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 (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…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a message read by his secretary of state to a women’s advocacy group meeting ahead of the G-20 summit, Pope Francis called for greater female leadership in world affairs on Monday (Oct. 18), telling the Women’s Forum G-20 that “our world needs the collaboration of…

(RNS) — Over the weekend, Pope Francis issued a string of passionate tweets on social justice, a topic that has marked his papacy. The normal papal output under Francis has generally been one to three Tweets a day. Some days have gone by with no Tweets. This past weekend, he…

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden, America's second Catholic president, and his wife Jill will have an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on October 29, the White House announced Thursday.  Biden's Vatican visit will come ahead of his participation in the G20 summit in Rome on October 30-31.…

This handout picture taken and released on October 10, 2021 by Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (R) greeting nun Gloria Cecilia Narvaez at the end of the mass in St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican. (Photo by ho / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)Pope Francis on Sunday met with Gloria Cecilia Narvaez,…