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Cindy Wooden

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Cindy Wooden writes for Catholic News Service.

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Pope Francis prays at the Ermineskin Cree Nation Cemetery before meeting with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities at Maskwacis, Alberta, July 25, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Returning moccasins, pope apologizes for church role in residential schools

Cindy Wooden|Jul 25, 2022|5 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Grand Chief George Arcand of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations as he arrives at Edmonton International Airport July 24, 2022. Looking on is Mary Simon, governor general of Canada. The pope was beginning a six-day visit to Canada. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

World

Pope arrives in Canada focused on elders and on repentance

Cindy Wooden|Jul 24, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis accepts snowshoes from Adrian Gunner, representing the Assembly of First Nations, during a meeting with Canadian Indigenous groups at the Vatican in this April 1, 2022, file photo. The pope plans to read his speeches in Spanish during his July 24-29 trip to Canada. While the Indigenous will be the focus of the trip, concern for the environment and prayers for Ukraine also are expected. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope's words in Canada may have broader reach, official says

Cindy Wooden|Jul 20, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican July 17, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope describes Canada trip as 'penitential pilgrimage'

Cindy Wooden|Jul 18, 2022|2 Min Read

Pope Francis is pictured with Indigenous delegates from Canada's First Nations during a meeting at the Vatican in this March 31, 2022, file photo. The pope is expected to apologize directly to Indigenous peoples during his July 24-29 visit to Canada. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

World

Pope's Canada trip: Beginning and ending with 'sorry'

Cindy Wooden|Jul 14, 2022|5 Min Read

Maria Lia Zervino, an Argentine who is president of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations, greets Pope Francis June 11, 2022, during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. The Vatican announced July 13 that the pope had named Zervino to be a member of the Dicastery for Bishops. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope names three women to office that helps him choose bishops

Cindy Wooden|Jul 13, 2022|2 Min Read

Two members of the Congolese community in Rome present the offertory gifts to Pope Francis during Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican July 3, 2022. Pope Francis was to have been in Kinshasa, Congo, that day, but was forced to postpone the trip because of problems with his knee. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope couldn't go to Congo, but Congolese in Rome pray with him for peace

Cindy Wooden|Jul 3, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Francis addresses the people of Congo and South Sudan in a video released July 2, 2022. Pope Francis was to have visited the two countries in early July, but was forced to postpone the trip because of problems with his knee. (CNS screen grab/Vatican Media)

Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders send messages to South Sudan

Cindy Wooden|Jul 3, 2022|3 Min Read

The main door at the headquarters of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is seen at the Vatican Feb. 15, 2022. The dicastery has issued a slightly revised "vademecum" or step-by-step guidelines for handling allegations of the clerical abuse of minors and vulnerable persons. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican publishes slightly updated guidelines for handling abuse cases

Cindy Wooden|Jun 27, 2022|2 Min Read

People pray near the Supreme Court in Washington June 24, 2022, as the court overruled the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision in its ruling in the Dobbs case, on a Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

After court decision, it's time for widespread pro-life work, Vatican says

Cindy Wooden|Jun 27, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Albino Luciani, the future Pope John Paul I, are pictured in Venice in September 1972. The editorial director of Vatican News, Andrea Tornielli, wrote in a June 21 article that Archbishop Albino Luciani, the future Pope John Paul I, had hoped that Pope Paul VI would liberalize church teaching on artificial birth control, but when he didn't, the archbishop helped promote acceptance of "Humanae Vitae." (CNS photo)

Faith

John Paul I and the pill: He wanted change, but accepted 'Humanae Vitae'

Cindy Wooden|Jun 23, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis greets a woman and child as he opens the World Meeting of Families in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican June 22, 2022. The Festival of Families, an evening of sharing and music, was the opening event of the five-day meeting. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope asks families to take a small step toward greater holiness

Cindy Wooden|Jun 22, 2022|5 Min Read

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