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Pope Francis reached out this week to participants of the 50th annual March for Life in Washington, DC., offering them his apostolic blessing and thanking them for their stalwart defense of the unborn.

Pope Francis offered condolences and prayers Tuesday to the victims and families of a lethal bombing by the Islamic State on a Christian church in eastern Congo that took the lives of at least 14 people and injured more than 60.

The back-to-back deaths of Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop George Pell constitute a “very heavy loss” for the Catholic Church, Archbishop Charles Chaput said Friday.

Australian Cardinal George Pell continues to plague Pope Francis from beyond the grave as a veteran Vatican journalist revealed this week that the late cardinal was the author of a scathing rebuke to Francis released last March.

Pope Francis has praised the late Cardinal George Pell, with whom he had many differences, saying the Australian prelate followed Jesus “unwaveringly” even in the midst of trials.

ROME — The indomitable Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s leading Catholic prelate for decades, died in Rome late Tuesday at the age of 81.

Pope Francis warned Tuesday of the dangers of impersonal algorithms taking control of important aspects of people’s lives.

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (CDF), has criticized Pope Francis for his “imprudence” in clamping down on the Traditional Latin Mass.

Pope Francis outlined global conflicts and injustices Monday, studiously avoiding any negative commentary on China.

Pope Francis once again condemned abortion Monday, insisting that true peace can only be achieved when the unborn are protected.

Pope Benedict XVI described Pope Francis’ decision to ban the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass a “dangerous” error, according to a new book by Benedict’s longstanding secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein.

Pope Francis baptized 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday, calling the celebration a “new birthday” into the Christian life.

Pope Francis recalled the sufferings of the Ukrainian people Sunday, victims of ongoing Russian military aggression since the invasion of February 2022.

VATICAN CITY (AP) – The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter´s Basilica.

Pope Benedict XVI warned in a 2006 book that “Western self-hatred” had become “pathological”, and that the decline of marriage, the family, and depopulation could be the death knell for European identity. 

Cardinal Joseph Zen attended the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican Thursday after Hong Kong authorities granted him leave to travel to Rome for five days.

The Dalai Lama has expressed his “sadness” over the death of Pope Benedict XVI, declaring that the German pontiff lived a “meaningful life.”

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ‘s body is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica as thousands of people lined up hours before dawn on Monday to pay their respects.

Benedict did more to tackle predator priests than any of his predecessors combined, and especially more than John Paul, according to the Associated Press.

A Nigerian nun has denounced ongoing targeted attacks on Christians in her country as well as the Vatican’s silence on the matter.

Benedict XVI, the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, died peacefully in his bed Saturday morning, the Vatican announced.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI felt well enough on Friday to celebrate Mass in his room as his condition remained stable, the Vatican said.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is in “stable” condition at the moment despite a serious decline in health, the Vatican announced Thursday.

Pope Francis urged Christians to reject a secularized version of Christmas Wednesday, and to place Jesus Christ at the core of the festivities.

Pope Francis called on the faithful Wednesday to offer prayers for his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI, who he said is “very ill.”

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis on Wednesday said his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, is “very sick,” and he asked the faithful to pray for the retired pontiff so God will comfort him “to the very end.”

Pope Francis noted Monday that Christmas is followed by several feasts of early Christian martyrs, providing a healthy antidote to the superficiality that sometimes marks the season.

Pope Francis once more condemned the war in Ukraine Sunday, especially the exploitation of food as a weapon of war.

Pope Francis told members of the Roman Curia Thursday that he and they are in “greater danger than anyone else” because they are besieged by the “well-mannered devil.”

Father Frank Pavone, founder of the pro-life organization Priests for Life, has been dismissed from the clerical state for “blasphemous communications on social media” and “persistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop.”

Pope Francis laid out his economic vision Monday, insisting that there are no “free workers” without labor unions.

The Vatican defrocked pro-life priest Father Frank Pavone this week for what it claimed were “blasphemous” social media posts and alleged disobedience to his bishop, but he has vowed to continue exposing abortion, Democrats, and “the Swamp.”

Pope Francis has denied rumors that he had “given it” to the conservative Catholic Opus Dei group when he demoted its leader from bishop to simple priest.

Pope Francis has revealed in an interview released Sunday that he signed a letter of resignation in case of health impediments years ago and delivered it to the Vatican Secretariat of State.

The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis has decided to give three fragments of the Parthenon marbles held in the Vatican Museums back to Greece.

Pope Francis has compared the war in Ukraine to the coronavirus pandemic, lamenting that there is no vaccine for the “virus of war.”