Clerical sex abuse: Pope Francis’ thorniest challenge

Clerical sex abuse: Pope Francis’ thorniest challenge

Vatican City: The Vatican’s first report on protecting minors, due Tuesday, was compiled at the request of Pope Francis, for whom clerical child sex abuse has presented the thorniest challenge. Since becoming head of the Catholic Church in March 2013, Francis, 87, has sanctioned top clergy and made reporting abuse mandatory — but victims say … Read more

Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to address a G7 summit. He’s raising the alarm about AI

Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to address a G7 summit. He’s raising the alarm about AI

Pope Francis is no stranger to artificial intelligence – a deepfake photo of him in a white puffer jacket went viral last year – but his concerns about AI go far beyond an unflattering shot and are now taking center stage at the Group of Seven summit. Francis will address G7 leaders on Friday at … Read more

Pope acknowledges criticism and health issues but says in his new memoir he has no plans to retire

Pope acknowledges criticism and health issues but says in his new memoir he has no plans to retire

Italian journalist and writer Fabio Marchese Ragona holds a copy of “Life: My Story Through History” as he poses for a picture before the start of an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome on March 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from … Read more

Pope canonises first female Argentine saint before meeting with Milei

Pope canonises first female Argentine saint before meeting with Milei

Argentina’s President Javier Milei and Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican February 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis elevated to sainthood the first female saint from his native Argentina on February 11, an event that brought to the Vatican his former vocal critic, Argentine President Javier Milei. … Read more

Pope Francis says Africans are 'special case' when it comes to LGBT blessings

Pope Francis says Africans are 'special case' when it comes to LGBT blessings

File picture of Pope Francis leading a prayer from his window at the Vatican on January 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: via Reuters Pope Francis said in an interview published on Monday he is confident critics of his decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples will eventually understand it, except for Africans who are “a … Read more

Pope wants to be buried outside Vatican; simplify papal funeral rites

Pope wants to be buried outside Vatican; simplify papal funeral rites

Pope Francis interacts with children during a weekly general audience, at the Vatican. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate funeral rites for a pontiff and be the first one to be buried outside the Vatican in more than a century. The pope, who turns 87 on Sunday, disclosed … Read more

Pope Francis says two-state solution needed for Israel-Palestine

Pope Francis says two-state solution needed for Israel-Palestine

VATICAN CITY -Pope Francis said on Wednesday a two-state solution was needed for Israel and Palestine in order to put an end to wars such as the current one and called for a special status for Jerusalem. In an interview with Italian state television RAI’s TG1 news channel, Francis also said he hoped a regional … Read more

Pope Francis offers prayers after Odisha train accident

Pope Francis offers prayers after Odisha train accident

Derailed coaches of the Coromandel express are seen on its accident spot at Bahanaga railway station in Balasore district of Odisha on June 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Pope Francis on Saturday voiced immense sadness at the Odisha train accident which killed at least 261 people and injured over 900, and offered his … Read more

Pope jokes he’s ‘still alive’ as he leaves hospital | CNN

Pope jokes he’s ‘still alive’ as he leaves hospital | CNN

Rome CNN  —  Pope Francis joked that he is “still alive” as he left the hospital in Rome where he spent the past few days being treated for a respiratory infection. He stopped to talk to well wishers and journalists after being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Saturday morning. The Pontiff was in good … Read more

Pope showing ‘marked improvement,’ could leave hospital soon; PM Modi wishes him speedy recovery

Pope showing ‘marked improvement,’ could leave hospital soon; PM Modi wishes him speedy recovery

Pope Francis helped to get on his car at the end of weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of … Read more