Pope Francis' office issued a statement on Tuesday responding to reports that the pontiff had used a homophobic term for LGBTQ+ people in a closed-door meeting with bishops. Read more here. May 28, 2024 00:30 Vatican holds "World Children's Day" festival Over the weekend, 50,000 chi...
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Pope Francis names first woman to head major Vatican officeItalian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is now the prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church's religious orders.Jan 7, 2025 embed code copied Live Now CBS News 24/7 CBS News Baltimore CBS News Bay Area CBS News...
As rumors about thenext consistory, thereform of the Curia, and the new appointments to the Vatican spread,Pope Francis has simply slowed down the reform process, leaving everything to be determined. The latest move was to appointArchbishop Giacomo Morandi, secretary of the Congregation for the ...
Pope Names First Woman to Senior Vatican Diplomatic Post More Reuters Italian lay woman Francesca Di Giovanni, who was named by Pope Francis as the first woman to hold a high-ranking post in the Vatican's Secretariat of State, is pictured at the Vatican, December 23, 2013. Picture taken D...
The president and the secretary of the Vatican City State administration,Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello and Bishop Fernando Vergez Alzaga, turned or are going to turn 75. Finally,Monsignor Pio Vito Pinto, Dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, is almost 80. ...
Pope Francis addresses members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See at the Vatican February 8, 2021. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Mature democracies must shun the temptation to glorify an individual political personality and make sure t...
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican in private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group - a stunning acknowledgment that appears to confirm earlier reports about corruption and dysfunction in the Holy See.The Latin ...
During the same interview on the papal plane, Francis said, “Women in the church are more important than bishops and priests,” just as “Mary is more important than the apostles.” Continuing, the pope said the church needed to develop a theology that addressed the role of women. But, ...
This Papal Audience experience is a perfect complement to our Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums, and St. Peter's Basilica Tour, which we offer 6 days per week, multiple times per day. Since the election of Pope Francis, the number of people traveling from around the world to attend the ...