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In a meeting with African bishops Monday, Pope Francis called for more careful instruction for seminarians on dealing with Muslims.  “I think it is important that the clergy receive a more structured training in the seminary in order to carry

Nicki Minaj assumes the role as dictator in her latest music video entitled “Only” which critics argue blatantly glorifies Hitler because of its prominent use of Nazi imagery. In the video, Minaj perches on a throne before an army of

Not all those who claim to be Christians really are, said Pope Francis Friday morning. Some are Christians “in name only,” he said. “They bear the name of Christians but live a life of pagans.” In his homily at Mass,

In a meeting with the World Evangelical Alliance Thursday, Pope Francis expressed his hope in greater unity and collaboration between the two faith communities. “If we really believe in the abundantly free working of the Holy Spirit,” he said, “we

Being a bishop “is not a position of prestige, or an honorific post,” Pope Francis said Wednesday. “The episcopate is not an honor, it’s a service, and that is how Jesus wanted it,” he said. “There should be no place

“Jesus Himself revealed that the death of the body is like a sleep from which He will awaken us. It’s nice to think that Jesus Himself will awaken us,” said Pope Francis Sunday. November 2 marked the feast of All

Pope Francis has conveyed to the United Nations his “strong support for the rapid adoption of steps that would lead to the elimination of weapons of mass destruction.” He also called for “the reduction of the world’s reliance on armed

“In the face of the worsening Ebola epidemic,” Pope Francis said Wednesday, “I wish to express my deepest concern over this relentless disease that is spreading above all on the African continent, especially among the most disadvantaged groups.” At the

In the Church, “we often experience our fragileness and our limitations,” said Pope Francis. “We all have them. We are all sinners.” The Pope pronounced these words in Saint Peter’s Square during his weekly General Audience Wednesday morning, before a

Sir Elton John told a group of star-studded celebrities and donors at his annual AIDS fundraiser in New York on Tuesday that Pope Francis was his hero because of his pro-gay activism within the Catholic church. Elton John reportedly helped raise $3.7 million while

“There is no worse material poverty than that of not being able to earn one’s daily bread,” said Pope Francis Tuesday morning. Unemployment is not inevitable; it is, rather, “the result of a prior social option and an economic system

According to Pope Francis, priests devoted to the ministry of exorcism “manifest the Church’s love and acceptance of those who suffer because of the devil’s works.” Francis wrote these words in a message addressed to Father Francesco Bamonte, the president

The Big Bang “doesn’t contradict the intervention of a divine Creator, but demands it,” Pope Francis said Monday morning, because the beginning of the world “is not the work of chaos.” The Pope was addressing the plenary assembly of the

What does God look like? According to Pope Francis, one discovers Him in the face of every brother and sister–especially the most helpless. “In the midst of the dense forest of rules and regulations,” Pope Francis said to a crowd of

Pope Francis’ provocative statements on criminal law have reopened a heated debate in Italy over the effectiveness and morality of life sentences. In an address to a delegation of the International Association of Penal Law last Thursday, Pope Francis first

Corruption is like “bad breath,” says Pope Francis, “it is hard for the one who has it to realize it; others realize it and have to tell him.” In an address to a delegation of the International Association of Penal

While hardly The DaVinci Code, a new book of recipes published by the elite Swiss Guard promises to reveal “some of the secrets of the Vatican.” The Papal Swiss Guard, the colorful sentries who have sworn to sacrifice their lives,

Pope Francis received the FC Bayern Munich sports club in a private meeting Wednesday, in which he congratulated them for having “played a wonderful game” against Roma the night before, handing the Italian team a 7-1 rout. The team gave

Pope Francis will travel to Turkey Nov. 28-30, the Vatican announced Tuesday, as friction grows between Cyprus and Turkey over Turkish incursions in areas of sea licensed to the Republic of Cyprus. On Monday morning, the Turkish vessel Barbados entered

Pope Francis “favors change on the disciplinary rules on access to sacraments for divorced people who remarried outside the Church,” declared an article in the Huffington Post Monday. The fact that Pope Francis has never said this does not seem

Madonna, who has made a career flouting conventions, customs, and Catholicism cannot be too happy to see her iconic song, “Like a Virgin,” converted into a prayer by the celebrity nun from Italy, Suor Cristina Scuccia. The 26-year-old Suor Cristina

False hopes built up by an initial, unreviewed draft of a Vatican statement on marriage were dashed Saturday as the final document was released without earlier language on “valuing” the homosexual orientation. The final document, or “relatio,” considerably shortened the

Pope Francis’ efforts to inculcate a more merciful approach to homosexuals and divorced persons within the Catholic Church have failed to win the support of the majority of Bishops at the synod on the family. Conciliatory language used in a

Cardinal Raymond Burke, head of the Vatican’s highest court, has confirmed that Pope Francis is transferring him to a largely ceremonial post as patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. In a phone interview with BuzzFeed, Burke, 66 years old,

In the face of widespread confusion following the release of a Vatican document on Monday, Pope Francis has reacted by enlarging the 3-man drafting committee, adding two members. Monday’s document purported to summarize the first week of discussions by the

A row has broken out between the Catholic Bishops attending the Church’s Synod on the Family in Vatican City, after a report on the proceedings – which included references to the “gifts and qualities” that homosexual people can bring to

“If the Church wishes to be clear in her teaching,” a change in ecclesial language “is neither possible nor desirable,” Cardinal Raymond Burke told Breitbart in an interview on Sunday. Cardinal Burke, a canon lawyer, is the equivalent of the

Convicted Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has written a letter of warning to Pope Francis espousing “jihad” and referring to himself as SoA, or “Soldier of Allah.” Hasan gave the six-page, hand-written letter to his attorney John Galligan, instructing

Married couples should cultivate “a healthy eroticism,” a Brazilian couple told the Pope and bishops gathered in the Vatican Thursday morning. Arturo and Hermelinda As Zamberline from Brazil spoke about the importance of keeping passion alive within a marriage, offering

Divisions among Christians “hurt the Church and they wound Christ,” Pope Francis said to tens of thousands of visitors gathered in Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday morning. During her journey through history, “the Church is tempted by the devil who tries

A synod of bishops “is no place for debating bright, original ideas or seeing who is the smartest,” Pope Francis told his fellow bishops this morning. It is for “taking better care of the Lord’s vineyard.” In kicking off the

As scholars learn increasingly more about Pope Pius XII and his leadership of the church during World War II, a more impartial and favorable portrait of the man has emerged, despite negative caricatures that persist in public opinion, including the

Born into slavery and later ordained in Rome, the first African-American diocesan priest has just taken a big step toward being recognized as a Catholic saint. On Monday, the Archdiocese of Chicago closed the final diocesan phase of the investigation

Today Pope Francis received the Assyrian Patriarch of the East, Mar Dinkha IV, assuring him of his “personal commitment” to deepen the dialogue between their two churches and underscoring their common suffering from “the violence that Christians and the faithful

The Pope is not down with a free market that means more participation. What he’s against is “crony capitalism” where the “powerful pick the winners and the losers,” said Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in a televised interview yesterday. Speaking about

Senior courtiers are looking at the possibility of Prince Charles taking over HM The Queen’s duties as she approaches her 90th birthday, according to the Daily Telegraph. A legal mechanism known as the Regency allows an elderly or mentally incapacitated monarch