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Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for the success of the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference beginning in Glasgow, Scotland.

Catholic League President Bill Donohue said Friday he maintains a “healthy skepticism” about President Joe Biden’s unconfirmed claim that Pope Francis called him a “good Catholic” and encouraged him to “keep receiving Communion.”

The Vatican declined to comment Friday about U.S. President Joe Biden’s claim that Pope Francis had encouraged him to keep receiving Holy Communion at Mass.

Pope Francis received Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Vatican on Saturday, the first encounter between the two leaders.

President Joe Biden met secretly with Pope Francis on Friday in Rome, breaking tradition by keeping reporters out of the room when he arrived.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue congratulated the Vatican Thursday for rebuffing attempts by the White House to exploit a Francis-Biden meeting for political purposes.

The great takeaway from the coronavirus pandemic is a rejection of borders and walls, Pope Francis told the BBC Friday morning.

The Vatican has gone full alarmist in the lead-up to the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference, warning Wednesday of an approaching “climate catastrophe.”

The Holy See Press Office announced Wednesday that Pope Francis intends to visit Canada to help in the process of reconciliation between the Catholic Church and indigenous peoples.

Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has sent an impassioned appeal to Pope Francis asking the pontiff to “press” world leaders to redistribute coronavirus vaccines to reach the most needy.

The Vatican announced Wednesday that it has begun administering the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine, keeping the small city state on the cutting edge of response to the pandemic.

Pope Francis has named liberal economist Jeffrey D. Sachs, among the world’s foremost proponents of population control and abortion, to the Pontifical Council of Social Sciences.

The South Korean unification ministry said Monday that a visit by Pope Francis to North Korea would “greatly contribute” to securing peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Pope Francis returned to one of his favorite themes this weekend, calling Christians to transcend “borders” and tear down “walls.”

Pope Francis said Sunday that he hears the cries of migrants in Libya and appealed for an end to repatriation and the establishment instead of “regular migration routes.”

Pope Francis had high praise for German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday, predicting that she will “go down in history as one of the great leaders.”

The former Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, has written a scathing rebuke of papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, calling his attacks on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) “ugly and unjust.”

Pope Francis decried recent lethal attacks Sunday, urging people to “abandon the path of violence” in favor of a peaceful resolution of conflicts.

Pope Francis commemorated World Food Day Friday, urging nations to combat food insecurity and work to achieve environmental sustainability.

President Joe Biden will meet Pope Francis in Rome on October 29 despite criticism from Catholics about his position on abortion.

President Joe Biden will almost certainly meet with Pope Francis when in Rome on October 30-31, the Vatican Nuncio to the United States has confirmed.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi described this weekend’s private audience with Pope Francis as a “spiritual, personal and official honor.”

ROME — President Joe Biden has named pro-life former Democrat Congressman Joseph Donnelly as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, a choice expected to garner easy confirmation both in the Vatican and the U.S. Senate.

The Vatican announced this weekend that Pope Francis will not attend the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.

Pope Francis granted a private audience in the Vatican to U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Saturday, just two weeks after the House passage of the most radical pro-abortion legislation ever introduced.

Pope Francis urged governments Saturday to “adopt without delay a course of action that would limit the average global temperature rise.”

Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher has called for increased redistribution as a necessary means of overcoming economic inequality, the Catholic News Service reported Wednesday.

Pope Francis denounced war and the arms trade Thursday, calling on people of faith to “condemn every form of violence.”

Pope Francis has reacted to a report on clerical sex abuse in France, expressing his own shame and that of the Church for the failure to effectively address the problem.

Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher said Sunday that the environment is a natural meeting point in dialogue between the Holy See and Beijing.

Pope Francis said Tuesday that the world’s assorted religions are all “different ways of coming to God,” representing a “richness” deserving of respect.

Three members of the fabled Swiss Guard have quit their jobs in the face of the Vatican’s new coronavirus vaccine mandate.

Pope Francis hosted scientists and religious leaders in the Vatican Monday, where they signed a joint appeal calling for carbon neutrality and a radical change in lifestyles.

Pope Francis warned Monday that humanity is inflicting “serious wounds” on the environment and threw his moral weight behind the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).

Pope Francis expressed his sorrow over jihadist attacks in northern Nigeria that claimed more than 50 lives over the weekend.

Pope Francis underscored the inviolable right to life from conception to natural death in an address to the Pontifical Academy for Life Monday.