Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Vatican prosecutors announced a new investigation of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a formerly high-ranking Catholic church official already on trial on charges of financial mismanagement and corruption, alleging that the disgraced cleric illegally recorded a conversation with Pope Francis. A recording of a conversation between the pope…

Published November 27, 2022 10:45pm VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday urged Israeli and Palestinian authorities to make greater efforts to seek dialogue following recent deadly bomb attacks in Jerusalem and clashes in the occupied West Bank. Speaking to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square for…

The Pope has said Ukraine must be “far-sighted” for peace to be achieved, suggesting that Kyiv will have to make concessions to end the war with Russia. The Pontiff this month called for a ceasefire and asked God to “hurry up” to end the war. Telegraph Media Group Limited Read…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican tribunal weighing a financial fraud case heard from an unusual witness Thursday, when a secret recording of Pope Francis was played to the court about the Holy See’s payments to free a nun held hostage by al-Qaida-linked militants. The broadcast of the pope’s own…

Pope Francis has fired the entire leadership of the Catholic Church's worldwide charity arm and appointed a commissioner to run it until new executives are elected. The surprise move involved the executives of Caritas Internationalis (CI), a Vatican-based confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social services organisations working in…

In this image made available by Vatican Media, Pope Francis sits for lunch in the home of a cousin, Carla Rabezzana, right, in the town of Portacomaro, about 10 kilometers (six miles) east of Asti, northern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Rabezzana told local media that she and the pope…

German bishop Georg Baetzing spoke at the end of a week of talks between Pope Francis and Vatican officials on one side, and Germany’s bishops on the other They centred on a controversial German progressive movement to give lay Catholics a say on some doctrinal matters, which has alarmed Catholic…

In this file photo, Bishop Howard Hubbard swings incense during an Ash Wednesday communion service at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Feb. 25, 2004, in Albany, N.Y. Jim McKnight/AP hide caption toggle caption Jim McKnight/AP In this file photo, Bishop Howard Hubbard swings incense during an Ash Wednesday…

Conservative Roman Catholic bishops claimed the top spots in the church’s just-concluded U.S. leadership conference, angering moderates in the church but bolstering those seen as skeptical of the liberal reform agenda of Pope Francis. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, or USCCB, met for its fall session this week in…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ate lunch with hundreds of refugees, poor and homeless people on Sunday as he called for a renewed commitment to helping society’s weakest and denounced the “sirens of populism” that drown out their cries for help. Francis celebrated the Catholic Church’s World Day of the…