The article reports that Pope Francis of the Catholic Church declared December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016 as the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Topics discussed include the involvement of the Catholic Church around the world in this religious event, the biblical reference behind the celebration of the...
Pope Francis, 87, has begun a mammoth 12-day tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania, testing his stamina after a series of health troubles. Sep 4, 2024 Vatican excommunicates ex-ambassador to U.S., declares him guilty of schism Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who once served as the Vatic...
Francis has not changed this teaching, and in 2021 the Vatican doctrinal office decreed that the church could not bless same-sex unions because "God cannot bless sin." However, Pope Francis has repeatedly championed homosexual rights and advocated for inclusion of LGBTQ people in Catholic life...
January 2016: The Vatican releases an extremely disturbing video in which Pope Francis declared that all of the major world religions are “seeking God or meeting God in different ways” and that ultimately “we are all children of God”. The video also featured leaders from various major re...
Pope Francis told an interviewer last year that the church should be a, “field hospital after battle.”He added,“The thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity.” ...
Pope Francis’ apology for using a vulgar term to refer to gay men was the latest comment to make headlines about the Catholic Church’s teachings on homosexuality.
Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing women.
President Joe Biden met with Pope Francis Friday morning at the Vatican, and while the press was not allowed to broadcast live some video was just released. The Recount posted clips comparing the visits of President Biden and President Donald Trump with the Po...
Even though Francis is the bishop of Rome, no explicit provision exists for the pope if he similarly becomes “impeded.” Canon 335 declares simply that when the Holy See is “vacant or entirely impeded,” nothing can be altered in the governance of the church. But it doesn’t say what...
Pope Francis has been tested for the novel coronavirus and come up with a negative result, Italian newspaper Il Messaggero reported on Tuesday. The 83-year-old pontiff has cancelled some of his engagements since Thursday, a day after appearing to be suffering from a cold during an Ash ...