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1 week ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Matthew Becklo |Leroy Huizenga
Who chooses the pope—God or the cardinals? Thoughts on one of the great paradoxes of the Faith: the convergence of divine providence and human freedom. Paul VI makes Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI) a cardinal in 1977. [Wikipedia]In the interregnum between the death of Pope Francis and the conclave to elect his successor, a quotation from Pope Benedict XVI—then Cardinal Ratzinger—has been making the rounds on social media.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Amy Welborn |Leroy Huizenga
Hundreds of thousands of mourners attend the funeral of Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square, Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | AC Wimmer |Leroy Huizenga
Pope calls consecrated religious to be ‘bearers of light’ amid modern challenges By AC Wimmer for CNA Pope Francis presides over First Vespers for the World Day for Consecrated Life in St. Peter’s Basilica, surrounded by bishops, priests, and religious men and women. Vatican City, Feb. 1, 2024. / Credit: Anhelina Martsisheuskaya/CNACNA Newsroom, Feb 1, 2025 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Almudena Martínez-Bordiú |Leroy Huizenga
Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Oct. 5, 2016. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNACNA Staff, Mar 13, 2024 / 12:00 pm (CNA). March 13 marks the anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the 266th successor of St. Peter. Here is a timeline of key events during his papacy:2013March 13 — About two weeks after Pope Benedict XVI steps down from the papacy, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio is elected pope.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Leroy Huizenga
Pope Francis calls for global commitment to eradicate child labor and exploitation By Kristina Millare for CNA Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall for his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 15, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media. See CNA article for full slideshow. Vatican City, Jan 15, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA).
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Leroy Huizenga |Catherine Harmon
The Immaculate Conception RevisitedThe necessity of the Immaculate Conception does not demand an infinite regress of sinless ancestors, nor does the dogma’s necessity involve ecclesiastical voluntarism. Rather, it’s a necessary part of the Catholic conception of the economy of salvation. Detail from "The Immaculate Conception" (1767-69) by by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, in the Museo del Prado, Spain.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Madalaine Elhabbal |Leroy Huizenga
Washington D.C., Jun 7, 2017 / 10:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- To preserve their future and reveal the life found within the Church, Catholics in the United States must not forget their faith, but should find hope within it. These were the words of an Iraqi-born nun to hundreds of political and religious leaders gathered for the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kate Quinones |Leroy Huizenga
null / Credit: Pavel1964/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Oct 9, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA). A United Nations report on violence against women and girls in sports defended spaces for women on Tuesday by calling for separate sports for biological males who identify as “transgender persons.”The United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls in a presentation of the report on Oct.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Hannah Brockhaus |Leroy Huizenga
Pope Francis to young economists: ‘Love is the first and greatest factor of change’ By Hannah Brockhaus for CNA Pope Francis meets with young adults participating in the annual Economy of Francesco gathering on Sept 25, 2024, as the movement for economic change — inspired by the pope and St. Francis of Assisi — launches a permanent foundation. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Sep 25, 2024 / 15:10 pm (CNA).
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Leroy Huizenga
Parolin: International human rights conventions must be safeguarded in Russia-Ukraine war By Kristina Millare for CNA Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends a plenary session at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine at the Burgenstock resort near Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 16, 2024. / Credit: ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesRome Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 13:20 pm (CNA).
