Tag: Pope Francis
Pope Francis: Scripture is not meant to be stuck on paper...
VATICAN CITY -- Praying with Scripture is not meant to be a mindless repetition of biblical quotes but instead is a gift that is...
Pope Francis advances sainthood causes of eight men and women
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight men and women, including the pro-life French geneticist, Jerome Lejeune, and English Sister...
Pope Francis deplores ‘senseless act of brutality’ as dozens killed in...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis expressed his condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih after two suicide bombings in Baghdad claimed the lives of dozens...
Pope Francis, in intro to book ‘Don’t Speak Ill of Others’:...
VATICAN CITY Dob't -- Silence, like words, can be a love language, Pope Francis wrote in a very short introduction to a new book...
Pope Francis tells ambassador he’s on track to visit Argentina, Uruguay
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told Uruguay’s new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to...
Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict receive their first doses of...
VATICAN CITY -- Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican...
Pope Francis prays for the United States after violence at Capitol;...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis offered prayers for the people of the United States "shaken by the recent siege on Congress" and prayed for...
Pope Francis orders change to canon law, women may now formally...
VATICAN CITY -- Recognizing "the gifts of each baptized person" -- women and men -- Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and...
For a long time we thought we could live healthy in...
A few stale Christmas cookies linger, but the mailbox has yielded its last, tardy Christmas card, and those not-so-merry tax documents are showing up...
Pope Francis offers prayers for poor, uneducated, asks all to be...
VATICAN CITY -- As the Catholic Church celebrated World Peace Day Jan. 1, Pope Francis offered prayers for the people of war-torn Yemen, especially...