BVATICAN CITY(Reuters)—Pope(教皇) Francis, giving his clearest indication that hewants a more austere(朴素的) Catholic Church,said on Saturday that it should be poor andremember that its responsibility is to serve the poor.Francis explained to the reporters why he chose to take the name, ...
Pope Francis in a wheelchair delivers his address during an audience with members of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican, Friday, May 13, 2022. Pope Francis suffers from strained ligaments in his right knee. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) By FRANCES...
Pope Francis has said the Vatican has been involved in successfully mediating prisoner-of-war exchanges between Ukraine and Russia and, in late April, when Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhalvisited the pope at the Vatican, he asked for the Vatican’s help in returning to Ukraine children ta...
Pope Franciscondemned the Russia-Ukraine conflict in his strongest language yet during his weekly address in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday. "Rivers of blood and tears are flowing in Ukraine," the pope said. "It is not merely a military operation, but a war which sows death...
Pope Francis’ child protection board has issued its first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church’s efforts to address the clergy sex abuse crisis. October 30 A thriller about electing a pope draws crowds at the Rome Film Festival near the Vatican With Pope Francis a few weeks away...
On March 13th, his Holiness Pope Francis marks the anniversary of his election by the papal conclave as Bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church in 2013. The anniversary of the current Pope's election is a public holiday in Vatican City. History of the Anniversary of the Election ...
— Vatican News (@VaticanNews)October 6, 2018 The statement did not address allegations that Francis himself knew of sexual misconduct allegations against now ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2013 and rehabilitated him anyway. Francis has said he would not say a word about those allega...
Pope Francis, battling what he said was a lung inflammation, delivers his Sunday Angelus blessing from his residence at the Casa Santa Marta, Nov. 26, 2023, in Vatican City.Simone Risoluti/Getty "Brothers and sisters, happy Sunday. Today I cannot appear at the window because I have this ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ plea to make the state of the environment a central moral issue of our age has been greeted with applause from climate activists and a wide range of church, science and government leaders, but dismissive shrugs from those who doubt climate change. In “...
RIYADH: Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, met Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, in the Vatican to discuss mutual cooperation and shared interests. During his visit to Italy, Al-Issa received an honorary fellowship in post-doctoral...