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Cindy Wooden writes for Catholic News Service.

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Pope John Paul II embraces Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio after presenting the new cardinal with a red beretta at the Vatican Feb. 21, 2001. (CNS photo/Reuters)

'He was a great,' Pope Francis says of St. John Paul II

Cindy Wooden|Feb 5, 2020|5 Min Read

Pope Francis uses holy water as he celebrates a Mass marking the World Day for Consecrated Life in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 1, 2020. The Mass was celebrated on the vigil of the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. (CNS photo/Stefano Dal Pozzolo, pool)

For religious, God's love is worth more than any earthly good, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Feb 3, 2020|3 Min Read

An elderly woman participates in the 47th annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 24, 2020. Pope Francis told told Catholic seniors and pastoral workers from around the world Jan. 31 that old age "is not a disease, it's a privilege," and Catholic dioceses and parishes miss a huge and growing resource if they ignore their senior members. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Faith

Church must recognize the gifts of older Catholics, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jan 31, 2020|4 Min Read

Women religious attend Mass marking the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo. Loreto Sister Patricia Murray, executive secretary of the women's International Union of Superiors General, said congregations of women religious are growing closer in the face of declining overall numbers. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Faith

Not by numbers: Women religious finding new ways to minister, collaborate

Cindy Wooden|Jan 30, 2020|5 Min Read

Bishops from California, Hawaii and Nevada prepare to concelebrate Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major while making their "ad limina" visits in Rome Jan. 30, 2020. The bishops were making their "ad limina" visits to report on the status of their dioceses to Pope Francis and Vatican officials. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

'Ad limina' is time to remember Mary's loving care, bishop says

Cindy Wooden|Jan 30, 2020|2 Min Read

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and bishops from California, Hawaii and Nevada concelebrate Mass in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica during their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Jan. 27, 2020. (CNS photo/Stefano Dal Pozzolo)

Bishops begin 'ad limina' visit with prayers for strength, renewal

Cindy Wooden|Jan 27, 2020|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets judges and staff of the Roman Rota, a Vatican tribunal dealing mostly with marriage cases, during an audience at the Vatican Jan. 25, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Church needs 'evangelizing spouses' to fulfill its mission, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jan 26, 2020|4 Min Read

Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, is pictured in a 2014 photo. In an interview for the February edition of "Chiesa Donna Mondo," the Vatican newspaper's monthly women's magazine, the cardinal said sexual abuse and the abuse of authority have occurred and are occurring within religious orders of women and must be addressed with transparency and boldness. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Abuse happens within women's orders, too, cardinal says

Cindy Wooden|Jan 24, 2020|4 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, during a meeting with U.S. bishops from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas during their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Jan. 20, 2020. Bishop Strickland said he asked Pope Francis about the Vatican investigation into Theodore E. McCarrick and the release of a promised report on how the former cardinal managed to rise through the church ranks. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Bishop Strickland says he asked pope about McCarrick report

Cindy Wooden|Jan 21, 2020|4 Min Read

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican Jan. 14, 2020. In his homily, the pope said the crowds who followed Jesus knew he taught with "authority" because he lived what he preached. Too many other religious leaders, he said, suffer from "pastoral schizophrenia," which is saying one thing and doing another. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Faith

Preaching one thing, doing another is 'pastoral schizophrenia,' pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jan 14, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis visits his predecessor, retired Pope Benedict XVI, at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery at the Vatican in this Dec. 21, 2018, file photo. Pope Benedict has defended priestly celibacy in a new book written with Cardinal Robert Sarah. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Retired pope wants his name removed as co-author of book on celibacy

Cindy Wooden|Jan 14, 2020|8 Min Read

A child hugs Pope Francis outside the shrine of St. Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 16, 2018. During his morning Mass Jan. 10, 2020, Pope Francis quoted the saint, who said, "It is good not to do evil, but it is evil not to do good." (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)

Faith

Love is never indifferent to other's suffering, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jan 10, 2020|2 Min Read

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