Pope Francis

Pope Francis has named pro-LGBT Father Roberto Pasolini “Preacher of the Papal Household,” generating new consternation among the Catholic faithful.

Pope Francis has sent a message to the participants of the United Nations’ COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, urging immediate action to reduce carbon emissions.

Pope Francis has condemned what he described as the “massacre” of 153 women and children in Gaza, insisting that the victims were “innocent.”

Pope Francis offered a message of hope and reconciliation this week to mothers who have aborted their babies, insisting that “evil does not have the last word.”

Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian theologian widely regarded as the father of Liberation Theology, passed away Tuesday, leaving behind mixed legacy of faith, social justice, and Marxism.

Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur has declined Pope Francis’s appointment to become a cardinal, a highly unusual response to an honor of this type.

In a letter to American Catholics, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has thrown his full support behind former President Trump in an election he describes as nothing less than a choice between “freedom and dictatorship.”

More than 500 Belgians are asking to be removed from the baptismal registry after Pope Francis’ recent trip to Luxembourg and Belgium, in which he harshly rebuked efforts to decriminalize voluntary abortion and referred to doctors who perform the procedure as “contract killers.”

A group of LGBTQ+ Catholics met with Pope Francis in the Vatican this weekend, during which they urged him to give his approval for “gender-affirming care,” which includes sex change surgery.

A notorious “Catholic” pro-LGBT group has ranked the new batch of cardinals-elect named by Pope Francis as largely “LGBTQ-positive.”

Pope Francis met Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican on Friday, the latest step on the Ukrainian president’s European tour to win support.

Pope Francis has announced his intention to make 21 new cardinals on December 8, among whom is the pro-LGBT Dominican friar Timothy Radcliffe.

Crowds participated in anti-Israel and pro-Israeli protests and memorial in Europe on the eve of anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel.

Belgium’s Prime Minister has protested remarks by Pope Francis condemning abortion as murder, insisting they constitute interference in the country’s internal affairs.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo blasted Pope Francis on Thursday after the pontiff called abortion “murder” and the doctors who perform it “contract killers” when he was returning to Rome from Belgium last week.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is systematically removing crosses and replacing images of Christ with party officials, in the latest example of Chinese Premier Xi Jinping’s effort to “exert total control” on the Catholic Church and other religious groups in that oppressive country, according to a report.

A synodal study group established by Pope Francis to discern Catholic teaching on controversial issues, such as sexuality and life, is using a “new paradigm,” focusing on personal experiences and deemphasizing moral absolutes and established Catholic teaching.

On the eve of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis presided over a penitence ceremony at the Vatican in which Cardinals read a list of petitions for the forgiveness of “sins” against the environment, indigenous peoples, and migrants, as well as abuse, poverty, using doctrine as “stones,” and a lack of synodality, among others.

Pope Francis has called out Israel for what he sees as its “domineering tendency” in Lebanon and Gaza, insisting its response to attacks has been “disproportionate.”

Pope Francis’ popularity among North and South American Catholics continues to drop, the Pew Research Center revealed this past week, and nowhere more so than in his native Argentina.

Elon Musk presented Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Global Citizen Award on Monday on behalf of the Atlantic Council.

The Church is much more “alive” outside of the Western world, and pastors need to become less “Eurocentric” in their vision of Christianity, Pope Francis said Wednesday.

Archbishop Charles Chaput has offered fraternal correction to Pope Francis, urging him to hold to the basic tenets of Christianity.

Pope Francis told journalists Friday that Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are both “against life” and Americans will need to choose in conscience next November which is “the lesser evil.”

Pope Francis said all religions are paths to God, which seems to counter the Christian belief in Jesus Christ as humanity’s sole savior.

A group of Catholic sisters at the Green Mountain Monastery in Vermont have prioritized care for the planet as the most important “pro-life issue” facing the Church and society.

Indonesian police arrested seven people allegedly connected to an Islamic terror plot to attack Pope Francis during his visit to the country.

Pope Francis has signed a joint declaration together with Indonesia’s Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar, in which they denounce the “crisis” of climate change.

Pope Francis once again insisted Wednesday that people should not substitute pets for children, praising Indonesia for its higher birthrate.

Pope Francis has condemned the Islamist massacre of hundreds of civilians in the African nation of Burkina Faso, calling the attack “heinous.”

Pope Francis has consecrated his monthly prayer intention to “the cry of the earth” this September, urging Christians to feel the earth’s “pain.”

ROME — Immigration laws should not be made stricter but rather looser, to allow more immigrants to cross international borders, Pope Francis said Wednesday.

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland has denounced the radically pro-abortion platform of the Democratic Party, asserting that killing the unborn is “diabolical.”

Europe is experiencing a crisis evidenced by a “wave of populism” that threatens European universality, Pope Francis warned Saturday.

Pope Francis received Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sanchez in a private audience in the Vatican Thursday, underscoring his views on climate change.

A police crackdown on unauthorized air conditioning units in the seaside Italian resort town of Portofino has ignited local “vendettas” as neighbors spy and report on one another for the infraction, local media report.