Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY  -- Knowing that Rome, like all of Italy, would be under varying degrees of lockdown during Holy Week and Easter, Father Luigi...

ROME  -- Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples ordered the removal from a church of two religious paintings that were donated by a mafia boss...

VATICAN CITY  -- Before returning to Rome from Iraq March 8, Pope Francis left $350,000 to assist families still suffering the impact of conflict...

VATICAN CITY — The life and works of the famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri remain a lasting treasure that embodies the virtue of hope...

VATICAN CITY -- With the need to reduce costs and make sure employees are not laid off, Pope Francis has approved pay cuts for...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has named Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse by a notorious Chilean priest, to be a member...

VATICAN CITY  -- Pope Francis sent words of encouragement to Australians in the state of New South Wales, where some areas received two-thirds of...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis named Archbishop Nelson J. Perez of Philadelphia as a member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. In a statement...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis summarized his “pilgrimage of faith and penitence” to Iraq in a prayer: “If God is the God of life —...

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM IRAQ  -- The Catholic Church's commitment to dialogue with other churches and with other religions flows from the Gospel,...