Mikati meets Pope Francis
NNA – Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has arrived at the Holy See in the Vatican to meet with Pope…
Pope Francis calls the Catholic Church’s ban on priests having sex “temporary”
WhatsNew2Day Pope Francis calls the Catholic Church’s ban on priests having sex “temporary” that opens the door to revision of…
Approachable and opaque: 10 years of Pope Francis
When the papal conclave elected a clergyman from Argentina as pope on March 13, 2013, the world immediately started asking…
Pope Francis wraps up South Sudan trip with urge to end ‘blind fury’ of violence
Pope Francis wound up a peace mission to South Sudan on Sunday urging the people to make themselves immune to…
Pope Francis meets children displaced by war on South Sudan peace pilgrimage
Pope Francis on Saturday urged South Sudan's leaders to restore "dignity" to the millions of their countrymen affected by conflict,…
Pope Francis excoriates ‘brutal atrocities’ in DR Congo
Pope Francis on Wednesday slammed "brutal atrocities, which bring shame upon all humanity" in eastern DR Congo, after hearing testimony…
Pope Francis to spotlight conflicts ‘world has tired of’ on trip to DR Congo, South Sudan
Pope Francis sets off Tuesday on a six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan, two…
Pope Francis: Homosexuality Is Not a ‘Crime’
Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters ROME—In what has already started to ruffle feathers in the conservative reaches of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis…
Pope Francis pleads for end to ‘senseless’ Ukraine war in Christmas message
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for an end to the "senseless" war in Ukraine, in his traditional Christmas message from…
Pope Francis condemns greed, hunger for power in Christmas Eve homily
Pope Francis on Saturday led the world's Catholics into Christmas, saying in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine…