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Cindy Wooden writes for Catholic News Service.

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People gather to talk about media and communication during the Focolare Expo 2013 in Chicago. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)

Vatican orders term limits for leaders of lay movements

Cindy Wooden|Jun 11, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis leads an audience June 7, 2021 at the Vatican with priests staying at the St. Louis of France residence for priests in Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Priesthood always involves closeness with the faithful, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jun 7, 2021|2 Min Read

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, attends a press conference to discuss revisions to the Code of Canon Law, at the Vatican June 1, 2021. Pope Francis has promulgated a revised section of the Code of Canon Law dealing with crimes and punishments. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope promulgates revised canon law on crimes, punishments

Cindy Wooden|Jun 1, 2021|5 Min Read

A painting of Mary Undoer of Knots hangs within the Knotted Grotto at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia during the World Meeting of Families in this September 2015 file photo. On May 31, 2021, Pope Francis will conclude the Catholic Church's monthlong rosary marathon with special prayers to Mary Undoer of Knots, one of his favorite titles for the mother of Jesus. (Carley Mossbrook/CNS)

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Rosary marathon to end with prayers that Mary undo ‘knots’ tied by COVID-19

Cindy Wooden|May 27, 2021|2 Min Read

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, participates in a webinar on the history and meaning of a 1991 Vatican document on interreligious dialogue, in this image from Zoom May 19, 2021. The Vatican webinar explored the document "Dialogue and Proclamation: Reflections and Orientations on Interreligious Dialogue and the Proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ." (CNS photo)

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From Babel to Pentecost: Dialogue and proclamation thrive on witness

Cindy Wooden|May 19, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis meets John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, at the Vatican May 15, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

U.S. climate envoy meets pope, speaks at Vatican conference

Cindy Wooden|May 16, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis arrives to bless a mosaic of St. Pedro Calungsod during a meeting with the Philippine community in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Nov. 21, 2013, file photo. St. Calungsod was a lay catechist from the Philippines who was martyred in Guam in 1672. Instituting the ministry of catechist, Pope Francis pointed to the number of lay catechists declared martyrs, blesseds or saints by the church. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

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'A long line' of holy catechists have served the church, pope notes

Cindy Wooden|May 12, 2021|3 Min Read

Then-Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer in 2017. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal Ladaria cautions U.S. bishops on politicians and Communion

Cindy Wooden|May 10, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Pius IX, the last of the popes with temporal power over the Papal States, continued a smallpox vaccination campaign begun by Pope Pius VII and offered a small financial reward to those who were vaccinated. (CNS)

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Papal vaccine campaigns offered punishments, rewards 200 years ago

Cindy Wooden|May 9, 2021|2 Min Read

Pope Francis leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 5, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Welcoming migrants, refugees is opportunity for growth, pope says

Cindy Wooden|May 6, 2021|5 Min Read

Blessed Charles de Foucauld is pictured in an undated photo. On May 3 Pope Francis approved the canonization of Blessed de Foucauld and six others during an "ordinary public consistory." Born in Strasbourg, France, in 1858, Blessed de Foucauld lost his faith during his adolescence but rediscovered it after after being inspired by Muslims during a visit to Morocco. (CNS photo/courtesy of I.Media)

Pope approves canonizations, but doesn't set date because of pandemic

Cindy Wooden|May 3, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis prays the rosary with about 160 people in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 1, 2021. The pope began a monthlong rosary marathon praying for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

At rosary, pope prays resources move from military to pandemic prevention

Cindy Wooden|May 1, 2021|3 Min Read

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