Pope Francis

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has taken another step to reign in new religious groups in the Catholic Church after their unregulated proliferation in recent decades led to abuses in governance that allowed spiritual and sexual misconduct to go unchecked. Francis issued a new decree published Wednesday that requires prior…

Papal visits are typically filled with the joyful pageantry, excitement and emotion of a big event. But Pope Francis' trip to Canada next month will likely have a rather dour feel. The pope will make the transatlantic trip in part to apologize in person for past abuses suffered by Indigenous…

Pope Francis delivers his speech as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is right. Recently Zelensky, warning of the global food crisis that is dramatically…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — When Pope Francis released last week the list of the men he intended to elevate to cardinal this year, one name, and location, leapt out: 47-year-old Giorgio Marengo. Not only the youngest man to be awarded a red hat since Polish Archbishop Karol Wojtyla — later…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comVATICAN CITY, June 12 (Reuters) - Pope Francis apologised to the people of Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan on Sunday for having to cancel his visit because of walking problems, and said he was hopeful his condition would improve. The Vatican…

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis has postponed his upcoming trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan due to an ongoing knee problem, the Vatican said Friday. “At the request of his doctors, and in order not to jeopardise the results of the therapy that he…

Published June 11, 2022 2:55am VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has postponed his upcoming trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan due to an ongoing knee problem, the Vatican said Friday. "At the request of his doctors, and in order not to jeopardize the results of the…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis will not be making a planned apostolic visit to the African countries of South Sudan and Congo this July due to worsening knee pain and following the advice of his doctors, according to a statement released by the Vatican on Friday (June 10). “At…

Pope Francis has canceled a planned trip to Africa for health reasons, the Vatican said in a statement Friday. The Pope was due to travel to the Republic of Congo and South Sudan between July 2 and 7, but will instead concentrate on ongoing therapy for his problematic right knee,…

As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis’ historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their own legacies of operating such schools. Church schools are likely to feature prominently in a report from the U.S. Department…