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Pope Francis recently announced that priests will have discretion during the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year to formally forgive women who have abortions.

Pumar said the pope’s visit “isn’t going to solve the immigration problem” but could lay the foundation for “people to talk and disagree with more civility and respect”. About two-thirds of practicing Catholics (65 percent) say the Eucharist is...

This summer, bishops in Iowa, Illinois and Ohio have held news conferences on the encyclical, urging political leaders to take up the pope’s call for bold leadership and pledging to reduce carbon emissions or water and power usage in their own dioceses.

Pope Francis has declared that divorced Catholics who remarry deserve better treatment from the church, warning pastors against treating these couples as if they were excommunicated.

Rome, Italy-In front of a large audience attending a daily mass, Pope Francis encouraged his followers to be more accepting of fellow Catholics who have divorced and decide to remarry.

Pope FrancisDivorced people who have remarried “are still part of the Church” and should not be treated as if they have been excommunicated or cast out, Pope Francis said on Wednesday.

Pope Francis said today that Catholics who establish new relationships after the failure of their marriage should be welcomed by the church and must not be treated as if they were “excommunicated”.