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Pope Francis mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II Thursday, while praising her service to the nation and her Christian devotion.

Pope Francis called for zero tolerance of the sexual abuse of children, telling Portuguese television that such crimes are “diabolical.”

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told Italian television Friday evening that the Holy See will pursue a renewal of its secret accord with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regarding the appointment of bishops in China.

Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez began his third week in captivity without charges Friday following his arrest by the government of dictator Daniel Ortega.

Pope Francis praised the recently deceased Mikhail Gorbachev as a visionary statesman Wednesday, underscoring his key contribution to Russian progress.

Pope Francis repeated his belief Wednesday that mankind is in the midst of the third world war in remarks during his weekly general audience.

The Vatican said Tuesday that Pope Francis has no “political position” on Russia’s war on Ukraine but he condemns it unequivocally.

The socialist regime of Nicaragua has doubled down on its fierce campaign against the Catholic Church in the nation throughout August by arresting members of the church and indiscriminately closing down Catholic radio stations throughout the country.

Pope Francis said that both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war suffer from “madness,” an affirmation that provoked a sharp rebuke from Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See.

Exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Silvio José Báez said Sunday that what is needed in Nicaragua is freedom and not negotiations with dictator Daniel Ortega, in an apparent correction to Pope Francis, who has called for “dialogue” to resolve the situation.

Pope Francis sent a telegram Thursday expressing his condolences for the Coptic Church fire in Giza, Egypt, that claimed the lives of dozens and left many more injured.

Pope Francis reiterated his appeal for an intergenerational alliance between young and old Wednesday, insisting the elderly “possess the wisdom of dying.”

The Ukrainian ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash, has invited Pope Francis to come pray at the mass graves of “innocent victims massacred by the Russian army.”

A new Vatican questionnaire offers respondents a third option when declaring their sex, namely: male, female, and other.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on the phone with Pope Francis Friday, thanking him for his prayers and asking for support.

Pope Francis met a group of transsexuals in the Vatican this week, the fourth such encounter just in 2022, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reports.

Pope Francis warned Wednesday that the pursuit of “eternal youth” is a dangerous pipe dream that prevents people from focusing on things that really matter.

The Vatican has named the former president of Greenpeace Italy to oversee the transition of Saint Peter’s Basilica to zero carbon emissions, Italian media reported Monday.

Pope Francis pointed to the departure of ships filled with grain from Ukrainian ports as fruit of dialogue and a sign of hope Sunday.

Pope Francis met on Saturday morning with Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash, to discuss a possible visit to Kyiv.

The Nicaraguan National Police announced Friday it has opened an investigation into Catholic leaders for allegedly inciting violent acts with the intent of destabilizing the country.

Pope Francis met Friday morning with the number two man of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, the Vatican has reported.

Pope Francis has once again criticized traditionalist Catholics as woefully stuck in the past and dangerously opposed to change.

Nicaraguan Catholics are reportedly increasingly upset at Pope Francis for remaining silent as the oppressive Communist regime of dictator Daniel Ortega shuts down Catholic radio stations and sends goon squads to harass protesters.

Pope Francis offered prayers for Ukraine Sunday while urging the warring parties to “stop and negotiate.

The colonization of the Americas by the British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese constituted “genocide,” Pope Francis told reporters during his flight back from Canada on Friday.

Humanity’s dark history of colonization is unfortunately not ended, Pope Francis said Wednesday, because it lives on in the ideological colonization of “cancel culture.”

A major organization of Inuit native Canadians has insisted that Pope Francis’ apology was insufficient, calling on the Catholic Church to pony up monetary reparations.

Pope Francis held his first meeting with indigenous peoples of Canada on Monday, in which he repeatedly apologized for the sins and evil committed by Christians against the native population.

Pope Francis left early Sunday on a week-long “penitential” trip to Canada, in which he will meet with a number of indigenous people to aid in “healing and reconciliation.”

Pope Francis has demoted the leader of the conservative Opus Dei group from bishop to priest, revoking the structure ordained by Saint John Paul II.

The Vatican sought to rein in the unruly German Catholic “Synodal Way” Thursday, declaring it has no authority to enact “new approaches to doctrine and morals” contrary to those of the universal Church.

We humans “must repent and modify our lifestyles” because of our abuse of Mother Earth, Pope Francis states in a message released Thursday.

The Vatican’s foreign minister said that the Holy See has a much better relationship with the Biden administration than it did with “the previous administration” in an interview published Wednesday.

The Vatican’s foreign minister said that Pope Francis is “very committed to multilateralism” and “believes in the multilateral system,” in an interview published Monday.

Pope Francis has reasserted his distress over climate change and has instructed the Holy See to sign onto the 2015 Paris Climate Accord.