion, Catholic News Agency reported Tuesday.

Attorneys say the people who toppled a statue of Franciscan priest Junipero Serra should not face charges because they are correcting history.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi described this weekend’s private audience with Pope Francis as a “spiritual, personal and official honor.”

The president of the European Catholic Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE), Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, has rejected European Commission warnings that illegal immigration is being used to “destabilise Europe,” calling instead for the facilitation of migration into Europe.

The Vatican announced this weekend that Pope Francis will not attend the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.

Pope Francis granted a private audience in the Vatican to U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Saturday, just two weeks after the House passage of the most radical pro-abortion legislation ever introduced.

Pope Francis urged governments Saturday to “adopt without delay a course of action that would limit the average global temperature rise.”

Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher has called for increased redistribution as a necessary means of overcoming economic inequality, the Catholic News Service reported Wednesday.

Pope Francis denounced war and the arms trade Thursday, calling on people of faith to “condemn every form of violence.”

Pope Francis has reacted to a report on clerical sex abuse in France, expressing his own shame and that of the Church for the failure to effectively address the problem.

Pope Francis said Tuesday that the world’s assorted religions are all “different ways of coming to God,” representing a “richness” deserving of respect.

Three members of the fabled Swiss Guard have quit their jobs in the face of the Vatican’s new coronavirus vaccine mandate.

Pope Francis hosted scientists and religious leaders in the Vatican Monday, where they signed a joint appeal calling for carbon neutrality and a radical change in lifestyles.

CatholicVote has launched educational platform “EDIFY” that aims to share the truths of the faith and the nation’s foundational values.

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone is urging Catholics to fast and pray for the “conversion of heart” of pro-abortion Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

The United States Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) denounced the Women’s Health Protection Act as “the most radical abortion bill ever,” insisting it boded poorly for the future of the country.

Pope Francis expressed his sorrow over jihadist attacks in northern Nigeria that claimed more than 50 lives over the weekend.

The government of Belgium has announced that it will contribute money for women in Poland to get abortions in other EU member states.

Pope Francis underscored the inviolable right to life from conception to natural death in an address to the Pontifical Academy for Life Monday.

Pope Francis said Monday that the nearly exclusive attention on the coronavirus over the past couple years has meant a woeful neglect of many other lethal diseases.

Pope Francis told young people Monday that it is impossible to know Jesus Christ in isolation from the Church.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told the United Nations Sunday that human inaction has been at the root of global warming, which is in turn causing disease and extreme weather.

Pope Francis commemorated the World Day of Migrants and Refugees Sunday, calling for a more welcoming attitude toward foreigners.

ROME (AP) – Voters in San Marino, a tiny republic surrounded by Italy, voted Sunday whether to decriminalize abortion, with the Roman Catholic Church firmly opposed and the ‘Yes’ camp hoping to make the procedure legal in some circumstances.