Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- In an unusual move, both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI subjected themselves to questioning by Vatican investigators charged with...

VATICAN CITY  -- Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore E. McCarrick was able to rise up the Catholic hierarchical structure...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis met with Father Pierluigi Maccalli, a member of the Society of African Missions, who was freed more than two...

ROME — In Italy, a person’s support for — or opposition to — Pope Francis has a stronger connection to their political affiliation or...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican Secretariat of State has sent an explanatory note to nuncios around the world insisting that when Pope Francis spoke...

You may have heard that in early October, Pope Francis released his latest encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship." Pope Francis once...

By Agostino Bono "The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission" by George Weigel. Ignatius Press. (San Francisco, 2020). 141 pp....

VATICAN CITY — After someone attending Pope Francis’ weekly general tested positive for COVID-19, the Vatican announced the audiences would return to being livestreamed...

WASHINGTON -- Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory, installed as Washington' s archbishop in May 2019, thanked Pope Francis "with a very grateful and humble heart"...

VATICAN CITY -- While there is no doubt that Pope Francis said civil laws should protect the rights of gay couples, some mystery shrouds...