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Pope Francis speaks in a video message released Feb. 15, 2021, to mark the "Day of Contemporary Martyrs." In the message, the pope honored the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded on a beach in Libya by members of the Islamic State Feb. 15, 2015. (CNS photo/Holy See Press Office)

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Pope marks anniversary of Christians martyred in Libya

Junno Arocho Esteves|Feb 16, 2021|2 Min Read

Giuseppe Profiti, former president of Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome, and Massimo Spina, former treasurer of the hospital, are pictured at right during their sentencing at the Vatican court in this Oct. 14, 2017, file photo. Pope Francis has approved a number of changes to Vatican City State's penal code and criminal justice proceedings, including the possibilities of reduced sentences, rehabilitation programs and community service sentencing, as well as no longer allowing trials "in absentia." (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Pope Francis modifies Vatican criminal code, citing 'changing sensibilities'

Hannah Brockhaus|Feb 16, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo attends a 2017 interfaith prayer service in Yangon, Myanmar. (Catholic News Service/Soe Zeya Tun, Reuters)

Catholic cardinal may be key in majority Buddhist Myanmar

John L. Allen Jr.|Feb 15, 2021|5 Min Read

Workers disinfect the interior of a mosque to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease as students, wearing masks, continue to study in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2021. As part of COVID-19 precautions, the Iraqi government has ordered the closure of mosques and churches "until further notice." Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Iraq March 5-8 and has events planned in churches each day. (CNS photo/Alaa Al-Marjani, Reuters)

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Iraq announces COVID-19 restrictions ahead of papal trip

Cindy Wooden|Feb 15, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis delivers an Angelus address from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. (Vatican Media via CNA)

Pope Francis: Remember the closeness, compassion, and tenderness of God

Catholic News Agency|Feb 14, 2021|5 Min Read

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

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

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Pope Francis presented with historic prayer manuscript saved from Islamic State

Courtney Mares|Feb 10, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Feb. 10, 2021. The pope spoke about the importance of daily prayer. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis: Christian prayer instills 'invincible hope' in the human heart

Catholic News Agency|Feb 10, 2021|6 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, during a consistory at the Vatican in this June 28, 2018, file photo. Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq March 5-8, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican releases program for papal trip to Iraq

Cindy Wooden|Feb 8, 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)

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

Courtney Mares|Feb 8, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis walks near diplomats accredited to the Holy See during an audience in the Hall of Blessings at the Vatican Feb. 8, 2021. In his annual address to the diplomatic corps, the pope said that the COVID-19 pandemic can either be a catalyst toward achieving a better world or a cause to further weaken a world burdened by global crises. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope to diplomats: Pandemic can spark needed change toward better world

Junno Arocho Esteves|Feb 8, 2021|5 Min Read

Indigenous leader Ninawa Huni Kui attends a protest in Rio de Janeiro Dec. 4, 2020. Demonstrators objected to the auction of oil and gas blocks in the Amazon. (CNS photo/Ricardo Moraes, Reuters)

What if ‘Querida Amazonia’ had been written today?

Elise Ann Allen|Feb 8, 2021|5 Min Read

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