Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — While concerns regarding Pope Francis’ health have fueled rumors he might soon resign, Brazilian bishops told Vatican media outlets on Monday (June 20) that the pope intends to continue in his role as head of the Catholic Church “for as long as God allows it.” Archbishop…

Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. HOME News Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Finance Travel Entertainment Life & Style UK World Politics Royal Science Weather Weird History Obituaries Nature Sunday InYourArea POPE FRANCIS advises against sex before marriage in a new document released by the Vatican. Pope gets…

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Published June 17, 2022 5:22am The conference said the pope's decision to name 80-year-old Luc Van Looy, the bishop emeritus of Ghent, a cardinal had received "many positive reactions" but also criticism that as bishop of Ghent "he did not always react vigorously enough against abuses". FILE PHOTO VATICAN CITY…

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…