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Pope Francis has launched an appeal to rescue more migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and bring them to Europe despite the record numbers already arriving.

The Vatican announced Tuesday that it will generate a carbon credit to offset the climate debt incurred by its upcoming synod of bishops in Rome.

Pope Francis engaged former U.S. President Bill Clinton via zoom Monday, stressing the urgency of addressing the climate change “catastrophe,” the migration “crisis,” and war.

Americans are split in their opinion of Pope Francis, with equal numbers “very favorable” and “very unfavorable” toward the Argentine pontiff, a poll reveals.

Argentine priests celebrated a “Mass of Atonement” to defend Pope Francis against criticism from presidential frontrunner Javier Milei.

The Taiwanese government praised Pope Francis’ diplomatic outreach to Beijing this week while sharply criticizing “China’s deteriorating religious freedom and human rights.”

Pope Francis said Monday that the Vatican is walking a “friendly path” with China, insisting that “relations are moving forward” on both sides.

Close papal confidante Father Antonio Spadaro has launched the unusual hypothesis that Jesus Christ needed to be converted from a rigid, nationalistic Judaism to a more inclusive religiosity.

The Kremlin thanked Pope Francis for his “balanced line” after he offered tribute to “great Mother Russia” over the weekend.

Pope Francis has doubled down in his personal war on fossil fuels while condemning “extreme practices” such as fracking.

Ukrainian political and religious leaders have objected strongly to a speech by Pope Francis exalting Russian history.

ROME — Pope Francis has appealed for more changes in Catholic teaching, lamenting the “backwardism” of conservative Catholics in the United States.

Pope Francis has enlisted the help of sympathetic journalists to help him put a positive spin on the upcoming “synod on synodality” after several prominent cardinals have criticized the event.

The Vatican newspaper has slammed the U.S. for its southern border fence with a frontpage article decrying “that inhuman wire.”

Pope Francis announced Monday that he is in the midst of writing a second encyclical letter on the environment following his publication of Laudato Sí in 2015.

Pope Francis has called for more effective aid to migrants trying to reach European shores, decrying the death toll of those attempting the perilous journey from north Africa to Italy.

Pope Francis has mourned the death of 41 shipwrecked migrants in the Mediterranean Sea in the midst of a new wave of immigration from Africa into Italy.

Human rights champion Nina Shea has slammed Pope Francis for his policy of appeasement with China, insisting that it emboldens President Xi Jinping in his oppression of Chinese Catholics.

Pope Francis began his four-day visit to Portugal for World Youth Day by blasting capitalism, populism, and insufficient attention to migrants and climate change.

Salvation, holiness, and evangelization will share the stage with an overtly environmentalist program at World Youth Day 2023, the largest Catholic youth festival of the year.

Pope Francis told a young transgender person this week that God loves all of us as we are and finds none of us “disgusting.”

Pope Francis has sent Bologna Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to hand-deliver a personal letter to U.S. President Joe Biden appealing for collaboration in the Ukraine peace process.

The Vatican announced this weekend that it will accept China’s autonomous appointment of a Catholic bishop without Church approval.

Portuguese Bishop Américo Aguiar, tapped by Pope Francis to become a cardinal, has caused a stir by insisting that the Catholic Church is not trying to convert young people to Jesus Christ.

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, the newly appointed prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (DDF), insisted in a recent interview that he is not a Freemason or a “Soros spy infiltrated in the Church.”

Pope Francis has elevated Argentinian Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, his longtime friend and ghostwriter, as new chief of the Vatican’s powerful doctrinal office.

Pope Francis stunned the faithful this weekend when he welcomed some 200 avant-garde artists in the Sistine Chapel, including photographer Andres Serrano, creator of the controversial “Piss Christ” work showing a crucifix submerged in a glass of urine.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, the figurehead “president” the Castro family uses to represent the Cuban Communist Party abroad, held a meeting with Pope Francis on Tuesday as part of a greater tour of Europe including Italy, Serbia, and France.

The Cuban government has underscored the common vision it shares with Pope Francis on a series of issues including nuclear disarmament, environmental protection, and the war on poverty.

Pope Francis received John Kerry in private audience at the Vatican Monday, where the two discussed the importance of combating climate change for the good of the planet.

Pope Francis has promised prayers for the success of an LGBTQQIAAP2S+ conference in New York led by Father James Martin.

Pope Francis was hospitalized for an incisional hernia Wednesday morning and will undergo same-day major surgery under general anesthesia, the Vatican revealed.

Pope Francis told an environmental group this week that he has banned plastic in the Vatican and the small city-state is now “93 percent plastic-free.”

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has tweeted out its support for Pride Month while flying a large rainbow flag in front of the Embassy building, an innovation of the Joe Biden administration.

Director Martin Scorsese recently paid a visit to Pope Francis where he announced that he will be making a new movie about Jesus Christ. 

Pope Francis has condemned “the senseless war against creation” while calling for an end to fracking and fossil fuel use.