Pope Francis

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Canadian Press Stephanie Taylor Pope Francis speaks during the weekly general audience at San Damaso courtyard on June 30, 2021 in The Vatican. Photo by TIZIANA FABI /AFP via Getty Images Article content OTTAWA —…

(RNS) — A Palestinian man has appealed to Pope Francis to intercede with the Israeli government to release his son, a humanitarian worker with a Christian aid organization, who has been in jail for more than five years on what the father maintains are manufactured charges. Khalil al Halabi, a…

National Indigenous leaders will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in December to set the stage for a formal papal apology in Canada for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools, according to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi blessing…

Pope Francis expressed his “affection” for the American people as he met at length Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with the latter declining to delve into “domestic politics" when later asked if the two discussed a campaign by U.S. bishops to deny Communion to Catholic politicians like…

The pope and the American secretary of State exchanged gifts and wisdoms Monday, but whether they discussed the politics dividing the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. remains anyone’s guess. Antony J. Blinken and Pope Francis talked for about 40 minutes, according to the Vatican, and photos that they tweeted…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Reuters Philip Pullella and Humeyra Pamuk Article content VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who was visiting the Vatican in the wake of a decision…

Vaccines have always met the wall of hesitancy although over time that hurdle has become easier to surmount. When India’s efforts to eradicate smallpox through a national programme in 1962 failed to meet its targets, people’s hesitation was countered with aggressive surveillance and coercion. The universally acclaimed polio immunisation drive,…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has asked Pope Francis to come to Canada to apologize for church-run boarding schools were hundreds of unmarked graves have now been found By ROB GILLIES Associated Press June 25, 2021, 8:36 PM • 5 min read TORONTO -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said…

News Grevic Alvarado Friday 25 June 2021 File photo: Illegal Venezuelan migrants arrive in a pirogue at Los Iros beach in Cedros in November 2020. The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) and the Archdiocese Ministry for Migrants and Refugees (AMMR) launched their digital magazine The Advocate on Thursday at…

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Regina Donald Bolen says the meeting between Indigenous leaders and Pope Francis will take place before the end of the year. Author of the article: Alec Salloum Roman Catholic archbishop of Regina Donald Bolen, seen here in a photo taken on Monday, July 11, 2016., says…