Pope Francis

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…

ROME — As Joe Biden prepared to assume the presidency, a close friend offered to send him Pope Francis’ new book for inspiration. The president-elect politely declined, saying he’d already received it — a signed copy sent by the pontiff himself. For just the second time in U.S. history, a…

(RNS) — When President Ronald Reagan visited St. John Paul II in June of 1982 with first lady Nancy Reagan, the press trailed the distinguished group as the pontiff squired the couple and their staffers to the Vatican’s inner sanctums and looked on, according to a New York Times reporter,…

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Leaders of a British Columbia First Nation say it would be "deeply meaningful" to welcome Pope Francis to their territory during a visit to Canada. A statement from the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Nation in Kamloops, B.C. KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Leaders of a British Columbia First Nation say…

The Vatican has not offered an explanation for why it canceled the planned live broadcast of U.S. President Joe Biden's meeting with Pope Francis on Friday, instead limiting coverage of the event to the arrival of Biden's motorcade at the Apostolic Palace, the Associated Press reported. Though the Vatican said…