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Pope Francis canceled all his scheduled activities Monday for the second time in three days, with the Vatican citing a persistent flu as the cause.

A prominent U.S. Catholic bishop has blasted a Politico reporter’s commentary on Christian nationalism, calling it “one of the most disturbing and frankly dangerous things I’ve ever seen in a political conversation.”

A group of more than eight hundred Russian Orthodox priests and church members wrote a letter demanding the release of Alexei Navalny’s body.

Attacks on churches have increased nearly 800 percent in less than six years, indicating that “hostility against U.S. churches is not only on the rise but also accelerating,” a Family Research Council (FRC) report found.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York celebrated a “Mass of Reparation” this weekend in atonement for a “scandalous” and “sacrilegious” event honoring deceased trans-activist Cecilia Gentili.

Israel’s Embassy to the Holy See has lambasted Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin for his “deplorable” criticism of Israeli policy in Gaza.

Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office, has slammed the Vatican’s opening to blessing gay couples as “relativizing the truth and cheapening grace.”

ROME — Pope Francis received Argentina’s populist president Javier Milei for an hourlong meeting Monday in the Vatican.

Pope Francis has doubled down in his support of blessing gay couples, calling those who oppose the practice “hypocrites.”

Pope Francis has written to his “Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel,” exhorting them to break the “incessant cycles” of war and hatred in the Holy Land.

ROME — Pope Francis received Italian American director Martin Scorsese for a private meeting in the Vatican on Wednesday.

Two masked assailants attacked a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during Sunday services, killing one person, Turkish officials said.

Pope Francis warned of the dangers of “Big Data” Wednesday, noting that “algorithms are not neutral” and be used to spread fake news and create groupthink.

U.S. President Joe Biden has doubled down on positions antithetical to his Catholic faith as he prepares to run for reelection.

The Dutch bishops, once known for their progressive leanings, have collectively rejected the Vatican’s recent opening to the blessing of same-sex couples.

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis once again voiced his concern for Europe’s demographic winter on Saturday, urging Italians to have more children.

Pope Francis has urged members of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting at Davos this week to promote “far-sighted and ethically sound” models of globalization.

Nicaragua’s communist regime reportedly kidnapped Catholic priest Ezequiel Buenfil Batún in its ongoing persecution against the Church.

The United States bishops launched a prayer campaign Tuesday for an end to abortion, marking the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion on demand the law of the land.

Pope Francis said this week that he believes in hell but likes to think of it as “empty” because of God’s great mercy.

The Sandinista regime of Nicaragua announced on Sunday that it had struck a deal with the Vatican to expel 19 Catholic clergymen imprisoned for their faith, including Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, a firm regime critic sentenced to 26 years in prison for opposing communism.

Pope Francis asserted Sunday that not only unjust wars but war itself is always a “crime against humanity.”

The Michigan Catholic community is rallying around six young children whose parents were killed by a wrong-way driver in a stolen vehicle.

Pope Francis issued a formal invitation on Friday to Argentine President Javier Milei to visit The Vatican in February. The Pope’s invitation was issued hours after Milei similarly extended a formal invitation to Pope Francis to visit his homeland.

Pope Francis met with a group of Marxists in the Vatican and exhorted them not to let up in their pursuit of dialogue with Christians.

Pope Francis offered an extended reflection on the sin of gluttony Wednesday, calling it “the most dangerous vice” because it is “killing the planet.”

Writings from the Vatican’s controversial doctrinal czar exploring intimate details of male and female orgasm has been dubbed the last straw for his meteoric but scandal-ridden career.

Pope Francis urged for an end to abortion Monday, insisting that the path to peace calls for respect for life, “starting with the life of the unborn child in the mother’s womb.”

ROME — The head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office has dug in his heels in the face of growing opposition to his controversial decision to allow the blessing of gay couples.

Communist Nicaragua marked 500 days since imprisoning Matagalpa Bishop Monsignor Rolando Álvarez on Tuesday by publishing photos of an alleged “medical examination” on the Catholic leader.

The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has chosen “diversity in the Church” as his prayer intention for the month of January 2024.

Pope Francis has met with stiff opposition from black Christian leaders after approving the blessing of gay couples.

Catholics are rebelling against their religious leaders’ pro-migration policies, and leadership must set them straight, Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, states.

Nicaraguan police on Thursday detained two senior Catholic priests for the “crime” of praying in public for Bishop Rolando Alvarez, a critic of socialist dictator Daniel Ortega, who in February was sentenced to 26 years in prison for “treason.”

Peter Seewald, close friend and collaborator of Pope Benedict XVI, said Thursday that Benedict was “stabbed in the heart” by Pope Francis’ attacks on the traditional Latin Mass.

Pope Francis made “peace” the theme of his 2023 Christmas message, urging the world to say “no” to weapons.