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Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. It’s one of the most ...

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church ... be ordained as priests to serve remote areas. “We need to think about whether ...

By Jonathan Wolfe Pope Francis’ life took him from a modest upbringing in Buenos Aires to lead the Roman Catholic Church ... of married men as priests in remote areas of South America.

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...

Throughout his pontificate, Francis spoke out for the rights of refugees and criticised countries that shunned migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos and brought a dozen refugees to Italy on ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... to allow some married men to be ordained in remote areas of the Amazon. March 7: The pope cancels ...

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Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits – one of the most prominent religious ...

Farm kids in the Arsi area of Ethiopia. With a population of ... But the famine had felt remote even to him. The victims were hundreds of miles to the north, and there was little talk of it ...

Under his watch, an overhauled Vatican constitution allowed any baptised lay Catholic, including women ... dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in remote areas, such as in the ...