“Just had a wonderful conversation with Pope Francis offering condolences from the People of the United States for the horrible and destructive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Pope Francis urged Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg to continue her crusade against climate change, during a brief meeting at the end of his general audience Wednesday.
Pope Francis sent a letter of condolence and his apostolic blessing to the people of France Tuesday, following the blaze that devoured large sections of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
The Vatican sent out a message of mourning Monday after a devastating fire consumed much of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral.
Pope Francis traveled to the residence of his predecessor, emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, to wish him a happy 92nd birthday, which he celebrates tomorrow.
Pope Francis praised Jesus’ “impressive” silence during his passion, having compared his own silence to that of Jesus in the past.
The head of the Lebanese Maronite Church, Patriarch Bechara Raï, pleaded for the immediate return of Syrian refugees to their home country in his homily on Palm Sunday.
Pope Francis said that mobile phones can become addictive, hindering rather than helping authentic communication, in an address to students Saturday.
Pope Francis addressed organ donation Saturday morning, urging Catholics to promote this practice as “an offering to the Lord.”
Emeritus Pope Benedict has emerged from his cone of silence to offer a personal analysis of the clerical sex abuse crisis, citing the sexual revolution, a corruption of moral theology, and the formation of “homosexual cliques” in seminaries as causes of the problem.
The cause for beatification of Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest whose throat was slit by jihadists in 2016, took an important step forward Wednesday as the Vatican received a massive dossier on his case from the archdiocese of Rouen, France.
Italian media have raised an alarm over attempts by the Vatican communications office to censor Pope Francis’ words in an apparent effort to make them more palatable to a global audience.
Pope Francis blamed Europe and the United States for the deaths of children in Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan in an address this weekend, declaring that there would be no wars if rich Western countries did not manufacture and sell arms.
Pope Francis continued his immigration crusade this weekend, saying that migrants bring with them the wealth of a multicultural and multi-ethnic world.
The highest-ranking African cardinal said this week that the Church risks becoming just another NGO if it focuses on “horizontal” issues like immigration and ecology rather than preaching Jesus Christ.
Pope Francis has appointed Atlanta archbishop Wilton Gregory to head up the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, as protesters try to block the nomination.
Pope Francis walked back an earlier statement Wednesday on God “willing” a plurality of religions, saying that in reality God only permits the existence of many religions.
The Chinese government has forbidden Bishop Vincent Guo Xijin from celebrating the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday unless he enlists as a member of the state-controlled Patriotic Catholic Association (PCA).
Pope Francis said Wednesday that he does not like using the expression “migrants” and prefers instead to speak of “migrant people,” since this better underscores their humanity.
Pope Francis suggested Tuesday that “huge economic interests” are at work in the digital world, capable of manipulating “the democratic process.”
Pope Francis has warned that some unscrupulous politicians exploit the issue of immigration for “political ends,” fueling “fear and alarm.”
Pope Francis used strong language to condemn populism Sunday, suggesting that it gains followers through fear as Hitler did in the 1930s.
Pope Francis and Moroccan King Mohammed VI launched a joint appeal Saturday, urging the protection of the status quo of Jerusalem as the common patrimony of “the followers of the three monotheistic religions.”
Pope Francis told the people of Morocco he will visit them “as a pilgrim of peace and of fraternity” when he travels to the north African nation on Saturday.
Pope Francis sent a telegram to the people of Iran Wednesday, offering condolences for the casualties and destruction caused by extreme flooding in the country.
Pope Francis had strong words for couples who choose not to have children, saying Tuesday that their self-imposed barrenness was at the root of the demographic winter plaguing the West.
The founder of Vatican’s first news insert on women’s issues has quit along with her all-female editorial staff, citing a return of the magazine to “the direct control of men.”
Pope Francis traveled to Rome’s city hall Tuesday, encouraging the mayor and her staff to be welcoming toward migrants and anyone who wants to make his home in the capital.
Pope Francis stressed the importance of the natural family Monday, insisting it is based on the marriage between one man and one woman.
An Irish bishop has come out against Catholics who “demonize” Muslims, insisting that followers of Islam are no more likely to commit terror attacks than Christians.
