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Cindy Wooden writes for Catholic News Service.

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Pope Francis walks near a figurine of the baby Jesus as he leaves in procession after celebrating Mass marking the feast of Mary, Mother of God, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 1, 2022. (CNS photo/Romano Siciliani, pool)

On New Year's, pope says a mature faith is realistic, but hope-filled

Cindy Wooden|Jan 1, 2022|4 Min Read

The Holy Family at the Nativity is depicted in this painting by artist Laura James. Christmas, a holy day of obligation, is celebrated Dec. 25. During his Dec. 26, 2021, Angelus, the Pope Francis said as a "Christmas gift" he had written a letter to families. (CNS/Bridgeman Images)

Even the Holy Family felt stress, pope tells families

Cindy Wooden|Dec 26, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis delivers his Christmas blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 25, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope prays Christmas will bring yearning for peace, dialogue

Cindy Wooden|Dec 25, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope John Paul I, who served as pope for 33 days in 1978, is seen in this photo released by the Vatican Dec. 7, 2010. Pope Francis will beatify Pope John Paul I Sept. 4, 2022, at the Vatican, according to Stefania Falasca, a journalist and vice postulator of the late pope's sainthood cause. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

September 2022 date set for beatification of John Paul I

Cindy Wooden|Dec 23, 2021|2 Min Read

Cardinal Peter Turkson, left, Cardinal Michael Czerny and Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli are seen in this composite photo. Pope Francis accepted Cardinal Turkson's resignation as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Dec. 23, 2021, and has asked Cardinal Michael Czerny and Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to oversee the dicastery until a new prefect is named. (CNS photos/Paul Haring)

Pope names Cardinal Czerny interim head of dicastery

Cindy Wooden|Dec 23, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, participates in a news conference to unveil a new platform for action based on Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si', at the Vatican in this May 25, 2021, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal Turkson says he offered to resign at end of his term

Cindy Wooden|Dec 20, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Walter Brandmuller elevates the Eucharist during a Mass according to the Tridentine rite at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this May 15, 2011, file photo. The Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has responded to bishops' questions about Pope Francis' July document limiting use of pre-Vatican II Mass. Among the clarifications was that confirmations and ordinations are not permitted to be celebrated according to the older rites. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican answers questions on limits regarding pre-Vatican II Mass

Cindy Wooden|Dec 18, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis looks at a painting given as a birthday gift by a group of asylum-seekers transferred from Cyprus to Italy with his help, during a meeting at the Vatican Dec. 17, 2021, the pope's birthday. The painting shows an Afghan refugee crossing the Mediterranean with other immigrants. The migrants are being assisted by the Vatican and the Community of Sant'Egidio. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Pope welcomes first group of asylum-seekers from Cyprus

Cindy Wooden|Dec 17, 2021|2 Min Read

Abraham Luque, a catechist from the Scalabrinian Parish of Our Lady of the Perpetual Help, prays during a Christmas event at the Scalabrini welcome center in Lima, Peru, in this Dec. 16, 2018, file photo. In May 2021 formally instituted the ministry of catechist. (CNS photo/Oscar Durand)

Vatican releases text for installing catechists, explains ministry

Cindy Wooden|Dec 13, 2021|3 Min Read

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Family first: Pope says migration policy changes when newcomers seen as kin

Cindy Wooden|Dec 7, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Athens, Greece, to Rome Dec. 6, 2021. The pope was concluding a five-day visit to Cyprus and Greece. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope tells reporters Paris archbishop was hounded out by gossip

Cindy Wooden|Dec 6, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the Megaron Concert Hall in Athens, Greece, Dec. 5, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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God's power is revealed in love, pope says at Mass in Athens

Cindy Wooden|Dec 5, 2021|3 Min Read

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