Cardinal Raymond Burke and Bishop Athanasius Schneider have launched a crusade of prayer and fasting to prevent theological errors from being approved at the upcoming Vatican synod on the Amazon.
Pope Francis met Friday with Stefano Domenicali, president and CEO of the Lamborghini company, saying his generosity resembles that described by Jesus in the gospel.
ROME — Pope Francis has banned plastic in Vatican City State to stand in solidarity with environmentalists. He made the announcement from aboard the papal plane during a long-haul flight back from his recent trip to Africa.
Poverty is not something foreordained or inevitable, Pope Francis told young people in Madagascar on Sunday. He said poverty must be fought against and overcome.
Pope Francis continued his ecological campaign in Madagascar this weekend, admiring the nation’s extensive flora and fauna while warning of devastating fallout due to a loss of biodiversity.
Pope Francis took advantage of his visit to the Zimpeto Hospital in Mozambique Friday to tell patients and doctors that their experience of illness and infirmity should make them more attentive to the sufferings of the environment.
Pope Francis encouraged Mozambique’s political leaders Thursday to employ the “weapons of peace” to continue the process of reconciliation in the strife-torn nation.
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he is honored to be attacked by American conservatives who would like to bring down his pontificate.
Pope Francis spoke out strongly against the practice of euthanasia this week, saying that it embodies a utilitarian vision that dehumanizes people.
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick continues to maintain his innocence in the first interview he has given since being sentenced by the Vatican last July to a life of “prayer and penance.”
Pope Francis has announced his intention to elevate the head of the Vatican’s immigration department to the rank of cardinal.
Pope Francis has named the former Vatican communications czar who was forced to step down in 2018 amid the “Lettergate” scandal as vice-chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
When Pope Francis arrived late for his weekly Angelus message Sunday, he did not blame traffic or the weather, but told the crowds he had been trapped in the papal elevator for 25 minutes.
Human beings have caused “a climate emergency that gravely threatens nature and life itself,” Pope Francis said Sunday before urging “drastic measures” to fight global warming.
Pope Francis famously bellowed “Hagan Lio” to the 300,000 young Catholics gathered at World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro on July 26, 2013, urging them to shake up the complacency of their lives.
A representative of the state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association ordained a new bishop Monday, the first to be ordained since the signing of last year’s Vatican-China deal regarding the naming of bishops.
ROME — The Catholic bishops of Venezuela have thrown their support behind the Vatican’s number-three man, Archbishop Edgar Robinson Peña Parra, claiming accusations of sex abuse leveled against him constitute an attack on Pope Francis.
The Vatican has created a special committee to draw out the principles contained in the controversial Abu Dhabi document, signed last February by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar.
Pope Francis invoked prayers for fire-fighting efforts in the Brazilian Amazon Sunday, saying the region is “vital” for the future of the earth.
Pope Francis has further dug in his heels as the anti-populist pope, writing in the forward to a new book that organized citizens in action are the “antidote to populism.”
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has denied that there is opposition between himself and Pope Francis, saying that meeting the pope would be a “great honor.”
Pope Francis said that it is a “Christian duty” to welcome migrants, insisting that doors should be opened to them rather than closed.
Pope Francis said that citizens of European nations should put the good of Europe before that of their own countries in a remarkably frank interview Friday.
Pope Francis displayed his solid ecological credentials this week, declaring that climate change is a “global emergency” and insisting that what he fears most is a loss of biodiversity.
The United States Catholic bishops toned down language calling for stricter gun control legislation in the midst of three major shooting incidents in the country.
Pope Francis has promised his prayers for the victims of recent shootings in three different American states, declaring Sunday that he is “spiritually close” to those who have suffered from this spate of violence.
Pope Francis has expressed his sorrow over the recent shipwreck off the coast of Libya in which as many as 150 people lost their lives.
The Jesuit flagship publication in the United States, America magazine, has published an article defending Marxism and comparing the murderous, atheist ideology to Christianity.
Pope Francis has written a personal letter to Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad expressing his “deep concern over the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and especially for the tragic situation of the civilian population in Idlib,” according to papal spokesman Matteo Bruni.
ROME — Pope Francis gave a shout-out to the U.S. aerospace program on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo XI moon landing, calling the accomplishment a “great step for mankind.”
Societies must end the use of the word “minority” and redefine the “concept of citizenship,” a top Vatican official argued Thursday at a religious freedom event hosted by the State Department.
The former papal nuncio to the United States has claimed that the “third most powerful person” in the Vatican curia was credibly accused of sexual abuse prior to his appointment, which Pope Francis “essentially ignored.”
The New York Times has lamented Pope Francis’ “retreat from culture-war politics,” suggesting that his alleged absence from political debates has led to Italian Catholics’ embrace of Matteo Salvini and his populist Lega party.
Pope Francis has warned the Catholic Church in Germany that they may be doing the devil’s work if they start striking out on their own on matters of priestly celibacy, sexual morality, and clerical power.
The Vatican has reasserted the absolute inviolability of the sacramental seal of confession, insisting that priests should be prepared to “shed their blood” before ever divulging information heard in the confessional.
Pope Francis will celebrate a “Mass for Migrants” on Monday July 8 to commemorate the sixth anniversary of his visit to Lampedusa in 2013.
Pope Francis showcased the surprise meeting between Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as an example of the “culture of encounter” that he has often touted.
The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis had seen the photograph of two migrants – a father and his baby daughter – who drowned in the Rio Grande while attempting to cross into the US from Mexico and was “profoundly saddened.”
The head of the Vatican delegation to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Wednesday that migrants do not leave their countries “out of free choice” but are compelled to do so.
More and more Dutch Catholics are opting for populist politicians and parties, a new report asserts, despite repeated warnings from Pope Francis of the dangers of populism.
