Pope Francis
Genocide in China: Did Beijing buy the Vatican’s silence?
The secret agreement between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Vatican could be why the pope does not condemn the abuses in China. Pope Francis is a well-known advocate of the oppressed and frequently speaks out on social issues and ...
Mystery in the Vatican: Pope Francis intentionally omitted mentioning Hong Kong in his July 5 speech
On July 5, an extremely strange event occurred in the Vatican. Every Sunday the Pope gives his usual Angelus address to the faithful from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace. Hours before, the "embargoed" text is distributed to the few ...
Pope Francis: The Lord continues to love you despite your mistaken ideas
Pope Francis on Tuesday, Dec. 24, sent a message to the faithful, “The Lord continues to love you,” even “the worst of us" as he celebrated Christmas Eve midnight Mass at the Vatican. Speaking to thousands of people in St. Peter's ...
1st black priest in US, ex-slave, positioned for sainthood
Pope Francis has positioned for sainthood a former slave and the first known black Roman Catholic priest in America.The pontiff on Wednesday declared the Rev. Augustine Tolton, of Quincy, to be "venerable." The Diocese of Springfield announced that the designation ...
Polish advocate for church victims resigns in scandal
The founder and head of a Polish organization dedicated to helping victims of pedophile priests has resigned after allegations surfaced that he extorted money from a victim and demanded money from the producers of a documentary about clerical abuse.The foundation ...
Pope says Argentine bishop now facing Vatican abuse trial
An Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis is now on trial at the Vatican, accused of sexually abusing seminarians.Francis revealed the development in an interview with Mexico's Televisa Tuesday. He said he received the results of a preliminary investigation into ...
Abortion-rights activists renew battle in Argentina
Argentine activists on Tuesday were launching a renewed effort to legalize elective abortions in the homeland of Pope Francis after narrowly falling short last year.Lawmakers said they would introduce a bill to legalize abortion for pregnancies up to 14 weeks. ...
Pope says abortion is never OK, equates it to “hiring a hitman”
Pope Francis said Saturday that abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or likely to die, and urged doctors and priests to support families to carry such pregnancies to term. Speaking to a Vatican-sponsored anti-abortion conference, ...
South Dakota bishop to lead Saginaw diocese in Michigan
A Catholic bishop in South Dakota has been selected as the new bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw in Michigan.The diocese announced Friday that 63-year-old Bishop Robert D. Gruss will serve as its seventh bishop. His installation in Saginaw is ...
Pope urges China’s Catholics to unify after bishop deal
Pope Francis is urging China's divided Catholic community to come together in communion, as he seeks to heal decades of estrangement following a landmark deal with Beijing over bishop nominations.Francis made a special appeal at the end of his weekly ...
Pope urges foreign media to use power of press to seek truth
Pope Francis urged foreign correspondents on Saturday to humbly use the power of the press to search for the truth and give voice to the voiceless, saying journalism is an important tool to counter the hatred, prejudice and fake news.In ...
Pope gives joyride to migrant children newly arrived in Italy
Pope Francis has given a joyride in his popemobile to eight migrant children who recently arrived in Italy from Libya. The pope picked up the children, who hail from Syria, Nigeria, and Congo, at the start of his weekly general audience ...
Victims of clergy abuse to sue Vatican, seek abusers’ names
Five men who say they were sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests when they were minors are planning to sue the Vatican and are demanding the names of thousands of predator priests they claim have been kept secret by the ...
Power play: Papal aide’s manhole act angers Italy’s Salvini
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has taken aim at a Vatican cardinal who climbed into a utility manhole to restore electricity to squatters in a government-owned building, pitting Pope Francis' humanitarian priorities against far-right Italian politics.Salvini was incensed by Cardinal ...
Poland shaken by documentary about pedophile priests
A new documentary revealing new cases of pedophilia by priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic societies, eliciting an apology from the church hierarchy and prompting one priest to leave the clergy."Just Tell No One," a ...
Pope: It’s OK to organize pilgrimages to Bosnian shrine
Pope Francis has given Roman Catholic faithful his OK to make pilgrimages to a Bosnian shrine where children said the Virgin Mary appeared to them, but the Catholic Church hasn't yet authenticated their vision, the Vatican said Sunday.Vatican spokesman Alessandro ...
Pope ordaining 19 men to priesthood in St. Peter’s Basilica
Pope Francis is ordaining 19 men to the priesthood in St. Peter's Basilica.Most of them are Italians, but other seminarians are from Croatia, Peru, Haiti and Japan.Wearing white robes, the seminarians stood in three rows before the central altar after ...
Pope vows to fight nun abuse, urges service not servitude
Pope Francis has vowed to combat the of nuns and urged religious sisters to just say no when clergy want to use them as maids. Francis told 850 superiors of religious orders gathered Friday for the triennial assembly of the International ...
Pope says he may add South Sudan leg onto Africa trip
Pope Francis says he may add a South Sudan leg onto his Africa trip in September if conditions there are "mature."Francis told a visiting nun from Juba on Friday he wants to go to South Sudan as part of his ...
Update: US Catholics welcome abuse reporting protocol
The Latest on new church laws regarding sex abuse reporting issued Thursday by Pope Francis (all times local):4 p.m.The head of the U.S. bishops conference is welcoming Pope Francis' new church law about reporting clergy sex abuse and investigating bishops ...
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