Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY, April 22 (Reuters) - Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for protection of the environment on Wednesday’s 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, saying the coronavirus pandemic had shown that some challenges had to be met with a global response. Francis praised the environmental movement, saying it…

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for protection of the environment on Wednesday’s 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, saying the coronavirus pandemic had shown that some challenges had to be met with a global response. FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis greets members of the media…

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Europe to remain united in overcoming the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, speaking on the eve of an EU summit to discuss a huge but divisive economic stimulus package. The pandemic has put new strains on the unity of the 27-member…

The global pandemic is the worst thing that could happen to the concept of “globalism,” a fervent left wing tenet. Famous people from Barack Obama to Pope Francis have touted the benefits of a world with no power index - that all nations should be pretty much the same because…

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Regina Caeli prayer at noon on Easter Monday from the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican April 13, 2020. Vatican Media/ Handout via REUTERS VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged politicians on Monday to put aside partisan differences in order to…

HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes just wanted to do the humane thing.After so many frail and elderly nursing home residents had been held in seclusion from their loved ones in the first weeks of the lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Wilmes said her government decided…

Pope Francis is urging the faithful to use the coronavirus pandemic's time of trial to prepare for a future where inequalities are abolished and the poorest are no longer left behind.This is not some ideology, Francis said. It is Christianity. Francis travelled a few blocks outside the Vatican walls on…

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Sunday for an all-embracing vision of the world after the Covid-19 crisis, saying moving on without global solidarity or excluding sectors of society from the recovery would result in “an even worse virus”. The pope left the Vatican for the first time in…

Pope Francis is caught on video calling Scotch “the real holy water.” The video in question was part of a soon-to-be-released BBC documentary about seminarians at the Pontifical Scots College in Rome. The footage showed the 83-year-old church head accepting the bottle of Oban 14 from the student priests during…

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