Tag: The Pope

A headline in the tech blog Mashable a few days ago proclaimed “Pope Francis to Forgive Your Sins via Twitter,” setting off a flurry of other headlines about how following the pontiff via his @pontifex address could get you absolved

Pope Francis will return to his native South America for the first time since being elected pontiff in March, for the 28th World Youth Day (WYD), which will be held in Rio de Janeiro from July 22 through July 28.

Vanity Fair Italy named Pope Francis its “Man of the Year” Wednesday, saying that the Roman Catholic leader’s first 100 days as pontiff had already made him one of the world’s top leaders. Newsmax reports that the 76-year-old former cardinal

In a word, no. But it is also not the Vatican equivalent of a New York Times op-ed. Nor is it merely a scholarly dissertation, to be read only by theologians, who might write their own scholarly dissertations on it,

Pope Francis’ first encyclical, released on Friday, is actually, as he himself described it, the work of “four hands.” A joint effort by himself and his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the papal letter, entitled Lumen Fidei which, in Latin,

With reports that a second miracle, attributed to the influence of Pope John Paul II, has been approved by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, it is anticipated that Pope Francis could canonize the former pontiff before the end

Vatican Radio reported Wednesday that Pope Francis has set up a Pontifical Commission that is charged with drawing up an “exhaustive” report of the status and activities of the Vatican bank, the Institute for Religious Works (IOR). The Commission consists

A funny thing happened on the way to a Vatican concert last Saturday night: Pope Francis never showed up. The popular pontiff had Italian media aflutter when he decided to forgo a classical concert, an event that was part of

During his daily celebration of Mass in the chapel of his apartment residence, Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church can be hindered by dual temptations of wanting to remain in the past and “adolescent progressivism.” The pontiff warned of

VATICAN CITY, June 11 (UPI) — Pope Francis has confirmed there is a “gay lobby” inside the Vatican, a Catholic website reported. Reports of such a group in the Curia have circulated for months and may have been a consideration

Despite a sudden rainstorm that blew through Rome on Wednesday morning, Pope Francis’ weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square went on as planned.  Undeterred, and without the need for a Swiss Guard to shield him from the rain with

To the delight and surprise of about 40,000 participants in Rome’s Marcia per la Vita (March for Life) Internazionale in Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis left the Apostolic Palace to join them in the popemobile as they gathered in the

(AP) Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saintsBy FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressVATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led

Vladimir Putin and the pope joined a chorus of condemnation Tuesday from across the globe over what the Russian leader called the “barbaric” bomb attack that killed three and wounded more than 150 at the Boston Marathon. Herewith some of

(AP) – The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis supports the Holy See’s crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns, dimming hopes that a Jesuit pope whose emphasis on the poor mirrored the nuns’ own social outreach would

Only a month into his papacy, Pope Francis is sending clear messages that he intends to make changes in the Church. And, while much of the focus of necessary change, at least for the cardinals who elected him, has been

(AP) Egypt’s Christian pope blasts Islamist presidentBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROThe leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Tuesday blasted the country’s Islamist president over his handling of the recent deadly sectarian violence, including an attack on the main cathedral in

In his tribute to the late former Prime Minister of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher, conservative host Rush Limbaugh said: Some people call it a coincidence — I think it’s more than that — that at the same time in the

(AP) – Pope Francis indicated Friday that he will seek to have the church act “with determination” against clergy sex abuse cases. The pope pushed for decisive action during a meeting with the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine

In his first Urbi et Orbi message- to the city of Rome and to the world– Pope Francis told the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who came to celebrate Easter with him, that the power of Christ’s Resurrection, “this passover

Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula. In his first “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world)

Thousands of people with candles filled the area surrounding the Colosseum in Rome on Good Friday evening, where Pope Francis presided over the traditional dramatic ritual of the Way of the Cross, a meditation on the crucifixion of Jesus. The