Pope Francis

By: Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press Posted: 4:25 AM CST Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022 Last Modified: 2:20 PM CST Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022 Print Email Save to Read Later ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ate lunch with hundreds of refugees, poor and homeless people on Sunday as he called for…

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Before Pope Francis's arrival in Canada last July, federal officials flagged concerns about the level of consultation done with a First Nations community that was set to host him. Briefing notes prepared for the deputy minister of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations a month…

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis called female genital mutilation a “crime” on Sunday and said the fight for women’s rights, equality and opportunity must continue for the good of society. “How is it that today in the world we cannot stop the tragedy of infibulation of young girls?”…

Pope Francis concluded his historic tour of Bahrain on Sunday when his plane departed the gulf nation shortly after 2pm. On his final day he met members of the vibrant Catholic community that calls it home. It was the wish of a lifetime for many to meet the head of…

By PHILIP PULLELLA, Reuters Published November 6, 2022 5:54pm MANAMA, Bahrain — Pope Francis wound up his trip to Bahrain on Sunday by visiting the oldest Catholic church in the Gulf, telling bishops, priests and nuns to remain united as they ministered to the faithful in the majority-Muslim area. The…

"Let us seek to be guardians and builders of unity", Pope Francis said at Bahrain's Sacred Heart Church - Copyright JIJI Press/AFP STR Clement Melki and Layal Abou Rahal Pope Francis said Sunday he was praying for “suffering peoples of the Middle East”, at the end of a Bahrain visit…

Pope Francis is shifting gears in his visit to Bahrain to minister to the Gulf’s Catholic community...Read More

Pope holds open-air mass for 30,000 in Bahrain RIFFA, Bahrain — About 30,000 flag-waving worshippers joined an open-air mass held by Pope Francis in mainly Muslim Bahrain on Saturday, the highlight of his outreach mission to the Gulf. Worshippers attend a mass held by Pope Francis at Bahrain National Stadium…

Already have Rappler+? to listen to groundbreaking journalism. Pope Francis greets people as he attends a holy mass at Bahrain National Stadium during his apostolic journey, in Riffa, Bahrain, November 5, 2022. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters (1st UPDATE) The crowd of about 30,000 people that filled Bahrain's National Stadium was the…

About 30,000 flag-waving worshippers joined an open-air mass held by Pope Francis in mainly Muslim Bahrain on Saturday, the highlight of his outreach mission to the Gulf. Some of the congregation had tears in their eyes as they waited to see the 85-year-old at Bahrain National Stadium, the kingdom’s biggest…