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Pope Francis voiced his “sadness” Sunday over the imprisonment of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who has been sentenced to 26 years of jail time by the regime of dictator Daniel Ortega.

Pope Francis returned to the issue of homosexuality Sunday, insisting that while gay sex is a sin, capital punishment for those with homosexual tendencies “is not right.”

South Sudan reported 27 people were killed in battles between cattle herders and insurrectionist militia fighters on Thursday, just one day before the scheduled arrival of Pope Francis during his tour of Africa.

Pope Francis has denounced the “murderous, illegal exploitation” of the wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where China has appropriated an ever-greater share of the nation’s resources.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue slammed President Joe Biden Tuesday for his “monumental ignorance of basic Catholic teachings.”

Migrants leaving Africa to travel across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe are only looking for “a little well-being,” Pope Francis said Tuesday.

Pope Francis has condemned the “spiral” of violence occurring in the Holy Land between Palestinians and Jews.

Pope Francis recalled the importance of remembering the Holocaust Wednesday, two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The Burmese army torched a historic Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Mandalay this week and also set fire to a convent of religious sisters.

Pope Francis urged a delegation of Cambodian Buddhists to conversion this week not to Christianity, but to environmental responsibility.

Pope Francis reached out this week to participants of the 50th annual March for Life in Washington, DC., offering them his apostolic blessing and thanking them for their stalwart defense of the unborn.

Pope Francis said Wednesday that trying to convince someone to become a Christian is a “pagan” activity unworthy of followers of Christ.

Pope Francis offered condolences and prayers Tuesday to the victims and families of a lethal bombing by the Islamic State on a Christian church in eastern Congo that took the lives of at least 14 people and injured more than 60.

The back-to-back deaths of Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop George Pell constitute a “very heavy loss” for the Catholic Church, Archbishop Charles Chaput said Friday.

Australian Cardinal George Pell continues to plague Pope Francis from beyond the grave as a veteran Vatican journalist revealed this week that the late cardinal was the author of a scathing rebuke to Francis released last March.

Australian Cardinal George Pell has blasted the Catholic Church’s synodal way as “hostile” to the apostolic tradition in a posthumous essay published Wednesday in the Spectator.

Pope Francis has praised the late Cardinal George Pell, with whom he had many differences, saying the Australian prelate followed Jesus “unwaveringly” even in the midst of trials.

ROME — The indomitable Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s leading Catholic prelate for decades, died in Rome late Tuesday at the age of 81.

Pope Francis warned Tuesday of the dangers of impersonal algorithms taking control of important aspects of people’s lives.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Pope Francis for the first time Tuesday, with the nation’s serious demographic problems front and center in their discussions.

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (CDF), has criticized Pope Francis for his “imprudence” in clamping down on the Traditional Latin Mass.

Pope Francis outlined global conflicts and injustices Monday, studiously avoiding any negative commentary on China.

Pope Francis once again condemned abortion Monday, insisting that true peace can only be achieved when the unborn are protected.

Pope Benedict XVI described Pope Francis’ decision to ban the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass a “dangerous” error, according to a new book by Benedict’s longstanding secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein.

Pope Francis baptized 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday, calling the celebration a “new birthday” into the Christian life.

Pope Francis recalled the sufferings of the Ukrainian people Sunday, victims of ongoing Russian military aggression since the invasion of February 2022.

Cardinal Joseph Zen attended the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican Thursday after Hong Kong authorities granted him leave to travel to Rome for five days.

Tens of thousands of mourners, including world leaders and top church figures, gathered in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City.

Pope Francis praised his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, following the latter’s death Saturday, calling him a “kind” and “noble” person.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI felt well enough on Friday to celebrate Mass in his room as his condition remained stable, the Vatican said.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is in “stable” condition at the moment despite a serious decline in health, the Vatican announced Thursday.

Pope Francis urged Christians to reject a secularized version of Christmas Wednesday, and to place Jesus Christ at the core of the festivities.

Pope Francis called on the faithful Wednesday to offer prayers for his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI, who he said is “very ill.”

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis on Wednesday said his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, is “very sick,” and he asked the faithful to pray for the retired pontiff so God will comfort him “to the very end.”

Pope Francis noted Monday that Christmas is followed by several feasts of early Christian martyrs, providing a healthy antidote to the superficiality that sometimes marks the season.

Pope Francis once more condemned the war in Ukraine Sunday, especially the exploitation of food as a weapon of war.