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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 pontificate”—not more than a few years. Now he knows he was mistaken. Informed sources confirm he is ...

Pope's pandemic year in review: Prayer, online meetings, hopes for change Pope Francis leads a prayer service in an empty St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this March 27, 2020, file photo. With COVID-19 already a crisis around the globe, the pope's prayer service that night drew the world's 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. Peter's Square takes a photo as Pope Francis appears on a video monitor leading the Angelus from his library in th...