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Recognizing “the gifts of each baptized person”—women and men—Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as lectors and acolytes.

Despite pandemic restrictions, 2020 still a busy year for Pope Francis Dec 31, 2020 rome bureau chief In this file photo taken on March 27, 2020, Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi prayer in an empty St. Peters Square, at the Vatican. If ever there was a defining moment of Pope Francis during the coronavirus pandemic, it came on March 27, the day Italy recorded its single biggest daily jump in fatalities. From the rain-slicked promenade of St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis said the virus had ...

Pope Francis in 2020: A pandemic year in pictures Dec 30, 2020 senior correspondent Pope Francis puts on his face mask as he attends an inter-religious ceremony for peace in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, in Rome Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) While every year is unique in its own way, 2020 will arguably go down as among the most memorable in recent history, and these pictures attempt to capture the major moments of the past 12 months. ROME – While every year ...

By Isabella Piro Sunday, 8 March 2020, can be seen as a symbolic line that separates the before and the after of a unique year in many respects. It is the date when, for the first time, Pope Francis’ Angelus was streamed live from the Library of the Apostolic Palace. The lockdown imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic was imminent. "It is a bit strange this Angelus prayer today, with the Pope caged in the Library, but I see you, I am close to you," the Pope said, as he linked up with the world. Tha...

By Andrea Tornielli The year 2020 for Pope Francis, like that of each of us, was deeply marked by the pandemic. He made no international trips, and held only a few General Audiences with the faithful present at the end of the summer, before a second wave of coronavirus infections brought them to an end once more. His public celebrations were held with slimmed-down participation of the faithful. It was a year marked by the lack of daily personal contact—made up of physical closeness in the for...

Pope Francis wears a mask as he attends an encounter to pray for peace in Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome in this Oct. 20, 2020, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Pope Francis celebrates his 84th birthday on Dec. 17, and four days later he will give his traditional (and often challenging) Christmas greeting to the Roman Curia for the eighth successive year. Soon after his election on March 13, 2013, Francis told close friends that he had the distinct feeling that his would be “a short ponti...

Popes pandemic year in review: Prayer, online meetings, hopes for change Pope Francis leads a prayer service in an empty St. Peters Square at the Vatican in this March 27, 2020, file photo. With COVID-19 already a crisis around the globe, the popes prayer service that night drew the worlds attention. (CNS photo/Evandro Inetti, pool) Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service 12/15/2020 8:04 AM select A man wearing a mask in St. Peters Square take...