Pope Francis

Pope Francis meets U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a private audience at the Vatican on October 3, 2019. Photo by Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Rome this week, but…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit the Vatican on Tuesday to protest the pending renewal of a controversial deal with China.Behind the scenes: Pope Francis has reportedly declined to meet with Pompeo, citing the imminent U.S. election.The big picture: The terms of the deal with Beijing are secret, but…

Poll after poll shows that a clear majority of Americans want the Supreme Court seat once held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be filled after the election. But that didn’t stop President Trump from nominating Amy Coney Barrett one week after Ginsburg’s death, or dissuade Senate Republicans from planning…

Vatican appoints new apostolic nuncio to the PH Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Charles John Brown as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines. Archbishop Charles John BrownCaloocan Bishop Pablo David, acting president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, said the appointment of Brown was made public in Rome…

SynopsisModi said India was moving ahead with Phase 3 clinical trials - the large-scale trials considered the gold standard for determining safety and efficacy - and would help all countries enhance their cold chain and storage capacities for the delivery of vaccines. He said in August that India was ready…

Pope Francis has said this week that “God loves your children as they are” while addressing about 40 parents from an Italian organisation called La Tenda di Gionata in a brief private, meeting following his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Tenda di Gionata which translates to English as Jonathan’s Tent…

Tax collectors and sinners The heart of redemption is mercy. Though God is omnipotent, it is mercy that renders God’s entry into Israel’s history of salvation. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him… might have eternal life” (Jn…

6/6 © . Pope Francis holds weekly audience2/6By Philip PullellaVATICAN CITY () – Pope Francis, seen wearing a mask for the first time in public, said on Wednesday no one should seek political gain from the coronavirus and that vaccine developers should not see it as a chance to make…

Pope Francis has praised the "simply divine" pleasures of eating and sex, according to a book that has just been released of conversations he had with a prominent Italian gastronomist.Carlo Petrini, 71, a pioneer of the "slow food" movement, spoke with the head of the Catholic Church between May 2018…

Updated / Wednesday, 9 Sep 2020 21:57 The pleasure of eating and sexual pleasure come from God, Pope Francis says in a new book of interviews The pleasures of a well-cooked meal or loving sexual intercourse are "divine" Pope Francis says in a newly-published book of interviews. He believes they…