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Pope Francis had harsh words for those who criticize him, saying such attacks are “the work of the devil,” La Civiltà Cattolica revealed Tuesday.

The Vatican City State announced Monday that effective October 1 no one can enter its territory without presenting a Green Pass, by order of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for those “unjustly detained in foreign countries,” in hope they will soon be allowed to return to their home countries.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio Friday that during Pope Francis’s visit to Budapest last Sunday, the pontiff urged him to continue his fight for the family.

ROME — Pope Francis told reporters Wednesday that the Catholic Church is intransigent on the matter of abortion because it is “murder.”

Pope Francis urged young people in Slovakia Tuesday to have the courage to dream of marriage and a family.

Pope Francis called for universal condemnation of anti-Semitism Monday evening in an address to Slovakian Jews gathered in Bratislava’s Rybné námestie Square.

Pope Francis extolled the importance of human freedom Monday, insisting it must be “fought for every day.”

Pope Francis praised Hungarian Jews and Christians in his visit to Budapest Sunday for striving to view each other and work together “as brothers and sisters.”

The Chinese Communist Party has been naming Catholic bishops in the country without prior consultation with the Vatican, The Pillar reported this week.

Pope Francis warned against “spiritual worldliness” Saturday, insisting that it is the worst thing that can happen to the Church.

The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán next Sunday when visiting Budapest for the closing of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress.

Pope Francis urged Christians Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary of their baptism each year as “the date on which we became children of God.”

Pope Francis has joined the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in proclaiming climate change “an immediate and urgent matter of survival” for humanity.

The Vatican has announced its intention to play host to Little Amal, an enormous refugee puppet that travels about raising consciousness to the plight of migrants and refugees.

The Vatican has accepted the nomination of Communist Party loyalist Father Joseph Cui Qingqi as the new bishop of Wuhan, who will be ordained on September 8.

The government of Slovakia has revoked its decision to bar unvaccinated people from attending public events during Pope Francis’ upcoming visit.

The Hungarian capital of Budapest is eagerly preparing for next Sunday’s visit of Pope Francis according to the city’s archbishop, Cardinal Péter Erdő.

Pope Francis urged Christians Sunday to let Jesus heal them from interior deafness and so learn to listen to God and to others.

Pope Francis launched an appeal for Afghan refugees Sunday, calling for prayers and generous reception of those seeking asylum.

Pope Francis warned Saturday of “the worsening of multiple converging political and environmental crises,” singling out “hunger, climate, nuclear weapons.”

Pope Francis has defended the 2018 Vatican deal with China over the naming of bishops but acknowledges that “mistakes” can be made.

Pope Francis has continued his environmental crusade, urging Catholics Wednesday to adopt “a simple and environmentally sustainable lifestyle.”

Pope Francis has denounced the modern “throwaway culture” that discards unwanted human beings through abortion and euthanasia.

Pope Francis issued a heartfelt appeal for the Afghan people Sunday, urging Christians to personally assist them by every means at their disposal.

Pope Francis met Thursday with Nadia Murad, a Yazidi activist and winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, the Vatican reported.

Pope Francis condemned hypocrisy Wednesday, insisting that a hypocrite “does not know how to love.”

The former head of the Vatican’s highest court, Cardinal Raymond Burke, has come off a ventilator and has left ICU, as his condition battling the coronavirus improves.

Pope Francis has called on Christians to receive a vaccination against the coronavirus as an “act of love” and a means or promoting the common good.

ROME — Pope Francis called for an end to armed violence in Afghanistan Sunday, urging Christians to pray for peace in the country.

ROME — Jesus Christ is “the bread of life” and “he alone nourishes the soul,” Pope Francis declared Sunday during his weekly Angelus address.

The Caritas office of the Argentinian diocese of Venado Tuerto apologized this week for posting a prayer to Pachamama, an Andean deity, on its social media.

Pope Francis made his first public appearance Wednesday since being hospitalized for colon surgery on July 4, telling crowds that the gospel of Jesus Christ must be accepted exactly as it is.

The former papal nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, has issued a scathing indictment of Pope Francis, calling him “the head of the most extremist faction of progressivism.”

ROME — Pope Francis said Tuesday that the Catholic Church will always be “in crisis” because crisis is a sign of life.

South Korean Archbishop Lazarus You Heung-sik arrived in the Vatican this weekend to assume his new post as prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and said that times have never been better for a papal visit to North Korea.