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Courtney Mares

Courtney Mares

Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University, she has reported from news bureaus on three continents and was awarded the Gardner Fellowship for her work with North Korean refugees.

Pope Francis received the credential letters of seven new ambassadors to the Holy See on Dec. 17, 2021. Vatican Media

Vaccine Access a Matter of Justice: Pope Francis

The pope told new ambassadors that the ongoing pandemic is a reminder that “we are a global community where one...

Pope Francis meets with refugees whom he helped to bring to Italy on his 85th birthday, Dec. 17, 2021. Vatican Media

Pope Francis Celebrates His 85th Birthday with Refugees He Helped Bring to Italy

The group of about ten refugees are being supported directly by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Dec. 24, 2018. Vatican Media.

Christmas at the Vatican: Here are the Liturgies Pope Francis Will Celebrate This Year

The Vatican has published Pope Francis’ Christmas schedule for this year.

A stained glass window depicting Blessed Marie Rivier in the motherhouse of Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in France. Public domain

Pope Francis Approves Miracle Attributed to a French Nun Who Will Be Made a Saint

The miracle attributed to Rivier, who can now be canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church, involved the healing...

The Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, the seat of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Jim McIntosh via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

Pope Francis Updates Norms on Crimes Judged by Vatican’s Doctrinal Office

The norms address the delicts of schism, sacramental desecration, and abuse of minors

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference on the journey from Athens to Rome, Dec. 6, 2021. Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Says He Accepted Paris Archbishop’s Resignation "on the altar of hypocrisy"

The pope accepted Archbishop Michel Aupetit’s resignation on Dec. 2.

Pope Francis visits the Mavrovouni refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Dec. 5, 2021. Vatican Media

Pope Francis Calls Migrant Crisis a "shipwreck of civilization" during Refugee Camp Visit

Pope Francis visited the Mavrovouni migrant reception and identification center located along the shore of the island of Lesbos,

Grace and Daniel have been stuck in Cyprus' buffer zone for more than six months after they fled Cameroon. Alexey Gotovskiy/EWTN

Two Cameroonian Christians among Migrants Pope Francis is Helping to Bring to Italy

As a sign of Pope Francis’ concern for migrants, the Vatican has announced that it is helping to arrange the...

Pope Francis takes part in an ecumenical prayer with migrants at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross in Nicosia, Cyprus, Dec. 3, 2021. Vatican Media.

Pope Francis in Cyprus: We Encounter Jesus in the Faces of Migrants

Four migrants shared their testimonies with the pope.

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St. Joseph Shows Engaged Couples What Real Love Looks Like: Pope Francis

‘We need to move from infatuation to mature love,’ the pope said.

Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Vatican, Oct. 4, 2021. Vatican Media.

May God Prepare Us to Receive Gift of Full Unity: Pope Francis to Orthodox Leader

The pope sent the message on the feast of St. Andrew.

Pope Francis meets young people of the Scholas Community at Rome’s Pontifical International College Maria Mater Ecclesiae, Nov. 25, 2021. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis’ December Prayer Intention: Catechists to Witness Word of God "with courage"

Pope Francis instituted a new ministry of catechist in May.

Pope Francis prays before the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna Dec. 8, 2020. Vatican Media.

Immaculate Conception: Pope Francis Cancels Public Act of Veneration again Due to Pandemic

Last year, the pope made a surprise visit to pray alone at the Immaculate Conception statue.

Pope Francis meets young people of the Scholas Community at Rome’s Pontifical International College Maria Mater Ecclesiae, Nov. 25, 2021. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis Attends Student Play on How the Pandemic has Affected Young People

The pope watched a show called ‘The faces of the pandemic.’

Pope Francis takes a selfie with pilgrims at the April 1, 2015 general audience in St. Peter’s Square. Vatican Media.

Digital Revolution Forces us to Rethink What it Means to be Human: Pope Francis

‘Today, a revolution is underway,’ the pope told the Pontifical Council for Culture.

The flag of Nigeria on a military uniform. Bumble Dee/Shutterstock.

Religious Freedom Advocates "appalled" as State Department Removes Nigeria from Watch List

Rights groups have documented thousands of killings of Nigerian Christians.

Pope Francis offers Mass for the fifth World Day of the Poor on Nov. 14, 2021. Vatican Media/CNA

Be "tireless builders of hope" amid suffering: Pope Francis on World Day of the Poor

The pope offered Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in the presence of 2,000 people living in poverty and the volunteers...

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Nov. 14, 2021. Vatican Media/CNA

"This world will pass away and only love will remain": Pope Francis

When one is faced with an important difficult decision, Pope Francis’ advice is to imagine standing before Christ at the...

Pope Francis meets with Vatican journalists on Nov. 13, 2021. Vatican Media/CNA

"The Church is not a political organization that has left and right wings": Pope Francis

“We need journalists who are willing to ‘wear out the soles of their shoes,’ to get out of the newsroom,...

Pope Francis at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Assisi, Italy, Nov. 12, 2021. Vatican Media.

"It is time that the poor be given back their voice": Pope Francis in Assisi

The pope met with a group of more than 500 poor people from across Europe.