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St. Teresa of Calcutta.

International Women’s Day: 10 inspiring quotes from Catholic female saints

Mar 8, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

On International Women’s Day, Christians can look to the wise words of female saints who serve as role models for... Read more

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Pope Francis meets with his longtime fellow Buenos Aires friends Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Muslim leader Omar Abboudan at Jerusalem’s wailing wall on May 26, 2014.

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Providence Bishop-elect Bruce Lewandowski.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold a one-on-one meeting at the Vatican prior to Pope Francis’ funeral, Saturday, April 26, 2025.

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Prelates watch as Vatican officials prepare Pope Francis’ tomb in the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

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Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb sign the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together in 2019 .

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Pope Francis blesses St. Peter’s Square with the Blessed Sacrament during the statio orbis prayer to end COVID-19 pandemic, Friday, March 27, 2020.

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An aerial view of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome as the body of Pope Francis arrives for burial following his funeral Mass on April 26, 2025.

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Pallbearers carry the wooden coffin of Pope Francis, marked with a cross, into St. Peter's Square for the funeral Mass on April 26, 2025.

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The statue of Our Lady, Queen of Peace in the Basilica of St. Mary Major.

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