Pope Francis

Pope Francis. Franco Origlia, Getty Images Pope Francis urged President Vladimir Putin to think of his own people in the event of an escalation.He said he was haunted by "rivers of blood and tears that have been spilled in these months". Francis also called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to be…

Pope Francis for the first time directly begged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, saying on Sunday the crisis was risking a nuclear escalation with uncontrollable global consequences. In an address dedicated to Ukraine and made to thousands of people in St…

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 2 Oct 2022 10:10PM · Pope Francis has implored Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘to stop the spiral of violence and death’ and on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ‘to be open to serious proposals for peace’. – EPA pic, October 2, 2022. POPE Francis…

Topline Pope Francis made his first personal appeal for Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the "spiral of violence and death" in Ukraine on Sunday, days after Putin announced Russia would illegally annex four occupied regions of Ukraine. Pope Francis waves from the window of the Apostolic Palace during the…

Culture In Amoris laetitia, Francis said “there are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God’s plan for marriage and family.” In an interview with German Catholic media earlier today, Bishop Johan Bonnay of Antwerp said "communion with the…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Catholics in the United States are deeply divided over issues as disparate as LGBTQ inclusion, clerical sexual abuse and celebrating the liturgy, according to a summary of consultations carried out in dioceses across the country in recent months as part of Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality.…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Published: Friday, September 23, 2022, 0:52 United Nations, Sep 23: Mexico has once again batted for the creation of a peace committee with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pope Francis along with others to find an end…

Images of Pope Francis by Roman artist Mauro Pallotta, or Maupal, on display in Assisi, Italy. Photos by Enrico Mattioni VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ economic vision meets graffiti art in a new show by Roman artist Mauro Pallotta, or Maupal, who hopes his work will inspire the thousands of young…

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, speaking as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West he was not bluffing about possibly using nuclear weapons, said on Wednesday that thinking of such an act was “madness”. Francis also said Ukrainians were being subjected to savageness, monstrosities and torture, calling…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis returned from his brief trip to Kazakhstan, a country nestled between Russia and China, having failed to sit down with his Russian counterpart Patriarch Kirill or the delegation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. With the pope surrounded by empty seats in Kazakhstan, critics questioned…