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News from the Vatican
- Despite skipping trip, Pope urges Congo to choose peace over revenge
  
  In a special Mass celebrated for the Congolese community in Rome, Pope Francis urged citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to let go of hatred and resentment over current violence and past...
- Pope Francis and Vatican II: It’s not a battleground, but the future
  
  Pope Francis is the first pope to have been ordained to the priesthood after the Second Vatican Council.
- After postponing visit, Pope tells Congo, South Sudan not to lose hope
  
  On the same day he should have been leaving for a highly-anticipated trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis sent a message to citizens of the two countries...