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Pope Francis has joined the bishops of Myanmar (Burma) in calling for the opening of humanitarian corridors in conflict-torn Myanmar.

Pope Francis proposed Monday that building back better after the coronavirus pandemic involves repudiating the errors of the past.

ROME — Joe Biden’s entourage requested permission for the president to attend Mass with Pope Francis during his European visit, which the Vatican “nixed,” according to a Wednesday report from Catholic News Agency (CNA).

Pope Francis said Monday that poverty is not a natural condition of human beings but always a consequence of the selfishness of others.

Pope Francis said the coronavirus pandemic has underscored humanity’s vulnerability as well as the need for greater “multilateral cooperation.”

Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for the victims of a presumed Islamist slaughter of some 160 civilians in the west African nation of Burkina Faso.

Pope Francis called for religious and political leaders to “shed light” on the discovery of the bodies of over 200 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in western Canada.

Pope Francis has launched another climate warning, asserting that humanity has only “ten years” to restore the earth’s ecosystem.

ROME — Brazilians have demanded an apology from Pope Francis after he joked about the country’s drinking habits and lack of piety.

Pope Francis has urged Christians to pray during the month of June for young men and women preparing for marriage, offering an alternative, Christian message to LGBT Pride events.

The Vatican’s office for interreligious dialogue called for greater collaboration between Christians and Buddhists this week, urging a “universal solidarity” among followers of different religions.

ROME — When we pray, we do not give God orders for Him to serve our projects, Pope Francis told pilgrims to the Vatican on Wednesday.

ROME — Pope Francis underscored the low circulation of L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s semi-official newspaper Monday, insisting the numbers do not do justice to the work involved.

Pope Francis issued a dire report on the state of the planet Tuesday, insisting that the earth is suffering the worst environmental crisis of its history.

Pope Francis has insisted on the rights to peaceful protest, as thousands of Colombians continue marching against government mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic and proposals of tax hikes.

The Catholic Church celebrates Monday the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, that China “may become a force for good and a protector of the rights of the most vulnerable.”

“Embittered” employees of the Vatican City State have written an open letter to Pope Francis protesting recent across-the-board cuts in salary.

Henrik Fisker met with Pope Francis in the Vatican this week and laid out his plans for an all-electric papal transport that can beat out most gasoline-fueled vehicles.

Pope Francis has urged the nations of the world to work to find common solutions to the most urgent problems facing humanity–notably, migration and climate change.

Pope Francis on Friday decried the injustices people living on islands face, underscoring at a conference their disproportionate exposure to the effects of climate change.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said this week that the Holy See is deeply concerned about the volatile situation in Israel, while calling for an end to the violence.

The “scientific consensus” on climate change “calls for a radical change in the way our economic and political systems operate,” said the coordinator of the Vatican’s Ecology and Creation office Tuesday.

Pope Francis has appointed Jesuit Father Stephen Chow Sau-yan to be the new Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong as the latest elevation of members of his order to positions of influence.

ROME — U.S. climate czar John Kerry met with Pope Francis in the Vatican this weekend in preparation for the upcoming U.N. climate conference in Glasgow.

Sam Brownback, the former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, has urged the Vatican to rethink its appeasement policy toward the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Pope Francis denounced escalating violence in Israel Sunday, especially the “unacceptable” killing of children.

Pope Francis urged Myanmar Catholics Sunday to be steadfast in faith in the midst of “violence, conflict, and repression.”

Pope Francis met a delegation of the “Scouts Unitaires” from France in the Vatican Saturday and urged them to integrate their Christian faith into their efforts to be good scouts.

Pope Francis called the sexual exploitation of children a kind of “psychological murder” and a “cancellation of childhood” in an address to an Italian anti-pedophilia group Saturday.

Nancy Pelosi said during her press briefing Thursday she is able to use her “own judgment” regarding the decision to receive Holy Communion.

Pope Francis decried Italy’s “demographic winter” Friday, lamenting that it has the lowest birthrate in Europe, a continent already known for its low natality.

Pope Francis recalled the 40th anniversary of the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope Saint John Paul II Wednesday.

Praying is hard work and not a “walk in the park,” Pope Francis told pilgrims gathered in the Vatican for his general audience Wednesday.

Progressive Catholics in Germany have announced their intent to offer blessings to same-sex couples at dozens of churches around the country this week in defiance of a recent Vatican ban on the practice.

Pope Francis denounced Saturday’s terrorist bombing of a girls’ school in Kabul, Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of at least 50 people, most of them schoolgirls.

Pope Francis urged for common solutions to recent turmoil in Jerusalem Sunday, as the city prepares for Monday’s annual Jerusalem Day parade.