Pope Francis

Outgoing US President Joe Biden is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of most, if not all, of the 40 men on the federal government’s death row, according to a new report. This includes a handful to well-known notorious killers, five of the men murdered children, nine butchered fellow inmates and…

President-elect Donald Trump said Friday that he is picking the head of a right-wing Catholic advocacy group and critic of Pope Francis to serve as ambassador to the Holy See, potentially teeing up tensions with the Vatican. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that Brian Burch...Read More

“There is no other way to understand this decision than as a deliberate adoption of the Palestinian narrative,” Chikliwrote to Pope Francis. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF DECEMBER 20, 2024 10:12 Updated: DECEMBER 20, 2024 13:37 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli and Pope Francis. (Illustrative) (photo credit: Canva, PXFUEL,…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis in January, likely the president's final international trip just days before he leaves the Oval Office, the White House announced on Thursday. Biden accepted Francis' invitation to visit the Vatican during a Thursday phone call with the pope, the White…

Amichai Chikli speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (Photo: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) Following several instances in recent months where Pope Francis appeared to endorse Palestinian narratives, Amichai Chikli, Israel's Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, issued a strongly worded protest letter to…

(The Conversation) — Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 17 years old when he first received his vocation to become a priest. It happened on Sept. 21, 1953 – the beginning of spring in Buenos Aires – during a spontaneous visit to the confessional, or what Catholics call the sacrament of reconciliation.…

Pope Francis in the line of fire: Global headquarters of Catholic Church, the Vatican, is heading for a bankruptcy and this is the big reason The Feed Last Updated: Dec 19, 2024, 01:38:00 AM IST Synopsis The future of the Vatican may see some dark days ahead, owing to the…

The head of the Catholic Church worldwide, Pope Francis, has revealed that he escaped two attempts on his life during his historic trip to Iraq in March 2021. This is according to excerpts from the cleric’s autobiography, published on Tuesday in Italy. The book reveals that the British Secret Service…

A Kurdistan flag is held up as Pope Francis arrives to hold a mass at Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2021. — Reuters pic New to investing? Versa makes it simple—sign up via the app, invest RM100, and we’ll give you RM10 off as a first-time user…

Pope Francis’ upcoming autobiography, “Hope,” details two attempts on his life in 2021 during a historic trip to Iraq. According to Politico’s translation of excerpts from “Hope,” which were published by Corriere della Sera, an Italian newspaper, the pope wrote that he learned from British security forces that a would-be…