Pope Francis on Feb. 8 exhorted global governments to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic focused on creating a fairer market economy, addressing the rapidly escalating dangers of climate change, and providing basic healthcare to their citizens.

Pope Francis appointed two new undersecretaries for the Vatican's office of the Synod of Bishops Feb. 6, tasking an Augustinian priest and a Xavierian sister to share duties as the department's second-in-command leaders.

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