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Cindy Wooden writes for Catholic News Service.

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Retired Pope Benedict XVI smiles at Germany's Munich Airport before his departure to Rome June 22, 2020. Pope Benedict, who is 93, traveled to Germany to see his ailing older brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who is 96. (CNS photo/Sven Hoppe, pool via Reuters)

Retired pope returns to Vatican after visiting his brother in Germany

Cindy Wooden|Jun 22, 2020|3 Min Read

Seafarers who have spent months working onboard vessels during the COVID-19 pandemic arrive June 12, 2020, at Changi Airport in Singapore. (CNS photo/Edgar Su, Reuters)

World

Pope reaches out to seafarers stuck on ships or without work

Cindy Wooden|Jun 17, 2020|3 Min Read

A scientist filters out samples during the research and development of a vaccine against COVID-19 June 11, 2020, at a laboratory in St. Petersburg, Russia. Spanish Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera of Valencia made headlines June 5, 2020, when he described as a "work of the devil" attempts to find a COVID-19 vaccine using cell lines created from fetuses aborted voluntarily decades ago. (CNS photo/Anton Vaganov, Reuters)

Church leaders urge scientists to develop ethical COVID-19 vaccine

Cindy Wooden|Jun 15, 2020|3 Min Read

A file photo shows volunteers in protective masks giving food to low-income people at a soup kitchen in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Catholic Church will mark the World Day of the Poor Nov. 15. (CNS photo/Agustin Marcarian, Reuters)

Life of faith involves both prayer, serving Christ in the poor, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jun 13, 2020|5 Min Read

Vatican workers remove scaffolding from the final restored section of the colonnade in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this January 2014 file photo. Pope Francis issued a new set of laws June 1, 2020, that govern the awarding of contracts for goods and services provided by outside vendors. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope issues new Vatican contract laws to save money, prevent corruption

Cindy Wooden|Jun 1, 2020|3 Min Read

Pope Francis prays at the Lourdes grotto during a Marian prayer service in the Vatican Gardens May 30, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

From Vatican Gardens, pope leads rosary to pray for pandemic's end

Cindy Wooden|May 30, 2020|3 Min Read

Enzo Bianchi, founder and former prior of the ecumenical Monastery of Bose, speaks during a prayer vigil at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome in this March 17, 2016, file photo. Following an apostolic visitation of the northern Italian monastery, the Vatican has ordered Bianchi and three other members to leave the community. (CNS photo/Sabrina Fusco, Catholic Press Photo)

Vatican orders Italian founder of ecumenical community to leave

Cindy Wooden|May 28, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification. Father McGivney is pictured in an undated portrait. (CNS file photo)

Pope clears way for beatification of Knights of Columbus founder

Cindy Wooden|May 27, 2020|3 Min Read

People pray in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 18, 2020, after the basilica reopened to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

World

St. Peter's Basilica reopens to the public

Cindy Wooden|May 18, 2020|2 Min Read

A banner depicting St. John Paul II hangs from the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 27. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (April 27, 2014)

World

Angelicum University honors John Paul II with new institute of culture

Cindy Wooden|May 18, 2020|4 Min Read

Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican May 15, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Faith

Christianity is a relationship, not a set of rules, pope says

Cindy Wooden|May 15, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis leads his weekly general audience from the papal library in the Apostolic Palace May 6, 2020. The pope was beginning a new series of audience talks about prayer. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope encourages people to rediscover the need for prayer

Cindy Wooden|May 6, 2020|3 Min Read

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