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‘Father of European unity’ on path to canonization

June 19, 2021

Pope Francis on Saturday advanced Robert Schuman’s cause for sainthood, authorizing a decree of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints recognizing the French statesman’s heroic virtues. Born in Luxembourg in 1886, Schuman became a French citizen in 1919 and immediately involved himself in politics. He served in various French governments, rising to prominence following

Pope: ‘Grace, not money, must guide financial choices of religious’

November 29, 2016

Francis sent a written message to a meeting of treasurers of religious orders

In Assisi, Pope and Christian leaders pray for peace and victims of war

September 20, 2016

Christians are called to contemplate Christ in 'the voice of the suffering', the Pope said

BBC religious output is ‘too Christian’, according to internal report

May 16, 2016

Aaqil Ahmed, the BBC’s head of religion and ethics, has written a report on the corporation's religious programming for director general Lord Hall

Pope Francis did not say he’d ordain women deacons, spokesman says

May 16, 2016

Pope Francis met the leadership group for superiors of women's orders at the Vatican last week

Does religious life have a future?

February 25, 2016

Many religious orders in the West are declining and ageing, but there’s actually plenty of good news as well

Pope Francis: ‘Prayer is the key to vocations crisis’

February 02, 2016

Francis spoke at an event to mark the close of the Year for Consecrated Life

Women religious offer prophetic witness in modern world, says US archbishop

November 18, 2015

Archbishop Augustine Di Noia gave the opening address at the Symposium on Religious Life in St Louis