(OSV News) — Throughout his 12-year papacy, Pope Francis released four encyclicals, six apostolic exhortations and numerous other papal documents — all key for elevating issues in the church and …
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Documents: Pope wrote Curia reform, four encyclicals, six exhortations
by Carol Glatzby Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Elected in 2013 with a clear mandate to reform the Roman Curia, Pope Francis completed the project with his apostolic constitution, “Preach the Gospel,” nine years …
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The encyclical “Evangelium Vitae” was published 30 years ago this week, so it seems fitting that many of our stories looked at the sanctity of human life and our culture …
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(OSV News) — Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is being hailed as “a simple and powerful cure” for a fractured world, said the president of …
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary joy need to open …
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(OSV News) — In 1891, the same year Pope Leo XIII responded to revolutionary economic and industrial upheaval with the encyclical “Rerum Novarum,” the first car powered by electricity made …
