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Will the Vatican's accord with China reweave the unity of the church?

Mar 18, 2019

Distinctly Catholic: Francis has made dialogue a leitmotif of his papacy, and so it should not surprise anyone that he is also committed to dialogue in regards to both healing the divisions within the Chinese Church and proclaiming the Gospel in that country.

Pope Francis arrives for his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 27. (CNS/Reuters/Yaraara Nardi)

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Sixth year may go down as the most decisive in Francis' papacy

by Michael Sean Winters

Mar 13, 2019

Distinctly Catholic: Since the cardinals elected him as pope in March 2013, Francis has retrieved a sense of synodality that had been obscured, though never eliminated from the church.

Fifty years later, Catholic Church reckons again with unbelief

by Rosie Dawson, Religion News Service

Mar 8, 2019

Fifty years after it held the world's first international conference examining the rise of atheism and secularism, the Vatican is joining forces with a British research initiative to host a conference on "Cultures of Unbelief."

Pope announces access to wartime documents in Vatican Secret Archives

by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

Mar 4, 2019

Declaring that the Catholic Church is unafraid of history, Pope Francis announced that documents in the Vatican Secret Archives relating to the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII will be open to scholars in 2020.

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Will the Vatican's accord with China reweave the unity of the church?

Sixth year may go down as the most decisive in Francis' papacy

Fifty years later, Catholic Church reckons again with unbelief

Pope announces access to wartime documents in Vatican Secret Archives

Francis must fix cover-up culture that John Paul II enabled

Francis inherits decades of abuse cover-up

Excerpt: 'In the Closet of the Vatican'

Sainthood causes of Blessed Newman, Cardinal Mindszenty advance

Cardinal Muller warns against being silent, in error about Catholic faith

French order, acknowledging abuse by founder, clarifies pope's remarks

Does God want religious diversity? Abu Dhabi text raises questions

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Vatican abuse summit will underline need to end cover-ups, official says

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Vietnam, Vatican agree to upgrade diplomatic relations in near future

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So, what are 'deep-seated homosexual tendencies' anyway?

It's time for a grand compromise on religious freedom and contraceptives

Weigel sustains intellectual whiplash under Francis' pontificate

Amateur hour at the bishops' conference

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Viganò's third screed unintentionally reveals his true motives

Viganò: Vatican rebuke proved truth of McCarrick cover-up

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