Pope Francis

President-elect Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Thursday, thanking him for "extending blessings and congratulations" and praising the pope for his leadership in "promoting peace, reconciliation, and the common bonds of humanity around the world," according to the Biden transition team.The big picture: Biden will be the second-ever Catholic…

Topline Pope Francis on Thursday became the latest in a string of world leaders congratulating Joe Biden on his projected victory in the 2020 election, even as President Trump and a handful of world leaders have refused to acknowledge him as President-elect. Pope Francis shakes hands with US Vice President…

ROME—Pope Francis vowed to root out sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, a day after a Vatican report showed that the current pope and his two predecessors had failed for years to discipline a U.S. cardinal for sexual misconduct. “I renew my closeness to the victims of every abuse and…

Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter Guide Vatican investigation into former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick found cardinals and popes downplayed reports he slept with seminarians and Pope Francis continued his predecessors’ handling of McCarrick until a former altar boy alleged abuse. (Nov.…

As a person who was involved in public life for over three decades, and who never made any secret of my Christian faith and my vocation as an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, I have been bothered at times by the tone and implications of some of the…

Joe Biden bashed President Donald Trump Tuesday as a 'conman' who appeals to the worst in Americans as he claimed the president has 'waved the white flag' in surrendering to the coronavirus pandemic.The former vice president made his remarks in Warm Springs, Georgia, where he vowed to be the man who…

In a surprise announcement from his studio window to faithful standing below in St Peter's Square, Francis said the churchmen would be elevated to a cardinal's rank in a ceremony on November 28 TopicsPope Francis AP | PTI  |  Vatican City  Last Updated at October 26, 2020 01:51 IST Pope…

An offhand remark that Pope Francis made about gay people in July, 2013, is still the single most memorable statement of his pontificate. He made it during a press conference on a flight from Rio to Rome, after a reporter alluded to a supposed “gay lobby” at the Vatican. Francis…

ROME — Pope Francis said Sunday that Wilton Gregory — the archbishop of Washington and an architect of the U.S. Roman Catholic Church’s zero-tolerance policy in response to its clerical sexual abuse crisis — would be elevated to cardinal, making him the first African American to hold such a position.…

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