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(#12) Revised The Process For Marriage Annulment
In September 2015, Pope Francis radically revised the rules for marriage annulment, making the process - which has typically taken years and cost hundreds of dollars to complete - less bureaucratically cumbersome, faster, and virtually free.
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(#20) Suggested Changes To The Lord's Prayer
In December 2017, Pope Francis began calling for a slight adjustment to the Lord's Prayer. Currently, it says, "Lead us not into temptation"; Francis says that is incorrect, because God does not lead humans to sin. Instead, he suggested people pray with the line "do not let us fall into temptation."
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(#15) Streamlined Vatican Bureaucracy
Francis came to Rome as an outsider to papal politics, and set about to reform the Curia, the administrative body of the Vatican. He used his Christmas speech of 2014 to issue a staggering denunciation of a body bloated with excess, vanity, and greed. It was expected that within a year, Francis would start eliminating departments.
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(#7) Allowed Priests To Forgive The "Sin Of Abortion"
While Francis remains staunchly anti-abortion, he astounded Vatican watchers by allowing priests to grant forgiveness for women who have had them - normally a sin that demands excommunication.
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(#8) Enforced Frugality In High-Ranking Bishops
Francis has insisted on frugality in the Church. One of his first acts was to nix the bonuses usually paid to Vatican employees upon the election of a new Pope. A year into his papacy, he sacked the German "bling bishop" who reportedly spent over $40 million on a new residency.
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(#18) Took A Survey Of Bishops
To prepare for a Vatican family conference, Francis ordered that local parishes be surveyed to see what the marriage and family concerns of rank-and-file Catholics were. The surveys, where they were filled out (American bishops blocked many of them from being sent in), opened up new avenues of discussion on what Catholics really think.
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El Papa Francesco is 79 years old in 2021. From repealing the world to respond to climate change to his career as an administrator, chef, and club bodyguard, the current Pope of the Catholic Church challenged the notion of the Pope, which attracted a large number of followers from all over the world. He is the first Jesuit pope and the first Latin American pope.
This great and convincing pope is known for his simple gospel and amiable character. The random tool introduced the 22 greatest achievements of Pope Francis that you should know, he made great contributions to the development of religion and society.
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