Pope Francis

If the Pope apologizes when he visits, it would fulfill a Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendation from 2015.FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada as part of the reconciliation process, bowing to years of pressure from Indigenous groups and Catholics appalled by rampant abuse in the country’s…

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will visit Canada as the Catholic Church seeks to rebuild bridges with the indigenous community following a horrifying scandal of abuse at church-run residential schools, the Vatican said. "The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited the Holy Father to make an apostolic journey to Canada,…

Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples following shocking revelations of the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children, the Vatican said on Wednesday. In a brief statement, the Holy See’s press office said the Canadian…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI likely received the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in October, according to official Vatican reports. A statement sent to Vatican journalists on Wednesday (Oct. 27) confirmed that “in the second half of October the Directorate of Health and…

If the Pope apologizes when he visits, it would fulfill a Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendation from 2015.FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada as part of the reconciliation process, bowing to years of pressure from Indigenous groups and Catholics appalled by rampant abuse in the country’s…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned plea to end the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries where they suffer “inhumane violence.” Francis also waded into a highly contentious political debate in Europe, calling on the international community to…

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions similar to those in concentration camps. The pope's appeal at his Sunday blessing came as European Union leaders are struggling…

Pope Francis last week pointed to the church's teaching as well as to science in condemning abortion as "murder," although he also urged the church to be "compassionate" on the issue. The pope made the remarks during a flight from Slovakia to Rome in which he discussed multiple issues, including abortion…

Pope Francis has thanked Argentina football star Lionel Messi for sending him a Paris Saint-Germain club jersey. “Lionel Messi, dear brother, thank you for the jersey and the dedication,” the pontiff said in a video published on Friday by Argentina’s Telam news agency. French Prime Minister Jean Castex had given…

Tagle to lead beatification ceremony of Venerable Pauline-Marie Jaricot Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will preside over the beatification ceremony of Venerable Pauline-Marie Jaricot in France next year. Photo courtesy RCAM The Archdiocese of Manila said Pope Francis appointed the Cardinal…