Pope Francis

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday by warning that warped ideologies can pave the way to another genocide. Francis spoke off the cuff at the end of his weekly general audience, held in his private library because of coronavirus restrictions, to commemorate the 76th anniversary…

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis delivers his weekly general audience. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is once again canceling public appearances due to nerve pain. Francis will not participate in three events over the coming days “due to a recurrence of sciatica,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement on Saturday. The 84-year-old pope will go ahead with…

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis delivers his weekly general audience from the library in the Apostolic Palace, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Vatican, January 13, 2021. Vatican Media/?Handout via REUTERS VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has suffered a renewed flare-up of a sciatica condition that causes pain…

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis conducts a Mass on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Vatican City. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis conducts a Mass on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Vatican City. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

Pope Francis conducts a Mass on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Vatican City. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

Pope Francis. (Photo: Gallo Images/Getty Images) Pope Francis has donated 100 000 euros to a fund helping hundreds of thousands of people displaced by a violent Islamist insurgency ravaging northern Mozambique, a bishop said on Monday.The fund was set up by Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, who is in charge of…

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will make the first visit by a pope to Iraq next March, the Vatican said on Monday, a risky four-day trip that has eluded his predecessors.FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis holds weekly audience at the Vatican, December 2, 2020. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERSSpokesman Matteo Bruni…

Pope Francis. Franco Origlia/Getty Images Pope Francis will make a historic visit to Iraq in March, the Vatican said on Monday.The Vatican said the programme would "take into consideration the evolution of the worldwide health emergency".Francis will be the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Iraq.Pope Francis…