Pope Francis

Pope Francis said Saturday that Israel’s recent airstrikes in Gaza go beyond warfare and constitute “cruelty.”

President Joe Biden has announced he will travel to Italy in January to meet with Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Italian President Sergio Mattarella.

The popularity of Pope Francis among American adults continues its steep downward trend, reaching its lowest point since his election in 2013, according to the latest Rasmussen report.

Pop star Madonna, age 66, sparked backlash from fans this weekend by sharing AI-generated photos of Pope Francis getting handsy with her. 

This weekend Pope Francis presided over the unveiling of a nativity scene in the Vatican featuring a baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf used as a national symbol.

Pope Francis has called on Christians to pray specifically for the inmates on death row in the United States, asking that their sentence may be commuted.

Pope Francis has proclaimed a special jubilee pilgrimage for gays and all LGBTQ+ people, Italian media announced this weekend.

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (DDF), has published a searing article accusing Pope Francis of “sins against the Holy Spirit.”

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has blasted Pope Francis for picking “sides” against Israel in the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

A well-known Italian Holocaust survivor has publicly rebuked Pope Francis for suggesting that Israel be investigated for “genocide” regarding its dealings in the Gaza conflict.

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

Conservative Bishop Joseph Strickland, who was ousted from his Texas diocese by Pope Francis in 2023, has rebuked his fellow U.S. bishops as “silent shepherds” for their failure to speak out against “false messages” coming out of the Vatican.

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.”

Gay-rights activist Father Timothy Radcliffe has denied reports that he attributed the African Church’s resistance to homosexuality to an influx of foreign money, insisting that his words were “misinterpreted.”

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.”

Cardinal Joseph Zen, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, blasted Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality, saying that the meeting’s purpose is to remove the hierarchical system centered on the bishops, the successors of the apostles, and replace it with a “democratic system” led by lay people.

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.