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January 2019: Pope goes to Panama to meet with youth from all over the world
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February 2019: Pope Francis meets with bishops to end abuses
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March 2019: Pope Francis publishes papal document on youth
The number of Catholics increased by 1.1 percent over the last year.
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April 2019: Pope's powerful gesture to promote peace in South Sudan
Pope Francis kissed the feet of the country's political adversaries. Benedict XVI published an essay on sexual abuse in consultation with Pope Francis.
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May 2019: Vatican publishes new laws to address abuses
Pope Francis took two trips and visited three countries: Bulgaria, Northern Macedonia and Romania.
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June 2019: Pope Francis gathers all nuncios in Rome
Pope Francis expresses his desire to travel to Iraq by 2020.
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July 2019: Pope Francis met with Putin in the Vatican
The Russian President arrived more than an hour late to the meeting.
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August 2019: Cardinal Pell faces first-degree charges for abuse
The pope implemented one of the Vatican bank's points of economic reform.
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September 2019: Pope travels to Africa
In Rome, he inaugurated a new statue for St. Peter's Square that evokes the suffering of immigrants.
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October 2019: Amazon synod and new cardinals
It was one of the most intense months for Pope Francis this year.
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November 2019: Pope Francis visits Japan and speaks out against nuclear weapons
During the encounter with the Anglican leader, they announced they would travel to South Sudan together.
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December 2019: Pope Francis eliminates pontifical secret in cases of abuse
The pope also sent out a letter on the Nativity scene tradition.
