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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.

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.”

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.

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.

Openly gay priest Father William McNichols has created a new icon of Pope Francis kissing Jesus Christ’s feet for Father James Martin’s August LGBT outreach event.

Pope Francis prayed Sunday for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a topic he has returned to on numerous occasions.

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire to armed conflicts to mark the Olympic Games that begin in Paris this week.

Prominent figures continue to appeal to Pope Francis to relax his draconian campaign against the Traditional Latin Mass.

The Vatican condemned Saturday’s assassination attempt against former U.S. President Donald Trump, calling the assault a “wound” to democracy.

Pope Francis released a statement Tuesday denouncing military attacks in Kyiv and Gaza while calling for an end to both conflicts.

ROME — Pope Francis warned Sunday democracy is in “crisis” around the world, likely with an eye to a rise in right-wing parties across Italy, Austria, Argentina, Netherlands, and Germany.

The Vatican’s doctrinal office has found former papal nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò guilty of “schism,” declaring him excommunicated from the Catholic Church.

ROME — San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has thrown his support behind a petition for mercy on the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) launched by a group of prominent UK personages.

UK cultural and political bigwigs have written an open letter petitioning the Vatican not to ban the Traditional Latin Mass.

The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will canonize eleven Christians hacked to pieces by radical Muslims in 1860 rather than renounce their faith in Jesus.

Former Vatican emissary Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano has refused to obey a summons to the Vatican to face charges of schism, restating he does not recognize Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis asserted this week that Christians, Jews and Muslims, all worship the one God and are “brothers and sisters.”

Vatican representatives stoked fears of a climate emergency Thursday, insisting global warming is “bringing humanity to its knees.”

Pope Francis has denounced the arrogance of those who seek dominion over nature, which leads to the degradation of the environment.

Pope Francis pulled no punches in his condemnation of drug dealers, calling them “murderers” and drug liberalization laws a “fantasy.”

Some 30,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Rome on Saturday, calling for an end to the “barbaric practice” of abortion and for the defense of all human life from conception to natural death.

A gay Filipino student publicly chided Pope Francis Thursday, telling the 87-year-old pontiff to stop using offensive slurs against homosexuals.

The Vatican has summoned Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former papal nuncio to the United States, to undergo an extrajudicial penal trial for the crime of schism and having denied the legitimacy of Pope Francis and the Second Vatican Council.

In preparation for World Refugee Day, Pope Francis declared Wednesday that all of us are “required” to welcome anyone who knocks on our door.

Pope Francis met with more than 100 comedians in the Vatican Friday, including Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, and Whoopi Goldberg, praising their “ability to speak to all types of people.”

Pope Francis has again decried an atmosphere of “faggotry” in the Vatican, doubling down after similar controversial comments two weeks ago.

Pope Francis has written a glowing forward to a new book by gay rights activist Father James Martin, calling him a “person who has fallen in love with the Word of God.”

Modern migrants share many similarities with the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land, Pope Francis asserts in his message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2024.

Pope Francis appointed three prelates, known for their support for homosexuality, to the Vatican’s doctrinal office Saturday, just as LGBT groups were kicking off gay pride month.

Pope Francis berated a group of young priests from Rome this week, accusing them of gossiping about him and acting like women.

Pro-LGBTQ+ Jesuit Father James Martin said Wednesday that he has known “hundreds” of gay priests in his life as a Jesuit.

Pope Francis complained that Catholic seminaries are too full of “faggotry” in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops last week, local media report.