Pope Francis

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday made a fresh attempt to have Pope Francis visit North Korea, at a meeting at the Vatican where the two leaders discussed peace efforts, Yonhap said. Moon gave Francis one of 136 crosses created with barbed wire from a fence in the demilitarised…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 29 Oct 2021 10:20PM · Every individual can play a part in changing our collective response to the unprecedented threat of climate change, says Pope Francis. – EPA pic, October 29, 2021. POPE Francis today said in a message released ahead of the…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Sitting face to face across a desk, President Joe Biden and Pope Francis engaged in extended talks on climate change, poverty and the coronavirus pandemic Friday as the world’s two most prominent Roman Catholics ran overtime in highly personal discussions that also touched on the loss…

VATICAN CITY —  Throughout President Biden’s life, his religion has been a refuge. He fingers a rosary during moments of stress and often attends Mass at the church in Delaware where his son Beau is buried. But as Biden and Pope Francis prepared for a tete-a-tete Friday at the Vatican —…

Here are some notable moments from past presiential meetings with pontifs: -President John F. Kennedy´s 1963 meeting with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican was historic: The first Roman Catholic president of the United States was seeing the Roman Catholic pontiff only days after his coronation. Kennedy, who faced anti-Catholic…

Leaders' schedules: G20 summit and COP26 G20 Sat 30  10am: Arrival/meet-and-greet 11.30am: Family photo 11.45am: Roundtable discussions, Session 1: 'Global Economy and Global Health' 3pm: Queen Maxima of the Netherlands to address side-event on 'Supporting small and medium enterprises, and women-owned businesses to build forward better' 7pm: Cultural event Sun 31…

US President Joe Biden is meeting Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican, where the two will discuss global challenges ranging from the Covid-19 pandemic to climate change and poverty. Biden has previously met the pontiff three times but this is their first meeting since he was elected president. White…

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Peter Chung Soon-taek was named as the new catholic archbishop for Seoul and apostolic administrator of Pyongyang Diocese by Pope Francis on Thursday. Chung succeeds Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung who has wanted to resign since he turned 75 a couple of years ago. Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (left) congratulates Archbishop…

President Joe Biden is a fan of Pope Francis, that much is clear. He has said that Francis is “the embodiment of Catholic social doctrine that I was raised with … the idea that everyone’s entitled to dignity.” He traveled to the Vatican for the papal installation in 2013, where…