Trump to visit Francis at the Vatican May 24 after trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia
Rome -- U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican May 24 during the president's first foreign trip.
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Pope advances sainthood causes of U.S. priest, Vietnamese cardinal
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Wisconsin-born Capuchin Fr. Solanus Casey, five religious, four laypeople and two cardinals, including Vietnamese Cardinal Francois Nguyen Van Thuan.
Vatican, Myanmar establish full relations after Francis-Suu Kyi meeting
Rome -- The Vatican establishes full relations with Myanmar for the first time after a cordial meeting May 4 between Francis and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Francis and Benedict: two popes, two divergent approaches to Islam
The global growth of Islam and in particular the rise of Islamic extremism have forced recent popes to set out, with increasing urgency, a strategy for engaging the religion.
Pope plans Pentecost celebrations with charismatics and Pentecostals
Pope Francis has invited thousands of Catholic charismatics and members of Pentecostal and Evangelical churches to Rome to celebrate Pentecost and mark the 50th anniversary of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
Ancient Order of Malta faces era of change as interim leader is elected
The Sovereign Order of Malta is bracing for major reforms in the wake of the election of an Italian nobleman to lead the Catholic chivalric order that carries out charitable works around the globe.
Francis tells US, North Korea to cool nuclear tensions, seek mediation
Francis to world leaders from papal plane: "A prolonged war would destroy ... a big part of humanity," he warned. "Let us stop ourselves. Let us search for a diplomatic solution."
In Egypt, Francis exhorts religions to condemn 'violence masquerading as sanctity'
Cairo: At a peace conference hosted at the world's oldest center of Muslim learning, Pope Francis called on global religious leaders to condemn violent extremism.
Francis 'rewriting Italian church history' with visit to priests' tombs in June
Vatican City -- Francis to visit tombs of two formerly ostracized Italian priests, one a pacifist, the other ran a "school of the people" with a social justice curriculum.
Council of Cardinals speaks about decentralizing authority in the church
The group of cardinals advising Pope Francis on reforming the Vatican bureaucracy spoke in their latest meeting about how to decentralize authority in the Catholic church and improve relationships between the Vatican and local bishops’ conferences.
The nine member Council of Cardinals spoke in their April 24-26 meeting about how the Vatican can “be more at the service of local bishops” spokesman Greg Burke said in a short briefing Wednesday.
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June 16-29, 2017
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