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The letter was addressed to "The Pope, Vatican City, St. Peter's Square in Rome."
‘God became man for me, for you, for all of us, to enter into our lives,’ the pope said.
The project is part of the Amoris Laetitia Family Year.
It was the pope’s first general audience since he underwent colon surgery.
In an accompanying video, the pope said that the Church ‘always is in crisis, because she’s alive.’
The pope said that Catholics were called to leave behind self-interest.
Angelo Cardinal Becciu was present Tuesday, July 27, the first day of a major Vatican finance trial to defend himself of charges of embezzlement and abuse of office. He is one of 10 defendants in the Vatican’s largest trial for financial crimes in modern times.
The pope called for a “new mindset” in the battle against malnutrition.
“In this time of pandemic, may these Games be a sign of hope,” the pope said.
“I worry when I see a society full of people in constant motion, too caught up in their own affairs to have time for a glance, a greeting or a hug,” Pope Francis said Sunday.
The Vatican's balance sheet showed a deficit of $78 million in 2020.
“It would be good to ask ourselves every day: ‘What do I bring to Jesus today?’” Pope Francis said.
The Vatican unveiled on Wednesday an intensive program for Pope Francis’ trip to Hungary on Sept. 12.
The general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops on Tuesday named the members of three groups helping to prepare the 2023 synod on synodality.
Pope Francis issued a motu proprio on Friday restricting Masses celebrated in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.
Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Wednesday after spending 11 days in a Rome hospital to recover from colon surgery.
Pope Francis paid tribute on Tuesday to the late Congolese Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, describing him as “a man of justice, peace, and unity.”
Pope Francis on Tuesday met with children on the oncology ward of the Rome hospital where he is recovering after colon surgery.
On the pope’s 10th day in the hospital following intestinal surgery, the Vatican said that Pope Francis’ ongoing medical treatment would allow him to “return to the Vatican as soon as possible.”
Pope Francis will stay longer in hospital to recover from a surgery on his colon, the Vatican said on Monday.