JUBA – Pope Francis joined other Christian leaders and the UN on Saturday in urging the protection and advancement of women in South Sudan, where rape has been a weapon of war, child brides are common and most girls do not reach secondary education. The rights of girls and women was a recurring theme on […]
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Shun ethnic rivalry and corruption, pope tells African youth
Pope Francis (center) attends a meeting with Bishops at the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KINSHASA – Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people in Democratic Republic of Congo to forge a new future without the ethnic rivalry, corruption and […]
Pope wraps up Congo visit, heads to volatile South Sudan
Pope Francis (center) attends a meeting with Bishops at the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KINSHASA – Pope Francis wraps up an emotional visit to Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday and heads to neighboring South Sudan, another nation struggling […]
Pope calls for end to violence in Peru, respect for human rights
Pope Francis delivers his address from the window of the apostolic palace during the weekly Angelus prayer on Jan 22, 2023 in the Vatican. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to violence in Peru, where nearly 50 people have been killed during anti-government demonstrations in the […]
Pope Francis presides over funeral of predecessor Benedict
Pope Francis attends the funeral of former Pope Benedict, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan 5, 2023. (GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE / REUTERS) VATICAN CITY — To the sound of tolling bells, 12 pallbearers carried the wooden coffin of Pope Benedict out of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday and placed it before thousands of faithful […]
Benedict funeral to be similar to that of reigning popes
Brazilian cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer (left) pays his respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as his body lies in state at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, on Jan 3, 2023. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP) VATICAN CITY – Tens of thousands more people paid homage to former Pope Benedict on Tuesday on the second day […]
Faithful pay respects to former Pope Benedict in St Peter’s
This handout picture taken and released on Jan 2, 2023 by the Vatican media shows the body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI laying in state in a chapel before going to the St Peter's basilica in the Vatican. (HANDOUT / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP) VATICAN CITY – A steady stream of people filed into St. […]
Former Pope Benedict dies aged 95 in Vatican monastery
In this Oct 19, 2014 file photo, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to attend a mass for the beatification of former pope Paul VI in St. Peter's square at the Vatican. (TONY GENTILE / REUTERS) VATICAN CITY – Former Pope Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to […]
Former pope Benedict is ‘very sick’, Pope Francis says
This photo taken and handout on August 27, 2022 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (right) salute Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (lrft) as Benedict XVI's aide Georg Gaenswein looks on, as they prepare to meet with new Cardinals following a consistory to create 20 new cardinals in the Vatican. (HANDOUT / VATICAN MEDIA / […]
Pope says with frailty and age, he is in new phase of papacy
Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on July 3, 2022. (ANDREW MEDICHINI / AP PHOTO) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis said on Saturday that his advancing age and his difficulty walking have ushered in a new, slower phase of […]
Pope arrives in Canada on tour of ‘penance’ for indigenous abuse
Pope Francis (right) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left) take part in a welcoming ceremony for the Pope at Edmonton International Airport in Alberta Province, Canada on July 24, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) EDMONTON, Alberta – Pope Francis landed in Canada on Sunday to kick off a week-long trip that will center […]
Pope travels to Canada on ‘pilgrimage of penance’
Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on July 3, 2022. (ANDREW MEDICHINI / AP PHOTO) EDMONTON, Alberta – Pope Francis is scheduled to land in Canada on Sunday on what he has called a "pilgrimage of penance" to apologize for the […]
Pope Francis denies he is planning to resign soon
Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on July 3, 2022. (ANDREW MEDICHINI / AP PHOTO) VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has dismissed reports that he plans to resign in the near future, saying he is on track to visit Canada this […]