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Pope Francis insisted Thursday that “safer routes” and expanded “channels” must be established for migrants wishing to leave their countries in search of a better life.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has sharply criticized the Vatican’s lukewarm words on the October 7 Hamas terror attack in Gaza, calling for an “unequivocal condemnation” of the lethal aggression.

Pope Francis appealed Sunday for an end to the bloodshed in Gaza, underscoring the need to protect the civilian population.

Belgian Catholic Bishop Johan Bonny sparked controversy by suggesting that euthanasia is not necessarily morally wrong in all circumstances.

John Kerry has congratulated Pope Francis for a new letter on the “climate crisis” in which the pope calls out the United States for its high per capita carbon emissions.

The formidable Cardinal Joseph Zen asks in a recent letter to his brother bishops why the Catholic Church would embark on a path of “synodality” when it has delivered such terrible results in Germany.

Pope Francis has thrown the moral authority of the papacy behind the so-called climate crisis, insisting that the world “is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point” due to global warming.

Father Timothy Radcliffe opened the Vatican Synod by confessing, “I am old, white, a Westerner, and a man! I don’t know which is worse.”

ROME — Kazakh Bishop Athanasius Schneider has joined the many Catholic prelates warning of nefarious plotting behind the scenes of the upcoming Vatican “Synod on Synodality.”

Pope Francis condemned France’s proposed end-of-life legislation Saturday, asserting that “life is not to be played with.”

Pope Francis has launched an appeal to rescue more migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and bring them to Europe despite the record numbers already arriving.

The Vatican announced Tuesday that it will generate a carbon credit to offset the climate debt incurred by its upcoming synod of bishops in Rome.

Pope Francis engaged former U.S. President Bill Clinton via zoom Monday, stressing the urgency of addressing the climate change “catastrophe,” the migration “crisis,” and war.

Americans are split in their opinion of Pope Francis, with equal numbers “very favorable” and “very unfavorable” toward the Argentine pontiff, a poll reveals.

“Rocky” star Sylvester Stallone visited the Vatican with his family on Friday and met Pope Francis, who told the actor that he is a big fan of his films. The two then playfully traded punches together.

The Taiwanese government praised Pope Francis’ diplomatic outreach to Beijing this week while sharply criticizing “China’s deteriorating religious freedom and human rights.”

Pope Francis said Monday that the Vatican is walking a “friendly path” with China, insisting that “relations are moving forward” on both sides.

Pope Francis took advantage of his trip to Mongolia Sunday to reach out to Chinese Catholics, exhorting them to be “good citizens.”

Close papal confidante Father Antonio Spadaro has launched the unusual hypothesis that Jesus Christ needed to be converted from a rigid, nationalistic Judaism to a more inclusive religiosity.

The Kremlin thanked Pope Francis for his “balanced line” after he offered tribute to “great Mother Russia” over the weekend.

Pope Francis has doubled down in his personal war on fossil fuels while condemning “extreme practices” such as fracking.

Ukrainian political and religious leaders have objected strongly to a speech by Pope Francis exalting Russian history.

ROME — Pope Francis has appealed for more changes in Catholic teaching, lamenting the “backwardism” of conservative Catholics in the United States.

Pope Francis has enlisted the help of sympathetic journalists to help him put a positive spin on the upcoming “synod on synodality” after several prominent cardinals have criticized the event.

Cardinal Raymond Burke, the former head of the Vatican’s highest court, warns in a new book that a move toward “synodality” is causing “evident and grave harm” to the Church.

The Vatican newspaper has slammed the U.S. for its southern border fence with a frontpage article decrying “that inhuman wire.”

Pope Francis has called for more effective aid to migrants trying to reach European shores, decrying the death toll of those attempting the perilous journey from north Africa to Italy.

Pope Francis has mourned the death of 41 shipwrecked migrants in the Mediterranean Sea in the midst of a new wave of immigration from Africa into Italy.

Pope Francis began his four-day visit to Portugal for World Youth Day by blasting capitalism, populism, and insufficient attention to migrants and climate change.

Salvation, holiness, and evangelization will share the stage with an overtly environmentalist program at World Youth Day 2023, the largest Catholic youth festival of the year.

Pope Francis told a young transgender person this week that God loves all of us as we are and finds none of us “disgusting.”

The Vatican announced this weekend that it will accept China’s autonomous appointment of a Catholic bishop without Church approval.

Portuguese Bishop Américo Aguiar, tapped by Pope Francis to become a cardinal, has caused a stir by insisting that the Catholic Church is not trying to convert young people to Jesus Christ.

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, the newly appointed prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (DDF), insisted in a recent interview that he is not a Freemason or a “Soros spy infiltrated in the Church.”

Pope Francis received former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Alex Soros (son of billionaire George Soros) in a private audience in the Vatican’s Santa Marta residence Wednesday.

Pope Francis has elevated Argentinian Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, his longtime friend and ghostwriter, as new chief of the Vatican’s powerful doctrinal office.