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VATICAN, Nov. 14, 2015– Here is a translation of a statement issued by the director of the Holy See press office, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, shortly after the terror attacks in Paris Nov. 13.

VATICAN, Nov. 14, 2015– The acts of terrorism which took place in Paris Friday night are the latest part in what Pope Francis has called a “piecemeal World War III,” describing the attacks as “inhuman.”

I would like first of all to thank the Lord, who has guided our synodal process in these years by his Holy Spirit, whose support is never lacking to the Church.

VATICAN City, Rome, Oct. 25, 2015 – What does the Church in Asia, a pulsating center of Catholic membership growth, worry about? Young people saying no to marriage and child-bearing.

VATICAN, Oct. 24, 2015— Almost a year after his visit to the Philippines, Pope Francis still has some nice things to say about the Filipinos.

MANILA, July 22, 2015 – The Knights of Columbus all over the world will gather on August 4 to 6, 2015 for their 133rd Supreme Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ROME, Italy, April 12, 2015–Pope Francis today referred to the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks in 1915 as a “genocide,” prompting the Turkish government to summon the Vatican’s ambassador for questioning.

MANILA, Jan. 13, 2014 – Filipino psychotherapist Dr. Gabriel Dy-Liacco, who was recently appointed to the newest pontifical body, believes Pope Francis likes to be transparent. This is the expert’s personal opinion on why Pope Francis opted to create a Pontifical Commission to Protect Minors. Being the only Filipino appointed to the body, Dy-Liacco expressed excitement about what needs to be done.

MANILA, Nov. 17, 2014—A Filipino Catholic priest believes the recent win of the Republican Party over much of the United States Congress is a “yes vote” to the pro-life cause in a country where four in ten pregnancies, according to the Guttmacher Institute, end in abortion.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis removed U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, 66, as head of the Vatican's highest court and named him to a largely ceremonial post for a chivalric religious order. Cardinal Burke, formerly prefect of the Apostolic Signature, will now serve as cardinal patron of the Knights and Dames of Malta, the Vatican announced Nov. 8.