with the overall population declining by 179,000 to 58.85 million. speaking at a conference on the growing demographic crisis, pope francis said the declining birthrate signalled a lack of hope in the future, with younger generations weighed down by a sense of uncertainty, fragility and prec...
He is NOT a proponent of gay rights, gay marriage, abortion, use of birth control, or any number of bedrock Catholic conservative views. Pope Francis called gay adoption “discrimination against children,” and elaborated that the practice was “depriving [children] of the human growth that God...
Pope Francis:In theory we can say that a violent reaction in the face of an offense or a provocation, in theory yes, it is not a good thing, one shouldn’t do it. In theory we can say what the Gospel says, that we should turn the other cheek. In theory we can say that we hav...
Francis rejected the concept of an absolute right to property for individuals… He repeated his criticism of the “perverse” global economic system, which he said consistently keeps the poor on the margins while enriching the few… Francis also rejected “trickle-down” economic theory…...
At the start, Parolin delivered a message from the pope from the hospital on the need to protect life, from birth to natural death. In the message, dated March 5 and addressed to the Movement for Life, which seeks to provide women with alternatives to abortion,...
[Aura Vistas]: And about the youth of Russia and Ukraine? [Pope Francis]:Americo has something in mind. He told me he is preparing something. He is preparing it well. [Nicole Winfield, Associated Press]: Holy Father, I wanted to ask you something a little different. You recentl...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious intolerance on Wednesday, as he set a rigorous pace for an 11-day, four-nation trip through tropical Southeast Asia and Ocea
Pope Francis is urging Mideast Christians to remain in the land of Christ's birth, despite the "previously unimaginable" attacks against them by Muslim extremists. In a Christmas greeting released today, Francis said the mere presence of the tiny Christian community in the Middle ...
Pope Francis has urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious intolerance.
It all depends on how you interpret Humanae Vitae. That's essential to understanding what...Mickens, Robert