Pope Francis

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis sought Sunday to encourage married couples, acknowledging that the pandemic has aggravated some family problems but urging couples to seek help and always remember three key words in a marriage: “Please, thanks and sorry.” Francis penned a letter to married couples that was released Sunday,…

Pope Francis sought on Sunday to encourage married couples, acknowledging that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated some family problems but urging couples to seek help and always remember three key words in a marriage: "Please, thanks and sorry." Pope Francis waves after delivering his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis sought Sunday to encourage married couples, acknowledging that the pandemic has aggravated some family problems but urging couples to seek help and always remember three key words in a marriage: “Please, thanks and sorry.” Francis penned a letter to married couples that was released Sunday,…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comVATICAN CITY, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Pope Francis bemoaned Italy's plunging birthrate on Sunday, warning that the decline represented a threat to the future of the country. Births in Italy last year hit their lowest level since the unification of the nation in…

Pope Francis, aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the 85-year-old Pope, is alive and well. No thanks to ITV News, which wrongly announced his death on live TV Christmas Day. Announcer Kylie Pentelow was discussing the Pope’s annual Christmas address on Saturday when she made the blunder. Pentelow was reporting on the…

ROME — Pope Francis once again failed to mention the genocide of Uyghur Muslims in China Saturday in his annual virtual tour of injustices around the world. In his Christmas Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message the pope gave a shout out to the people of Syria, “who…

ROME—Pope Francis lamented the social impact of the pandemic, including rising loneliness and domestic violence, while reiterating his previous calls for equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. The pope made his remarks Saturday in his annual Christmas message “to the city and the world,” in which he typically surveys wars and…

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Saturday welcomed the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Pope Francis in the Vatican. Topics RSS | Narendra Modi | Pope Francis ANI  Last Updated at October 31, 2021 09:43 IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis at the Vatican today. Photo: ANI…

ROME — The Vatican declined to comment Friday about U.S. President Joe Biden’s claim that Pope Francis had encouraged him to keep receiving Holy Communion at Mass. Biden met with Pope Francis in the Vatican for approximately 75 minutes Friday morning, after which reporters asked him if the topic of…