Tag: Pope Francis

Pop star Katy Perry revealed this week that she is a “big fan” of Pope Francis, whom she met in the Vatican last April, calling him a “rebel for Jesus.”

Cardinal Anders Arborelius said in an interview Thursday that although many world leaders do not follow his advice, Pope Francis has a “prophetic voice” regarding immigration and many people are in fact listening to him.

ROME — There is a danger that the Christian presence in the Middle East will disappear, “disfiguring the very face of the region,” Pope Francis said Saturday.

Pope Francis called on humanity to hear “the increasingly desperate cries of the earth” Friday, insisting that immediate action is needed to save the planet from being reduced to “rubble.”

At his “Mass for Migrants” in the Vatican Friday, Pope Francis called for an international response of “solidarity and mercy” to the ongoing immigration crisis.

Former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore, said he is “thrilled” by Pope Francis’ leadership in the battle against climate change in an interview with Vatican News Wednesday.

Pope Francis will celebrate a special “Mass for Migrants” this Friday at the main altar of Saint Peter’s Basilica to commemorate the fifth anniversary of his visit to migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Vatican announced Wednesday.

Pope Francis highlighted the importance of teamwork in an address to a delegation from the Italian Swimming Federation Thursday, offering special praise for activities that demand mutual support such as synchronized swimming.

Cardinal Gerhard Müller said this week that many bishops today are involved in “a blatant process of Protestantizing” the Catholic Church, leaving many of the faithful confused and disoriented.

French President Emmanuel Macron met with Pope Francis in the Vatican Tuesday, after Sunday polls showed him with his lowest popularity rating since taking office.

In one of the most egregious cases of journalistic deception in recent memory, Reuters has spun Pope Francis to literally say the opposite of what he said regarding President Trump and immigration.

“The Middle East today is a crossroads of difficult, painful situations,” Pope Francis said Friday, while suggesting that some would like to see the Christian presence eliminated.

Pope Francis has insisted in a new interview that America’s immigration problem dates back to well before the Trump Administration.

Populism will not solve Europe’s immigration crisis, Pope Francis asserts in a new interview, insisting that Europe is the cause of many of Africa’s problems and has a responsibility to welcome and assist those who come looking for a better life.

Pope Francis plugged World Refugee Day on Sunday, reiterating his appeal for a streamlining of international migration and a greater appreciation for the positive contribution provided by immigrants.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has announced a joint venture with the Vatican to co-host a meeting next September on “migration, xenophobia, and politically motivated populism.”

In a powerful address Saturday, Pope Francis said that prenatal testing to determine the presence of abnormalities for the purpose of abortion mirrors the Nazi practice of eugenic screening and ethnic cleansing.

Pope Francis is counseling young people to be audacious and idealistic, insisting Wednesday that mediocrity is the greatest enemy of the young, stunting their growth and turning them into “Christian midgets.”

Pope Francis asserted in a message released by the Vatican Thursday that poverty is not the natural condition of man but is always the fruit of someone else’s sin.

Pope Francis has called for a “change in mindset” regarding immigration, insisting in a message Thursday that migrants are not a threat to society but, rather, an enrichment that should be appreciated as such.

Humanity must devise a “long-term global strategy” to meet the problem of climate change, Pope Francis said Saturday, which requires phasing out fossil fuels.

Pope Francis has once again denounced an “ecological crisis” sweeping the world, which is allegedly producing a “growing exodus of climate migrants and environmental refugees.”

ROME– Pope Francis has sent a birthday letter to Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian founder of Liberation Theology, thanking him for his “theological service” to the Church and humanity.

The head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office said Tuesday that the church’s ban on women priests is permanent and irreformable because it is “bound by the Lord’s decision” to ordain only men.

The Vatican has struck back at the system that decreed the death of young Alfie Evans, publishing a ten-point “Charter of the Rights of the Incurable Child” Monday.

Pope Francis said that men with “deeply rooted” homosexual tendencies or who “practice homosexual acts” should not be allowed to enter the seminary, in a meeting with the Italian bishops’ conference (CEI) on Monday.

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has defended reported comments by Pope Francis to a gay Chilean man that “being gay doesn’t matter,” saying they represent “conservative” Catholic teaching.

Pope Francis told Italian bishops Monday that his greatest concern is Europe’s vocational crisis, with fewer and fewer young men and women entering the priesthood and consecrated life.

Chilean Juan Carlos Cruz, a victim of alleged clerical sexual abuse, claims that in a recent meeting with Pope Francis the pontiff told him that God had made him gay and loves him the way he is.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ reported comments to a gay man that “God made you like this” have been embraced by the LGBT community as another sign of Francis’ desire to make gay people feel welcomed and loved in the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will name 14 new cardinals on June 29, including the redoubtable head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Iraqi Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako.

The entire body of the Chilean Catholic bishops’ conference—34 bishops in all—submitted signed resignations to Pope Francis this week over the country’s clerical sex abuse crisis.

The Vatican issued guidelines for an ethical reform of the international economic-financial system on Thursday, just weeks after indicting the former president of the Vatican Bank for embezzlement.

In a special appeal Wednesday, Pope Francis made known his worry and sadness over escalating violence in the Holy Land, while wishing Muslims a fruitful season of Ramadan.

Italy’s abortion lobby has appealed to the mayor of Rome to have pro-life posters removed in the lead-up to the city’s annual March for Life.