Tag: Pope Francis
Faculties of celebrating Mass among sanctions from pope against Bishop Michael...
WASHINGTON -- The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston announced July 19 sanctions from the Vatican -- including taking away the faculties of celebrating Mass -- against...
Pope appoints new Vatican press office director
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis appointed Matteo Bruni to serve as director of the Vatican press office, replacing Alessandro Gisotti, who had been serving...
Pope Francis, bishop of Rome: Presiding over the church in charity
On March 13, 2013, Pope Francis stepped onto a balcony in St. Peter's Square to greet the people of God. In his first public...
Pope Francis: Viewing leadership in action
"Look at this one!"
During an in-flight press conference while returning to Rome after a one-day, April 2016 visit to the Moria refugee camp on...
Pope Francis mourns death of French patient Vincent Lambert after doctors...
VATICAN CITY -- "Every life is valuable, always," Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died July...
Curia reform: Changing attitudes, not just structures
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ plan for the reform of the Roman Curia will change the names of several offices and merge a few...
South America’s Amazon: culturally diverse, globally important
LIMA, Peru — When Pope Francis came face to face with more than 2,000 Amazonian indigenous people in Peru in January 2018, he told...
Papal first: Pope Francis names seven women to Congregation for Institutes...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis named six superiors of women's religious orders, a consecrated laywoman and the superior of the De La Salle Christian...
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...