Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has accepted the request of Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur of Bogor to dispense him from becoming a cardinal...

Synodality has become a bit of a buzz word in the church. Pope Francis has been talking about synodality since the beginning of his pontificate....

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis met a former prime minister of Israel and a former Palestinian foreign minister who believe they have a workable...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old Ukrainian bishop...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy back to the Vatican Oct. 11, four months after their last meeting, the...

ROME -- As the Holy Land marked a grim first anniversary Oct. 7 of the Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities and subsequent Israel-Hamas...

VATICAN CITY -- Members of the Synod of Bishops have voted to give up one of their few free afternoons to "dialogue" with the...

Since Hamas' attack on Israel Oct. 7, 2023, and the immediate start of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis has provided daily spiritual solace to...

VATICAN CITY -- Angolan Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento, the world's oldest cardinal, died Sept. 28 at the age of 99 and was praised by...

Ending poverty, ensuring nuclear disarmament and regulating artificial intelligence, or AI, were among the issues highlighted by the Holy See at the 2024 United...