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Pope Francis announced Monday that he is in the midst of writing a second encyclical letter on the environment following his publication of Laudato Sí in 2015.

Pope Francis has mourned the death of 41 shipwrecked migrants in the Mediterranean Sea in the midst of a new wave of immigration from Africa into Italy.

Human rights champion Nina Shea has slammed Pope Francis for his policy of appeasement with China, insisting that it emboldens President Xi Jinping in his oppression of Chinese Catholics.

Pope Francis began his four-day visit to Portugal for World Youth Day by blasting capitalism, populism, and insufficient attention to migrants and climate change.

Pope Francis told a young transgender person this week that God loves all of us as we are and finds none of us “disgusting.”

Pope Francis has sent Bologna Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to hand-deliver a personal letter to U.S. President Joe Biden appealing for collaboration in the Ukraine peace process.

The Vatican announced this weekend that it will accept China’s autonomous appointment of a Catholic bishop without Church approval.

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, the newly appointed prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (DDF), insisted in a recent interview that he is not a Freemason or a “Soros spy infiltrated in the Church.”

Pope Francis has elevated Argentinian Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, his longtime friend and ghostwriter, as new chief of the Vatican’s powerful doctrinal office.

Pope Francis stunned the faithful this weekend when he welcomed some 200 avant-garde artists in the Sistine Chapel, including photographer Andres Serrano, creator of the controversial “Piss Christ” work showing a crucifix submerged in a glass of urine.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, the figurehead “president” the Castro family uses to represent the Cuban Communist Party abroad, held a meeting with Pope Francis on Tuesday as part of a greater tour of Europe including Italy, Serbia, and France.

The Cuban government has underscored the common vision it shares with Pope Francis on a series of issues including nuclear disarmament, environmental protection, and the war on poverty.

Pope Francis received John Kerry in private audience at the Vatican Monday, where the two discussed the importance of combating climate change for the good of the planet.

Pope Francis has promised prayers for the success of an LGBTQQIAAP2S+ conference in New York led by Father James Martin.

Pope Francis was hospitalized for an incisional hernia Wednesday morning and will undergo same-day major surgery under general anesthesia, the Vatican revealed.

Pope Francis told an environmental group this week that he has banned plastic in the Vatican and the small city-state is now “93 percent plastic-free.”

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has tweeted out its support for Pride Month while flying a large rainbow flag in front of the Embassy building, an innovation of the Joe Biden administration.

Director Martin Scorsese recently paid a visit to Pope Francis where he announced that he will be making a new movie about Jesus Christ. 

Pope Francis has condemned “the senseless war against creation” while calling for an end to fracking and fossil fuel use.

A major Catholic news outlet has lamented the disturbingly shallow pool of serious papal contenders to replace Pope Francis when the moment for a conclave arises.

A man stormed the border of the Vatican City State in his car Thursday evening, sailing through two security check points before eventually being apprehended.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican, saying it was a great honour to meet with the pontiff,

Pope Francis has placed “atmospheric phenomena” among the most evident causes of forced international migration.

Pope Francis issued a dire warning Wednesday, insisting that Europe is in a serious crisis due to its demographic winter and the loss of its Christian roots.

Jesus Christ does not want his disciples to be lazy “couch potatoes” but vigorous agents of change, Pope Francis told young people in Hungary Saturday.

Pope Francis said Friday that a so-called right to abortion is “senseless” and puts “reductive concepts of freedom before the reality of life.”

The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis has gifted England’s King Charles with a “relic of the True Cross” for his upcoming coronation ceremony.

Pope Francis has decided not to participate in the traditional Good Friday Stations of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum, the Vatican has announced, citing the “intense cold.”

Pope Francis has teamed up with the scandal-ridden Walt Disney Company to produce a docu-drama in which he says using dating apps like Tinder is “normal” while insisting “the true Church is on the peripheries.”

The Vatican has asserted that it gave no approval for the installation of the new bishop of Shanghai, China, and only learned of the incident “from the media.”

Celebrated Evangelist Franklin Graham will proclaim an Easter message live from Rome, Italy, next Sunday just blocks from where Pope Francis will be issuing his.

Pope Francis returned to the Vatican from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital Saturday, once again confounding the prophets of his demise.

Pope Francis was discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping “I’m still alive.”

Argentinian Cardinal Leonardo Sandri will substitute Pope Francis in the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter’s Square due to the pontiff’s ill health, the Vatican has announced.

Pope Francis spent the night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he was rushed in an ambulance Wednesday afternoon after complaining of “breathing difficulties.”

Pope Francis has been taken by ambulance to a hospital in Rome on Wednesday after suffering from alleged respiratory issues.