Pope Francis

Pontiff's illness comes amid outbreak of coronavirus which has infected 650 people in Italy Pope Francis has cancelled official audiences for a second day in succession after being taken ill. The Vatican said the 83-year-old had celebrated morning Mass as usual and greeted participants at the end. He planned to keep his…

Pope Francis has cancelled official audiences for a second day in succession after being taken ill.The Vatican said the 83-year-old had celebrated morning Mass as usual and greeted participants at the end. He planned to keep his private meeting schedule as planned but decided to cancel official audiences.It did not reveal…

Pope Francis: Give Up Being an Internet Troll For Lent This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Pope Francis (via gunthersimmermacher/Pixabay) Once a year, for the six weeks between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, Christians practice self-denial—giving up everything from sugar or…

By Philip PullellaVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is slightly indisposed and has canceled an event at a Rome basilica but is carrying out the rest of his schedule in his residence, the Vatican said on Thursday."Because of a slight indisposition, he preferred to stay inside Santa Marta," the Vatican…

Pope Francis greets faithful at the St. Nicholas Basilica, in Bari, Italy, on Sunday. | Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo ROME — Pope Francis has cautioned against “unfair” solutions aimed at ending the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. In a speech Sunday during a visit to the Italian southern port city of…

By Philip PullellaBARI, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday warned against "inequitable solutions" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying they would only be a prelude to new crises, in an apparent reference to U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace proposal.Francis made his comments in the southern Italian port city…

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Geneva (AFP) - Three deaf survivors of clerical sexual abuse from Argentina say they want Pope Francis finally to live up to his promises of reform -- and they are taking their call directly to the Vatican this week.The three told AFP they were "tortured" by their abusers but now…

Key point: With pressure mounting against him from all sides, Djukanovic will resort to increasingly desperate measures to stay in power. This will, in turn, provoke an ever-greater confrontation with the country’s political opposition and civil society.Largely unnoticed in the wake of events in the Middle-East and the impeachment drama, another…

VATICAN CITY—In an effort to find middle ground between liberal factions hoping to modernize the church and conservative forces seeking to preserve orthodoxy, Pope Francis issued a new decree Friday that will permanently change Roman Catholic doctrine by permitting all priests to marry him. “While we respect the vow of…