Tag: Pope Francis
Nicaragua expels 12 priests to Rome; Imprisoned Bishop Rolando Álvarez of...
BUENOS AIRES -- Nicaragua has expelled a dozen priests held as political prisoners as the increasingly tyrannical regime continues sending clergy into exile and...
Pope Francis praises Whoopi Goldberg during private audience for helping people...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis praised actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg for helping people laugh and feel joy, telling her, "You are very important."
"Not...
Pope Francis gives ‘courage and the support of prayer’ during phone...
VATICAN CITY -- Huddled in a stairwell at the Catholic parish and school in Gaza, Rosary Sister Nabila Saleh, another sister and Father Youssef...
Polarized church prays for authentic unity from Synod on Synodality —...
What's the path to authentic unity for a deeply polarized church? Peter Jesserer Smith Oct. 4-29 gathering in Rome is both modeling and providing...
Pope Francis on clash in Middle East: ‘Hatred, violence and vengeance...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis condemned Hamas' terrorist attacks on Israel and pleaded with the militants to free their hostages unharmed, but he also...
Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla appointed by Pope Francis as No....
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has appointed a woman for the first time to be the No. 2 official of the Roman Curia office...
Synod’s work scheduled to take place meeting, sharing and praying in...
VATICAN CITY — The 364 members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops and the 85 experts, facilitators and ecumenical delegates accompanying them...
Vatican Gardens host panel of activists and a Nobel-prize winning physicist...
VATICAN CITY -- Atop one of the highest hills in the Vatican Gardens, surrounded by green lawns, rose trellises, butterflies and green parrots, a...
Pope Francis says the primary task of the Synod of Bishops...
VATICAN CITY — Members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops are not gathered in Rome to implement a "plan of reformation" but...
Pope Francis says ‘pastoral charity’ needed for gay marriage, but should...
VATICAN CITY -- The Catholic Church, in pursuit of "pastoral prudence," should discern if there are ways of giving blessings to homosexual persons that...