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Vatican chastises bishops who stoke division on social media
The Vatican urged bishops and high-profile lay Catholic leaders on Monday to tone down their comments on social media, saying some were causing ... World News -
Zelenskyy, Pope discuss Ukraine’s humanitarian needs
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a private audience with Pope Francis on Saturday where they discussed the need to help “innocent victims” ... World News -
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in Italy for talks with pope, PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Rome Saturday for meetings with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Pope Francis in his first visit ... World News -
Pope set to visit Portugal in August: Vatican official
Pope Francis intends to visit Portugal in August, the Vatican’s secretary of state said Friday during a pilgrimage to the shrine of Fatima in center ... World News -
Pope says Vatican involved in Ukraine peace mission
Pope Francis said on Sunday that the Vatican was involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, declining to give ... World News -
Don’t shut door on foreigners, migrants, Pope Francis says in Hungary
Pope Francis on Sunday presided over a big outdoor Mass where he urged Hungarians not to close the door on migrants and those who are “foreign or ... World News -
Pope Francis’ Thursday events cancelled due to hospital visit: Source
Pope Francis’s appointments for Thursday have been cancelled following his admission to a Rome hospital, a Vatican source said Wednesday, adding that ... World News -
Pope Francis in hospital for previously scheduled check-up
Pope Francis has gone to Rome’s Gemelli hospital for a previously scheduled check-up, his spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a brief statement on ... World News -
Pope calls for faith after ‘unspeakable evil’ of US shooting
Pope Francis offered condolences Wednesday to the Nashville school devastated by a deadly shooting, condemning the “senseless act of violence” and ... World News -
Pope Francis condemns increasing ‘death spiral’ in Middle East
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned a resurgence of violence in the Middle East, calling on both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to engage in a ... Middle East -
Hong Kong court allows cardinal to attend funeral of Benedict XVI
A 90-year-old Hong Kong cardinal arrested last year under the city’s national security law received court permission on Tuesday to attend the funeral ... World News -
Quotes: Global reactions to the death of former Pope Benedict
Following are reactions to the death of former Pope Benedict, who was the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the post rather than rule for life ... World News -
Pope Francis says church fighting child abuse ‘as best we can’
Pope Francis said Sunday that the Catholic church was working “as best we can” to fight clerical child abuse but admitted there were shortfalls.During ... World News -
Pope Francis says Ukraine’s Mariupol ‘barbarously bombarded’
Pope Francis on Sunday described the war in Ukraine as a “macabre regression of humanity” that makes him “suffer and cry,” calling for humanitarian ... World News -
Dumping plastic in waterways is ‘criminal,’ pope says in TV interview
Dumping plastic in waterways is “criminal” and must end if humanity wants to save the planet for future generations, Pope Francis said in a television ... World News -
Vatican envoy slams Lebanese politicians during visit to Beirut
A Vatican envoy criticized Lebanon’s politicians on his visit to Beirut on Tuesday, calling for an end to “the few profiting of the suffering of many” ... Middle East -
French PM meets Pope as abuse scandal rages
French Prime Minister Jean Castex met Pope Francis at the Vatican Monday as the French Catholic Church battles a storm over clerical child sex abuse ... World News -
Pope Francis recovering in hospital after intestinal surgery
Pope Francis was spending his first morning convalescing on Monday in a Rome hospital following intestinal surgery. The Vatican has given scant ... World News -
Vatican says pope operation over, pontiff doing well
Pope Francis is doing well following intestinal surgery, the Vatican said on Sunday after the 84-year-old pontiff was hospitalized for the first time ... World News -
Pope backs appeal by Myanmar bishops to aid hungry, displaced by coup
Pope Francis threw his weight Sunday behind an appeal from bishops in Myanmar to the nation’s military leaders to allow aid to reach thousands of ... World News -
Pope calls for reconciliation, healing over Canada school discovery
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Pope Francis urges reconciliation, healing over Canada school discovery
Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was pained by the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former Catholic school for indigenous students in ... World News -
Erdogan urges Pope to help end Gaza conflict, impose sanctions on Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday urged Pope Francis to help rally the world to adopt sanctions against Israel for its “massacre” of ... Middle East -
US climate envoy Kerry wants pope to attend climate conference to sway public opinion
Pope Francis has the moral authority to sway public opinion over global warming and might attend the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (COP26) ... World News -
Pope urges IMF, World Bank to reduce debt burden of poor countries amid pandemic
Pope Francis has told world financial chiefs that poor countries hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus need to have their debt burden reduced ... Coronavirus -
Pope Francis meets father of drowned Syrian boy Alan Kurdi in Iraq’s Erbil
Pope Francis on Sunday met the father of Alan Kurdi, the boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach six years ago became an image of the suffering of ... Middle East -
Pope Francis holds first public mass of Iraq trip in Baghdad's St. Joseph church
Pope Francis began delivering Saturday in Baghdad the first public mass of his Iraq trip to a spare gathering of faithful and officials due to ... Middle East -
Watch: Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad on first papal visit to Iraq
Pope Francis landed in Baghdad on Friday for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2013, saying he felt duty-bound to make the ... Middle East -
Iraqi’s gather at a church in Baghdad in anticipation of Pope Francis’ arrival
Dozens of Christians gathered at the Church of the Virgin Mary in Baghdad hours before Pope Francis was due to land in Iraq for a first papal visit to ... Middle East -
Pope Francis leaves Rome for four-day Iraq visit
Pope Francis left Rome on Friday to start a four-day trip to Iraq, his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2012 and the first visit by a ... World News