On Thursday, two years to the day that the Holy See and China signed an agreement allowing the pope to approve bishops in the country, the sides officially renewed the pact before it was set ...
The Vatican and the Chinese government will extend an agreement signed in 2018 regarding the appointment of bishops. As the initial agreement expired Oct. 22, the two sides "have agreed to extend the experimental implementation phase ...
Pope Francis often has expressed openness to the idea of laws recognizing civil unions, including for gay couples, to protect their rights. The pope's comments in a brief passage in the documentary film, "Francesco," are similar ...
Although his film is called "Francesco," director Evgeny Afineevsky said the main character of his new documentary "is us, humanity," and Pope Francis simply is the one "trying to point us in the right direction." Describing ...
Being indifferent to or hating others is to deny the existence of God's presence in one's neighbor, Pope Francis said. "This is practical atheism," the pope said Oct. 21 during his weekly general audience.
The only way to end war and ensure humanity's survival is "through encounter and negotiation, setting aside our conflicts and pursuing reconciliation, moderating the language of politics and propaganda, and developing true paths of peace," ...
The mission of the church and of all Christians is to proclaim and live the Gospel in daily life, Pope Francis said. "Each one of us, by virtue of baptism, is called to be an active ...
A resident at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the residence where Pope Francis lives, tested positive for COVID-19, the Vatican announced. In a statement Oct. 17, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the person, who is asymptomatic, was ...
A few steps from the Vatican, on the 42nd anniversary of the election of St. John Paul II, a small exhibit opened to celebrate the Polish-born pope, but also a father-daughter team of photographers who ...
Repeating a call first made by St. Paul VI, Pope Francis urged a global move to divert money from national military spending and use it to "definitely defeat hunger." Addressing representatives of the U.N. Food and ...
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