Tag: Pope Francis

• Wednesday, January 15th 2014 - 00:00 UTC

  Francis surprises conservatives with strong mention against the 'horrific' practice of abortion

  

  Pope Francis, whom conservatives in the Roman Catholic Church have accused of not speaking out forcefully enough against abortion, has called the practice “horrific.” The pope made his toughest remarks to date on abortion in his yearly address to diplomats accredited to the Vatican, a speech known as his “State of the World” address.

• Monday, January 13th 2014 - 06:55 UTC

  Pope puts his stamp as he names 19 new cardinals, including his Buenos Aires successor

  

  Pope Francis put his first stamp on the group at the top of the Roman Catholic hierarchy naming 19 new cardinals from around the world. Sixteen of them are “cardinal electors” under 80 and thus eligible to enter a conclave to elect a pope. They come from Italy, Germany, Britain, Nicaragua, Canada, Ivory Coast, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, Chile, Burkina Faso, the Philippines and Haiti.

• Monday, January 13th 2014 - 06:49 UTC

  Francis baptizes children of an unmarried couple and a from a single mother

  

  Pope Francis has baptized 32 babies in the Sistine Chapel and told their mothers to have no qualms about feeding them there. Two of the infants are the daughter of a couple that did not get married in the Catholic Church and a single mother's son.

• Friday, January 3rd 2014 - 00:24 UTC

  Record breaking Pope: Francis drew more than 6.6 million people to his audiences

  

  Pope Francis drew more than 6.6 million people to his audiences, Masses and other events in Vatican City during his first year in office, figures show. The statistics cover the period from the Argentine's election in March to the end of 2013, the Vatican said.

• Friday, December 13th 2013 - 12:30 UTC

  Francis calls for more wealth-sharing among people and nations to narrow rich/poor gap

  

  Pope Francis attacked mega-salaries and big bonuses saying in the first peace message of his pontificate that they are symptoms of an economy based on greed and inequality

• Wednesday, December 11th 2013 - 22:56 UTC

  The humble Pope Francis named “Person of the Year” by Time magazine

  

  Time magazine named Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, crediting him with shifting the message of the Catholic Church while capturing the “imaginations of millions” who had become disillusioned with the Vatican.

• Wednesday, December 4th 2013 - 00:53 UTC

  Commemorative coin: “Tribute from the Argentine People to Pope Francis”

  

  Argentine Lower House passed last week a bill creating a commemorative coin as a tribute to Latin America's first Pope. Lawmaker Oscar Cachi Martinez first proposed the measure in April, and it garnered approval from congressional committees during November. The next step is for the bill to the considered by the Senate.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2013 - 20:17 UTC

  Pope Francis condemns unfettered capitalism as a ”new tyranny' and calls for renewed Church

  

  Pope Francis called for renewal of the Roman Catholic Church and attacked unfettered capitalism as “a new tyranny”, urging global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality in the first major work he has authored alone as pontiff.

• Saturday, November 23rd 2013 - 06:17 UTC

  Pope asked Blatter to use football to promote peace in the world and help the poor

  

  FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter was granted a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican at lunchtime on Friday. During the discussions, the Holy Father asked FIFA to use football to promote peace in the world and to help the poor.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 21:17 UTC

  Paraguayan congress should vote Venezuela's incorporation to Mercosur before December summit

  

  Foreign minister Eladio Loizaga revealed that the Paraguayan congress must first approve Venezuela's protocol of incorporation to Mercosur before the country can attend the coming bloc's summit scheduled for next 17 December in Caracas.