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Pope Francis meets Bono at the launch of the Scholas Occurrentes International Educational Movement at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, May 19, 2022.

Pope Francis joined by Bono for launch of international educational movement

May 19, 2022

By CNA Staff

The pope inaugurated the Scholas Occurrentes International Educational Movement. Read more

Pope Francis meets young people of the Scholas Community at Rome’s Pontifical International College Maria Mater Ecclesiae, Nov. 25, 2021

Pope Francis attends student play on how the pandemic has affected young people

Nov 26, 2021

By Courtney Mares

The pope watched a show called ‘The faces of the pandemic.’ Read more

Pope Francis meets with Scholas Ocurrentes in 2016.

Charity is fundamental to politics, Pope Francis tells youth

May 20, 2021

Charity is a necessary part of politics, Pope Francis told youth from around the world on Thursday. Read more

Alejandro Prosdocimi, of the Argentine daily Clarin, converses with Pope Francis about the book "With Francis by my Side", of Scholas Occurrentes. Credit: Vatican Media.

Does a pontifical foundation use Pope Francis to spread gender ideology?

Feb 5, 2021

The Scholas Occurrentes Pontifical Foundation, which states that its goal is to create a new vision for the education of... Read more

Scholas Occurentes logo.

Financial and operational questions surround Scholas Occurentes pontifical foundation

Oct 24, 2020

The Pontifical Foundation Scholas Occurentes, which is charged with promoting education in underserved and poor communities, has received millions in... Read more

Pope Francis addresses the performer and organizers of the Christmas Concert in the Vatican's Clementine Hall, Dec. 14, 2018.

Vatican Christmas concert will support refugees in Iraq, Uganda

Dec 14, 2018

By Courtney Mares

This Christmas it is particularly important to support refugees and migrants, Pope Francis said Friday, ahead of the Vatican Christmas... Read more

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Pope Francis prays during Mass at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024

Pope Francis prays for victims as death toll in German Christmas market attack reaches 5

Catholic actor David Henrie and his wife, Maria, with children during their mission trip to Guatemala with Cross Catholic Outreach.

Catholic actor David Henrie says mission trip with Cross Catholic Outreach left big impact

Bassem Giacaman in his shop in Bethlehem in December 2024. The artisans in Bethlehem are almost all Christians. They primarily work with olive wood. Most of the businesses in Bethlehem are family businesses.

War, economic struggles threaten Bethlehem’s century-old crafts tradition

Pope Francis addresses cardinals and senior Vatican officials during his annual Christmas speech to the Roman Curia, Dec. 21, 2024.

Pope Francis warns against gossip, celebrates family life in Vatican Christmas messages

Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 other people, including a Catholic priest, were charged by the country's Federal Police on Nov. 21, 2024, on suspicion of the crimes of violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.

Two arms of Brazilian bishops’ conference: Throw the book against alleged coup plotters

Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg in Germany.

German bishops respond to deadly Magdeburg market attack, call for prayer and peace

The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica.

A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee

Exiled Bishop Rolando Álvarez speaks at a Mass in Seville, Spain, on Dec. 19, 2024.

Bishop Álvarez celebrates public Mass for Nicaragua

Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022.

Florida woman convicted in conspiracy targeting pro-life pregnancy resource centers

French artist Claire Tabouret poses following a press conference after winning with The Atelier Simon-Marq, the selection to create new stained-glass windows in six chapels of the south aisle of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris on Dec. 18, 2024.

Stained-glass windows at Notre Dame to be replaced, new modern design revealed

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