Tag: Pope Francis

• Tuesday, August 26th 2014 - 07:18 UTC

  Vatican downplays threats on the life of Francis: avoid creating “a climate of terror”

  

  Speaking with Argentina TV stations, Vatican Chief of Ceremonial, Guillermo Karcher played down the threats against Francis saying that “the Pope is not giving substance” to the reports. He explained that the Vatican security measures have not been increased since there has been “no official” threat.

• Thursday, August 21st 2014 - 06:26 UTC

  Soccer fan Pope Francis receives San Lorenzo, South America's best team

  

  Soccer took center stage at the Vatican Wednesday morning when members of Argentina's San Lorenzo visited their most famous fan, Pope Francis, to share the joy of winning the Copa Libertadores last week.

• Wednesday, August 20th 2014 - 00:08 UTC

  Three relatives of Pope Francis killed in car accident in Argentina

  

  Three relatives of Pope Francis, including two young children, died on Tuesday when their car slammed into the back of a truck in Argentina. The Pope's nephew, Emanuel Horacio Bergoglio, who was driving the car, was in a serious condition after the accident, officials said.

• Tuesday, August 19th 2014 - 08:20 UTC

  South Korea was a feast, but more important China warmed up to Pope Francis

  

  Pope Francis ended his first official visit to Asia on Monday with a fresh overture to China and a call for reconciliation between South Korea and its totalitarian neighbor, North Korea. As the pope flew across Chinese airspace on his return flight to Rome, he sent a telegram — his second during the trip — to President Xi Jinping, expressing his “divine blessings” for the powerful leader and the Chinese people.

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 05:58 UTC

  Argentines consider Mujica far “more honest” than Cristina Fernandez

  

  An 'honesty' ranking by Argentine pollster, Giacobbe & Associates, based on 500 names, both alive and deceased, shows the country's public opinion poor belief in the political system, with president Cristina Fernández ranked 38, fourteen positions down from a similar poll last year and behind her Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica ranked 11.

• Saturday, July 19th 2014 - 07:51 UTC

  Pope sends message demanding justice on 20th anniversary of AMIA bombing

  

  On the 20th anniversary of the AMIA Jewish community center bombing, the Argentine pontiff sent a message for “justice” to Argentina’s Israeli community and relatives of the 85 victims that resulted dead in the attack.

• Monday, July 7th 2014 - 22:31 UTC

  Francis 'humbly' asks for forgiveness from victims of 'clerical sexual abuse'

  

  Pope Francis on Monday morning “humbly” asked six clerical sex abuse victims for forgiveness for the “grave crimes of clerical sex abuse” committed against them. The Pope made his comment to the victims in a homily delivered at mass in the Domus Santa Marta, his Vatican residence.

• Tuesday, June 17th 2014 - 06:37 UTC

  Argentina pressing Francis over Falklands' dispute, says Vatican expert

  

  Vatican officials are becoming increasingly irritated with the Argentine government after its ambassador to Britain, who is a vocal critic of the UK policy regarding the Falkland Islands, requested a private audience with the Argentine born pontiff, reports a piece by Edward Pentin, published by Newsmax.com.

• Friday, June 6th 2014 - 08:21 UTC

  Pope's broom again active: names four experts to watchdog Vatican finances

  

  Pope Francis sacked on Thursday the five-man board of the Vatican's financial watchdog, all Italians, in the latest move to break with an old guard associated with a murky past under his predecessor.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2014 - 09:04 UTC

  Celibacy of priests is not a matter of Church dogma, says Pope Francis

  

  Pope Francis said on Monday that the celibacy of priests is not a matter of Church dogma, while defending its value amid calls among some Catholics for the requirement to be dropped.