Tag: Pope Francis
Pope appoints new Vatican press office director
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis appointed Matteo Bruni to serve as director of the Vatican press office, replacing Alessandro Gisotti, who had been serving...
Pope Francis, bishop of Rome: Presiding over the church in charity
On March 13, 2013, Pope Francis stepped onto a balcony in St. Peter's Square to greet the people of God. In his first public...
Pope Francis: Viewing leadership in action
"Look at this one!"
During an in-flight press conference while returning to Rome after a one-day, April 2016 visit to the Moria refugee camp on...
Pope Francis mourns death of French patient Vincent Lambert after doctors...
VATICAN CITY -- "Every life is valuable, always," Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died July...
Curia reform: Changing attitudes, not just structures
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ plan for the reform of the Roman Curia will change the names of several offices and merge a few...
South America’s Amazon: culturally diverse, globally important
LIMA, Peru — When Pope Francis came face to face with more than 2,000 Amazonian indigenous people in Peru in January 2018, he told...
Papal first: Pope Francis names seven women to Congregation for Institutes...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis named six superiors of women's religious orders, a consecrated laywoman and the superior of the De La Salle Christian...
Pope Francis: Migrants are people, not just a social issue
VATICAN CITY -- Christians are called to follow the spirit of the beatitudes by comforting the poor and the oppressed, especially migrants and refugees...
Pope Francis meets Vladimir Putin; leaders talk about Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican July 4, and the two discussed the ongoing wars in Eastern...
Pope Francis affirms seal of confession must be kept with ‘no...
VATICAN CITY -- In the light of "a worrying negative prejudice" against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis ordered the publication of a document affirming...