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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Religious men and women need to be setting people's faith on fire, not stamping it out, Pope Francis said. "It makes me sad when I see religious who seem more like firefighters" than men and women who are ardently filled with the flame of faith and ready to share it with others, he told representatives of congregations founded by St. Magdalene of Canossa during an audience at the Vatican April 29.

Largely missing during October synod meetings, over 200 parish priests gather outside Rome for meetings

Pope Francis briefly visited Venice, meeting with women prisoners, artists, young individuals, and faithful from the Adriatic Sea region

During his visit to Venice, Pope Francis encouraged young people to embrace their worth, urging care for one another's vulnerabilities and emphasizing the importance of remaining connected to God to bear fruits of justice, peace, and solidarity.

The U.S.-Latin American Sister Exchange program, focused on mission and academic study, has so far benefited more than 60 Latin American exchange sisters, and is now open to Hispanic sisters already based in the U.S.