Tag: Pope Francis
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...
Pope Francis says meeting of Trump and North Korea’s Kim ‘significant...
ROME -- After U.S. President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to set foot in North Korea, Pope Francis called his meeting with...
“Heart of church’s mission is prayer”, says Pope Francis to prayer...
VATICAN CITY -- Prayer helps men and women to view reality through the eyes of faith and to have a spiritual outlook on life...
“Be merciful” — Pope Francis gives seafarer chaplains special powers of...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis gave priests who minister to seafarers special permission to grant absolution for sins that usually would require the intervention...
U.S. bishops join Pope Francis reacting to photos of drowned migrant...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. bishops joined Pope Francis in expressing sadness after seeing photos of the lifeless bodies of a migrant father and his daughter...
Christian community a place of welcome, solidarity, selflessness Pope Francis says
VATICAN CITY -- To be part of a Christian community is to belong to a group of believers who shun selfishness and give witness...
Pope Francis announces themes for upcoming World Youth Day celebrations
VATICAN CITY -- Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate...
Bishops of Australia began their “ad limina” visits to the Vatican;...
VATICAN CITY -- The president of the Australian bishops' conference told his fellow bishops that it is "a time of humiliation" for Catholic Church...










