Pope Francis

Author of the article: VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday urged governments to combat child labor, saying it was terrible that children who should be playing are instead working as adults or scavenging in garbage dumps for something to sell. Speaking at his weekly general audience Francis also lamented…

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis, a lover of classical music, slipped out of the Vatican on Tuesday evening to visit old friends who run a Rome record shop and came away with a gift of a CD. The visit was to have remained private but Javier Martinez-Brocal, a reporter for…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In his annual address to the Vatican’s diplomatic corps on Monday (Jan. 10), Pope Francis again voiced his support for global vaccination efforts, while condemning the “ideological divides” fueled by misinformation. In the speech, in which the pope traditionally takes stock of the world’s most pressing…

ROME — In a sweeping speech on the pandemic and other global issues, Pope Francis on Monday called for widespread vaccination in all countries and suggested the global coronavirus response was being complicated by “baseless information or poorly documented facts.” “Vaccines are not a magical means of healing,” Francis said,…

ROME—Pope Francis on Monday warned that antivaccine misinformation was undermining recovery from the pandemic and denounced a “cancel culture” intolerant of traditional values that he said was impeding cooperation among the world’s societies. The pope’s remarks came in his annual speech to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, in which…

It Happened Again. Again! If I had a nickel for every time the Pope has interacted with Undertale, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. This may be a bit of an old memory for some, but: remember when Matpat, a popular…

LGBTQI advocate Sister Jeannine Gramick received a handwritten letter on December 10 from Pope Francis, thanking her for five decades of LGBTQI ministry. It is one of several letters the Pope has sent to LGBTQI Catholics and allies. According to Jesuit publication America Magazine, the Pope congratulated Sister Gramick on…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — During his homily for the feast of the Epiphany on Thursday, Pope Francis laid out his hopes for the new year, urging Catholics to set aside “conventional, external and formal religiosity” and embrace the desire to seek “new paths.” Also known as Three Kings Day, the…

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