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  • Francis accuses critics of ‘instrumentalizing’ death of Benedict XVI
    “People wanted to score points for their own side,” Francis said. "The people who instrumentalize such a good person, so close to God…those people don’t have ethics, they are people who belong to a...
  • Pope taps American to head Vatican’s powerful Dicastery for Bishops
    Pope Francis has tapped Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native who currently leads the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, to take over the Dicastery for Bishops.
  • In Congo, South Sudan, Pope will see the Church on the frontlines
    Pope Francis heads to the war-torn African nations of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan this week, where the church has long been on the frontlines of relief efforts amid war, poverty...
  • Pope heads to battered Congo, South Sudan as a herald of peace
    Pope Francis will further cement his legacy as an advocate for the suffering and marginalized this week as he heads to Africa for the fourth time, visiting the ravaged nations of the Democratic...