Author: Josephine Mckenna
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Christmas reminds us that Jesus was a migrant like today’s refugees, says Pope Francis
A Syrian refugee mother puts her baby to stroller in Nizip refugee camp, near the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey, on Nov. 30, 2016. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Umit Bektas © Umit Bektas / Reuters
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Vatican exhibits Rembrandt in gesture of Christian unity
Alison Brittain, left, from Vancouver, WA, and Daisy Ignatova from Chicago, IL, explore the Rembrandt exhibition at the Vatican on Dec. 7, 2016. RNS photo by Josephine McKenna
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Vatican launches website in response to clergy sex scandals
The Vatican’s new website provides resources aimed at preventing clerical sexual abuse and promoting healing for past victims. Creative Commons image by Stefano Rellandini REUTERS
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Oklahoma City priest declared first American martyr by Pope Francis
Father Stanley Rother was killed by paramilitary guerrillas in Guatemala in 1981. Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
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Pope Francis meets ex-priests in gesture of mercy
Pope Francis leads a Jubilee audience with socially excluded people in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on Nov. 11, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Tony Gentile © Tony Gentile / Reuters
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Cardinal Raymond Burke: Trump will defend human life from conception
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke attends a news conference by the conservative Catholic group “Voice of the Family” in Rome, on October 15, 2015. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi © Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
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Pope gives up another indulgence: His summer palace
The gardens of Castel Gandolfo. Pope Francis is turning Castel Gandolfo into a museum for the public. RNS photo by Josephine McKenna
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A McDonald’s at the Vatican? Cardinals aren’t lovin’ it
The logo of McDonalds is seen outside a shop in Vienna in Vienna, Austria, on October 1, 2016. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Leonhard Foeger © Leonhard Foeger / Reuters
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New Jesuit leader is Latin American, like the pope
Father Arturo Sosa Abascal. Photo courtesy of Rev. Don Doll Don Doll, S.J.
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Vatican daily paper sees missed opportunity in Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize
A man reads a newspaper in front of St. Peter Square at the Vatican on April 8, 2016. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi © Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters