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Pope Francis met with more than 100 comedians in the Vatican Friday, including Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, and Whoopi Goldberg, praising their “ability to speak to all types of people.”

Pope Francis has written a glowing forward to a new book by gay rights activist Father James Martin, calling him a “person who has fallen in love with the Word of God.”

Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny downplayed the immigration issue prior to European elections, insisting that it is “false” to speak of a global immigration crisis.

Modern migrants share many similarities with the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land, Pope Francis asserts in his message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2024.

Pope Francis berated a group of young priests from Rome this week, accusing them of gossiping about him and acting like women.

Pro-LGBTQ+ Jesuit Father James Martin said Wednesday that he has known “hundreds” of gay priests in his life as a Jesuit.

Pope Francis complained that Catholic seminaries are too full of “faggotry” in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops last week, local media report.

Pope Francis recognized a miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, clearing him to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint.

The Vatican offered a speaking platform this week to Shanghai Bishop Joseph Shen Bin who used the occasion to promote the “Sinicization” of the Catholic Church in China.

Pope Francis expressed his condolences for the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Pope Francis has added to the confusion regarding the blessing of same-sex couples, now insisting that only the individuals may be blessed and not the couple itself.

Pope Francis told CBS that conservatives are willfully blind and manifest a “suicidal attitude” in their narrowmindedness.

Pope Francis warned Thursday that climate change has become a “planetary crisis,” and billions face “an extremely high risk of climate-related devastation.”

Pope Francis has denounced “arguing” about liturgical details after drastically restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass.

Climate change has brought the world to the “breaking point,” Pope Francis asserts in his introduction to a 3-day climate summit to be held in the Vatican in May.

Pope Francis lamented the West’s continued demographic decline, insisting on Friday that fewer kids signals a lack of hope in the future.

The Vatican congratulated Buddhists this week for the feast of Vesak, insisting that the two faiths have a “shared responsibility” to promote peace, reconciliation, and resilience.

Pope Francis has invited California Gov. Gavin Newsom to speak at a climate change summit of mayors and governors in the Vatican from May 15-17.

Pope Francis told CBS News this week that climate change deniers are “stupid” even in the face of compelling evidence of a climate emergency.

Conservative Bishop Joseph Strickland, who was ousted from his Texas diocese by Pope Francis last year, has denounced a “corrupt Vatican.”

Pope Francis commemorated Earth Day Monday by warning that the planet is “falling into ruin” thanks to humanity’s failure to protect it.

Bishop William F. Medley of Owensboro, Kentucky, has reported growing “frustration” with Pope Francis among the faithful of his diocese over the ambiguity of the pope’s teaching.

Pope Francis received Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in a private audience Saturday, the Vatican Press Office reported.

Pope Francis’ favorability rating has been dropping constantly among U.S. Catholics over the past 10 years, according to an April Pew Research Center poll.

Vatican prosecutor Alessandro Diddi has filed charges against an Italian Catholic journalist, accusing him of “defamation” of Pope Francis as well as divulging confidential documents.

Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah told a meeting of Catholic bishops in Cameroon this week that they had offered an inestimable service to Church unity by their “courageous and prophetic” opposition to the blessings for gay couples recently permitted by the Vatican.

Several groups of dissident Catholics have reacted fiercely to the Vatican’s recent confirmation of its unconditional support for human life and male-female complementarity.

The Vatican has issued a stinging condemnation of the “deplorable” practice of human surrogacy, calling for its universal prohibition.

The Vatican has reiterated its absolute condemnation of abortion as a “particularly serious” crime against human life.

Pope Francis reiterated his appeal for a negotiated solution to the armed conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, urging efforts to decrease tensions.

Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, in September, the Vatican has announced.

Pope Francis stayed home on Good Friday instead of presiding over the Stations of the Cross (Viacrucis) at Rome’s Colosseum as previously announced.

Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 women inmates at a Roman prison Thursday evening, the first time any pope included no men in the Holy Thursday ritual.

Pope Francis wrote a letter to a group of mostly South American migrants Thursday, calling them “the suffering flesh of Christ.”

The Vatican’s decision to allow priests to bless same-sex couples was seen as the imposition of Western practices on Africa, a form of “cultural colonization,” a leading African Cardinal has stated.

The Vatican’s flip-flop on blessings for gay couples has set ecumenical dialogue with Coptic Christians back 20 years, Zenit News Service reported this week.