Pope Francis

By Nicole Winfield Published : , ,   ROME (AP) — Pope Francis drank liquids, received the Eucharist and even made a brief phone call Thursday on his first full day recovering from a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the Vatican…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis underwent successful surgery Wednesday to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the latest maladies to befall the 86-year-old pontiff who had part of his colon removed two years ago. The Vatican said there were no complications during the three-hour…

One coronation tradition is getting an extra special addition thanks to a personal gift from Pope Francis to King Charles III. On Wednesday, the Church of Wales announced that two shards from the collection of fragments believed to date back to the crucifixion have been incorporated into the cross that…

The Pope has gifted King Charles with fragments believed to belong to the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. The splinters from Christ's cross will form a new processional cross which will be used at during the coronation of the new King next month. The cross, made from recycled…

Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019, is facing a second sexual assault charge. The 92-year-old was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault Monday in Wisconsin. McCarrick is facing a similar charge in Massachusetts. File photo by Patrick D. McDermott/UPI Photo | License Photo April…

(RNS) — One of the few advantages of being old is knowing that I won’t be around when the impact of global warming becomes catastrophic. My generation has lived with the possibility of human extinction our whole lives. After the “greatest generation” won World War II, my generation had to…

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday (April 16) rejected as offensive and unfounded what he called insinuations by the brother of a Vatican schoolgirl who went missing 40 years ago about one of his predecessors as pontiff, Saint John Paul II. Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican usher,…

Pope Francis on Sunday weighed into a decades-old scandal that has rocked the Vatican, defending Pope John Paul II after the brother of a missing teen raised allegations that the former pope sought out underage girls to molest. Francis’s comments came up in relation to the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi,…

World Pope Francis on Sunday rejected "insinuations" by the brother of a Vatican schoolgirl who went missing 40 years ago about his predecessor as pontiff, Saint John Paul II. Pontiff has given Vatican's chief prosecutor free rein to investigate 1983 caseThomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 16, 2023 11:18 AM EDT…

In the past month, not one but two pieces of AI-generated content featuring the fashion brand Balenciaga went viral. The much bigger deal was the photo of Pope Francis in a white puffer coat (and absolutely dripping in swag) that a lot of people thought was real. But I’d argue…