Amid renewed concerns about his health, Pope Francis presided over Easter Sunday Mass, and with a hoarse but strong voice, he delivered a major annual
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Inside Pope Francis’ Shift on Catholic Blessings of Same-Sex Couples
In March 2021, as stunned L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics grappled with a Vatican document approved by Pope Francis that ruled against blessing same-sex unions, one of his
Reports Say Pope Francis Is Removing Cardinal Burke’s Vatican Home and Salary
Almost as soon as Pope Francis became the head of the Roman Catholic church in 2013, Raymond Burke, an American cardinal, emerged as his leading
Texas Bishop Loudly Critical of Pope Francis Is Removed
Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of the loudest American voices against Pope Francis within his own church, recently responded to a Vatican investigation
In Marseille, Francis Urges Europe to Heed the Plight of Migrants
Tens of thousands of faithful were drawn on Saturday to a soccer stadium in the south of France, not for a match, but for a
Pope Francis’ Praise for ‘Great Russia’ Empire Draws Criticism
In comments made by video to Catholic youth in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, Pope Francis praised 18th-century Russian rulers and the Great Russia they
Pope Francis Declines to Condemn Russia at Fatima Shrine in Portugal
On Friday afternoon, some of the hundreds of thousands of young Roman Catholic pilgrims filing into a park in Lisbon to pray with Pope Francis
Pope Francis Leaves Rome Hospital and Returns to Vatican After Surgery
Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Friday after he was released from a Rome hospital following abdominal surgery for a hernia, the third time
Pope Francis and Silvio Berlusconi Both Hospitalized in Italy
Two of Italys most powerful octogenarians, Pope Francis and Silvio Berlusconi, whose health conditions have in recent years kept the country in suspense, were both
Pope Francis Is Doing Well After Hernia Surgery, Vatican Says
Pope Francis spent a “day of rest” on Thursday and his recovery was “progressing well,” the Vatican said Thursday evening, a day after he underwent