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Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency.

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Pope Francis hears the confession of a priest at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome in this March 7, 2019, file photo. In his message for Lent, Pope Francis said the season is "a time for renewing faith, hope and love." (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis: 'Experience Lent with love' by caring for those affected by pandemic

Courtney Mares|Feb 12, 2021|5 Min Read

Fr. Pedro Opeka. (Anne Aubert/Amici di Padre Pedro, Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 via CNA)

World

Catholic missionary priest nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Courtney Mares|Feb 11, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis is presented with an Aramaic prayer manuscript at the Vatican Feb. 10, 2021. (Vatican Media/Ufficio Stampa FOCSIV via CNA)

World

Pope Francis presented with historic prayer manuscript saved from Islamic State

Courtney Mares|Feb 10, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis holds a booklet with an image of St. Josephine Bakhita, who was sold into slavery as a child, during his general audience at the Vatican in this Feb. 8, 2017, file photo. The pope released a video message marking the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, which is celebrated on the Feb. 8 feast of St. Bakhita. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Pope Francis asks people to pray for every victim of human trafficking

Courtney Mares|Feb 8, 2021|3 Min Read

A priest elevates the host during a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City in 2020. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Pope Francis: Without liturgy, Christianity is without the whole of Christ

Courtney Mares|Feb 3, 2021|4 Min Read

Focolare

Faith

Focolare Movement elects Holy Land Catholic as new president

Courtney Mares|Feb 2, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets people during an encounter with the elderly in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Sept. 28, 2014, file photo. During his Jan. 31 Sunday Angelus, the pope announced the establishment of a World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis proclaims World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

Courtney Mares|Jan 31, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis leads an audience with members of the Roman Rota, a Vatican tribunal handling mostly marriage cases, at the Vatican Jan. 29, 2021. The audience marked the start of the court's judicial year. The pope said the potential loss of money and authority were at the heart of the opposition against reforming the church's annulment process. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis to Roman Rota: Always keep in mind 'the good of the children'

Courtney Mares|Jan 29, 2021|5 Min Read

Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is pictured during a meeting with then-U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Najaf, Iraq, in this July 24, 2014, file photo. Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with al-Sistani during his March 5-8 visit to Iraq, according to Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Cardinal Sako briefed journalists Jan. 28 on plans for Pope Francis' Iraq trip. (CNS photo/Eskinder Debebe/United Nations via Reuters)

Pope Francis to meet top Shiite cleric on Iraq visit, says cardinal

Courtney Mares|Jan 28, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks in a video message released Jan. 25 to the virtual "Climate Adaptation Summit" hosted by the Netherlands. Cardinal Parolin said climate change is a global problem that requires the commitment and collective response of all humanity. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican Secretary of State calls for synergy in fight against poverty and climate change

Courtney Mares|Jan 25, 2021|2 Min Read

The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan. (Oilstreet/Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 via CNA)

World

Catholic bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki hail nuclear weapons ban treaty

Courtney Mares|Jan 22, 2021|3 Min Read

The site of a suicide bombing attack in a central market in Baghdad is seen Jan. 21, 2021. Pope Francis expressed his condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih after the bombings, which killed dozens of people. The pope is scheduled to visit Iraq March 5-8. (CNS photo/Thaier al-Sudani, Reuters)

World

Pope Francis sends condolences after 32 killed in suicide bombings in Iraq

Courtney Mares|Jan 21, 2021|3 Min Read

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