Tag: Pope Francis

Saturday, April 6th 2013 - 03:55 UTC
Francis calls for “decisive action” in the fight against sex abuse of minors by priest

Pope Francis has called for “decisive action” in the fight against sex abuse of minors by priests. He told Bishop Gerhard Mueller, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith - the Vatican watchdog that deals with sex abuse cases - to ensure that perpetrators were punished.
Wednesday, April 3rd 2013 - 03:49 UTC
Francis first real challenge: re-structuring the scandal ridden Vatican bank

Pope Francis, who has said he wants the Catholic Church to be a model of austerity and honesty, could restructure or even close the Vatican's scandal-ridden bank as part of a broad review of its troubled bureaucracy, Vatican sources say.
Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 07:57 UTC
Francis scheduled to visit Argentina, Chile and Uruguay next December

Pope Francis is scheduled to make his first official visit to Argentina, where he was born, next December ‘to be close to his fellow compatriots’, according to ecclesiastic sources in Buenos Aires. The visit in the first half of December could extend to neighbouring Uruguay and Chile.
Saturday, March 23rd 2013 - 10:55 UTC
Timerman denies any Argentine government plot to discredit election of Francis

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman rejected allegations about an alleged “discrediting operation” by Argentina’s ambassador to the Vatican Juan Pablo Cafiero to stop the election of former Buenos Aires city archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new pope and denied that the government has changed its opinion about now Francis.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 23:09 UTC
The Pope is Argentine, but God is Brazilian, says Rousseff; Francis is expected in Rio next July

Argentines are lucky because they have a great Pope, but “if the Pope is Argentine, God is Brazilian”, said Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday following her half hour meeting with Francis and asked by Argentine reporters her impression of the new pontiff.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 08:54 UTC
Francis inaugurates papacy with little pomp and much contact with the faithful

Pope Francis on Tuesday inaugurated his papacy with a Mass in front of hundreds of thousands of people, foreign leaders and the Orthodox Christians Patriarch (first time since the great schism of 1054) in St. Peter's Square with a simplified rite that fuelled hopes for change in the scandal-plagued Roman Catholic Church.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 08:50 UTC
Francis calls on world leaders ‘to be protectors of one another and of the environment’

Under bright sunshine in St. Peter's Square, the Argentine pope insisted with his constant message since he was elected by a secret conclave of cardinals last week: that the Church's mission was to defend the poor and disadvantaged. Francis also called on leaders to protect the people and respect the environment.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 08:40 UTC
Before his coronation mass Francis talked to the Catholics gathered in Plaza de Mayo

As thousands of Argentine Catholics were congregated at Plaza de Mayo in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral, where huge screens and Vatican and Argentine flags were set up for people to joyfully celebrate the beginning of Francis’ papacy, the Pontiff surprised the masses with an unexpected phone call.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 08:35 UTC
Francis first beatification could be a Franciscan friar killed by Argentine military

A Franciscan friar tortured and killed by Argentina’s last civil-military dictatorship, could become the first religious leader to be beatified by Pope Francis according to a piece in the Italian newspaper La Stampa.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 07:23 UTC
Falklands: OAS sceptical about possible mediation from the Pope: he’s Argentine

The Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza is sceptical about a possible mediation from Pope Francis between Argentina and the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute as was requested by President Cristina Fernandez.