VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Nov. 28, including Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington. The pope made the announcement at the end of his Angelus address Oct. 25, telling the […]
VATICAN CITY—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,” […]
JERUSALEM—The uncharacteristic silence at the hermitage of the Garden of Gethsemane was, in a way, fitting to the current world situation, said Franciscan Father Diego Dalla Gassa, who is responsible for the hermitage garden. “We […]
VATICAN CITY—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 […]
SANTIAGO, Chile—Demonstrators burned two Catholic churches in Chile, where gatherings to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests against inequality descended into chaos. Church officials and media reports described the Oct. 18 gatherings through the […]
ROME—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,” […]
VATICAN CITY—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 […]
VATICAN CITY—With his feet chained during two years of captivity somewhere near the Sahara Desert, Father Pierluigi Maccalli said he found new hope on Pentecost Sunday as he huddled near a shortwave radio to listen […]
VATICAN CITY—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 “definitively defeat hunger.” Addressing representatives of the U.N. […]
VATICAN CITY—God loves and has prepared a banquet for everyone — “the just and sinners, the good and the bad, the intelligent and the uneducated” — and every Christian is called to go out to […]
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