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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.”

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 received a group of some 30 “Palestinian and Ukrainian children” in the Vatican this weekend, the Vatican reported.

Pope Francis recognized a miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, clearing him to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint.

Pope Francis congratulated California governor Gavin Newsom for his refusal to carry out the death penalty and for California’s leadership in fighting climate change, the governor’s office reported.

Pope Francis has added to the confusion regarding the blessing of same-sex couples, now insisting that only the individuals may be blessed and not the couple itself.

Pope Francis told CBS that conservatives are willfully blind and manifest a “suicidal attitude” in their narrowmindedness.

Pope Francis warned Thursday that climate change has become a “planetary crisis,” and billions face “an extremely high risk of climate-related devastation.”

Pope Francis has denounced “arguing” about liturgical details after drastically restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass.

Climate change has brought the world to the “breaking point,” Pope Francis asserts in his introduction to a 3-day climate summit to be held in the Vatican in May.

Pope Francis lamented the West’s continued demographic decline, insisting on Friday that fewer kids signals a lack of hope in the future.

Pope Francis has invited California Gov. Gavin Newsom to speak at a climate change summit of mayors and governors in the Vatican from May 15-17.

Pope Francis told CBS News this week that climate change deniers are “stupid” even in the face of compelling evidence of a climate emergency.

Conservative Bishop Joseph Strickland, who was ousted from his Texas diocese by Pope Francis last year, has denounced a “corrupt Vatican.”

Pope Francis commemorated Earth Day Monday by warning that the planet is “falling into ruin” thanks to humanity’s failure to protect it.

Bishop William F. Medley of Owensboro, Kentucky, has reported growing “frustration” with Pope Francis among the faithful of his diocese over the ambiguity of the pope’s teaching.

Pope Francis received Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in a private audience Saturday, the Vatican Press Office reported.

Pope Francis’ favorability rating has been dropping constantly among U.S. Catholics over the past 10 years, according to an April Pew Research Center poll.

Vatican prosecutor Alessandro Diddi has filed charges against an Italian Catholic journalist, accusing him of “defamation” of Pope Francis as well as divulging confidential documents.

The Vatican has issued a stinging condemnation of the “deplorable” practice of human surrogacy, calling for its universal prohibition.

The Vatican has reiterated its absolute condemnation of abortion as a “particularly serious” crime against human life.

Pope Francis reiterated his appeal for a negotiated solution to the armed conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, urging efforts to decrease tensions.

Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, in September, the Vatican has announced.

Pope Francis stayed home on Good Friday instead of presiding over the Stations of the Cross (Viacrucis) at Rome’s Colosseum as previously announced.

Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 women inmates at a Roman prison Thursday evening, the first time any pope included no men in the Holy Thursday ritual.

Pope Francis wrote a letter to a group of mostly South American migrants Thursday, calling them “the suffering flesh of Christ.”

The Vatican Press Office said Saturday evening that the pope’s call for Ukraine to raise the “white flag” did not refer to surrender but rather the “courage to negotiate.”

Pope Francis said Sunday that military disarmament is not optional but constitutes a “moral obligation” for all nations.

Pope Francis warned against the evil of “gender ideology” Friday and its tendency to obliterate the real differences between men and women.

An unnamed cardinal, after consulting a number of other prelates and collating their reflections, has published a sharp critique of the Francis pontificate and a proposal for moving forward.

ROME — Pope Francis has sent a telegram to the victims of Sunday’s slaughter of 15 Christians during worship services in Burkina Faso, expressing his sorrow over the assault.

The FBI’s targeting of Catholics sounds “much more like Nazi Germany or communist Russia than the United States,” Bishop Joseph Strickland said.

Pope Francis canceled all his scheduled activities Monday for the second time in three days, with the Vatican citing a persistent flu as the cause.

Pope Francis has blamed Mongolia’s current cold spell on global warming, insisting that the overheating environment is a “global social problem.”