Tag: Pope Francis

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Chile's President meets Argentina-born Pope; no comments about the latest territorial dispute

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Thursday met with Pope Francis at The Vatican during one of his stops on his current European tour.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 08:04 UTC

  Pope Francis refers to Afghanistan confusing statements from Merkel and Putin

  

  Despite having screened an interview to a Spanish radio station, Pope Francis nevertheless on Wednesday confused statements from German Chancellor Angela Merkel with those from Russian president Vladimir Putin.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  Vatican's major trial for financial crimes involving two cardinals takes off

  

  Cardinal Angelo Becciu is one of ten defendants in what is the Vatican’s largest trial for financial crimes in the modern era. The cardinal is going before the Vatican tribunal for the first time since Pope Francis changed norms in April to allow cardinals and archbishops to be tried by lay judges, in this case on charges of embezzlement and abuse of office.

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 07:42 UTC

  Pope Francis recovering well after colon surgery

  

  Pope Francis was recovering well after undergoing colon surgery Sunday at the Gemelli Polyclinic hospital in Rome, according to the first medical report.

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 02:55 UTC

  Pope Francis recovering well after colon surgery

  

  Pope Francis was recovering well after undergoing colon surgery Sunday at the Gemelli Polyclinic hospital in Rome, according to the first medical report.

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis: Pope rejects resignation of Munich's cardinal

  

  Pope Francis rejected the offer of resignation from the Archbishop of Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx on Thursday, who had told the pope he would step down amid the sexual abuse crisis.

• Tuesday, March 16th 2021 - 08:19 UTC

  Roman Catholic Church blunt reply: no blessing for same sex unions

  

  The Vatican's orthodoxy office announced on Monday that the Roman Catholic Church could not bless same-sex relationships, in a statement approved by Pope Francis. The statement came from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in response to a question about the church's power to bless same-sex unions.

• Monday, March 8th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Ululations of joy during the Pope's four day visit to Irak

  

  Pope Francis met Christians on Sunday in an ancient church torched by the ISIS terror group when it swept into the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh in 2014. After the militants were ousted from the town in 2016, the Al-Tahera (Immaculate Conception) Church’s imposing marble floors and columns were restored and the faithful gathered there on Sunday to welcome the pontiff.

• Sunday, February 28th 2021 - 10:15 UTC

  Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, “I will not return to Argentina”

  

  Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, still the Catholic pontiff, without returning to spend his final days in his native Argentina, according to a new book titled The Health Of Popes.

• Monday, February 1st 2021 - 04:40 UTC

  Pope Francis instates the World Day for Grandparents, fourth Sunday in July

  

  Following the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis announced the institution of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will take place each year on the fourth Sunday in July, close to the feast of Sts Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus.