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Pope Francis speaks during a press conference aboard the papal plane from Marseille to Rome on Sept. 23, 2023, at the conclusion of a two-day visit to the southern French port city to take part in the Mediterranean Encounter, a meeting of young people and bishops.

‘You Don’t Play With Life:’ Pope Francis Condemns Euthanasia, Abortion on Papal Plane

Pope Francis was asked by a French journalist whether he had spoken about euthanasia in his private conversation with France’s President Emmanuel Macron earlier in the day.

CNA Staff Vatican September 24, 2023

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for an estimated 50,000 people at the Vélodrome Stadium in Marseille, France, the last stop in his Sept. 22-23, 2023 visit to the port city to speak at an ecumenical meeting of young people and bishops called the “Rencontres Mediterraneennes,” or Mediterranean Encounter.

Pope Francis: Be Christians Who ‘Leap for Joy’ in the Face of Life

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican September 23, 2023

The Community of Our Lady of Walsingham is devoted to Mary.

‘School of Mary’: Ecclesial Family Brings Walsingham to England and Beyond

‘We believe that this spirituality, when lived well, will hasten the conversion of our land.’

K.V. Turley Features September 23, 2023

A consistory for the creation of new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica is underway on Oct. 5, 2019.

Tune Into the Consistory of Cardinals and Synod on Synodality’s Opening Mass

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Pope Francis speaks at the closing session of the Mediterranean Encounter in Marseille, France, on Sept. 23, 2023.

Pope Francis: Migrant Crisis Requires Wisdom, Not ‘Alarmist Propaganda’

In his conference speech, Pope Francis referred to a legendary love story from the beginnings of the city of Marseille to insist that coexistence between peoples, even if it’s difficult, is above all a source of joy.

Rachel Thomas/CNA Vatican September 23, 2023

Synod Open-Letter Author: ‘Answers to New Questions Found by Listening Obediently to the Word of God’

Father Luc de Bellescize, former secretary of Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris, says the choice of some clergymen to embrace worldliness to the detriment of divine Revelation has already provoked a form of schism in the Church.

Solène Tadié Blogs September 23, 2023

Jimmy Mitchell (front row, far left) leads a group of Jesuit High School students in Tampa, Florida, in a walking rosary after school.

Holy Friendships Continue to Transform All-Boys Catholic High School in Tampa

Because of the school’s emphasis on peer-to-peer Catholic ministry, the young men at the school are encouraged to turn their talents and efforts toward the sharing of the faith with their classmates.

Jonah McKeown/CNA Nation September 23, 2023