Tag: Pope Francis

Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 00:04 UTC
US President and Pope discuss climate change and COVID-19 vaccines

US President Joseph Biden Friday met in Vatican City with Pope Francis, in an encounter during which climate change and COVID-19 vaccines topped the agenda at the same time the issue of abortion was cautiously overlooked by the Catholic Church's leader and one of his most prominent adherents.
Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 07:06 UTC
Pope Francis tells Judges that there is “no democracy with empty stomachs”

Pope Francis last week sent a video to a meeting of the Committee of Pan American Judges for Social Justice and Franciscan doctrine, recalling particularly to Argentine magistrates that “there is no democracy with hungry people”.
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.