DILI, East Timor--It was the farthest trip of his pontificate and one of the longest papal trips ever in terms of days on the road and distance traveled. But Pope Francis, age 87, hobbled by bad knees and bent over with sciatica, appeared to be having the time of his life. With ha...
Francis’ election 10 years ago broke new ground in so many ways — he is the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American pope. A decade later, “the oldest” is invoked more frequently than “the first.” Only three other popes over the past 500 years have reached age 86 o...
教皇方济各(Pope Francis) 为什么没有被翻译成教皇弗朗西斯? 因为拉丁文是天主教会的官方语言,佛朗西斯科是英文发音,这个名字的拉丁文发音就读方济各。教宗(拉丁语:Papa),本意为父亲。教宗一词见于早期天主教时期的教会内部,是基督徒对宗教领袖的爱称,本身并不具备
Age:88 (born December 16, 1936) Pope Francis Facts and Information Important Points Pope Francis I is the first Pope from the Americas & the Southern Hemisphere, and the first Jesuit Pope. The Pope is the head honcho of the Catholic faith, which has 1.2 billion adherents worldwide. ...
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Pope Francis' longest and farthest trip has proven that despite his age, ailments and eight hours of jet lag, Pope Francis can still pull off an ambitious trip to Asia. No description available This new Mexican blessed is considered a protector of life from conception. Who was Moisés Lira?
For Francis, it was nothing less than a pilgrimage of atonement. For the many Irish who have drifted away from the church -- or broken from it altogether -- it was a new rising. When Pope John Paul II visited Ireland a generation ago, it was a different country. In 1979...
Francis has, however, responded to the overall scandal with a series of initiatives aimed at trying to convince the faithful that he "gets it" and is prepared to take measures to put an end to what he has called the "culture of cover-up" in the church. ...
On the close of the Year of Faith, Pope Francis has promulgated an Apostolic Exhortation titled Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel). A pdf version of the document is available here. This is the first papal document largely written by Pope Francis ...