Pope Francis

Pope Francis calls for global ban on surrogacy

Heather Hunter · January 8, 2024 5:04 pm

The Vatican desperately tries to clean up a mess of its own making

Jeremiah Poff · January 5, 2024 11:26 am

Priest excommunicated after tirade about Pope Francis: ‘Anti-pope usurper’

Peter Cordi · January 3, 2024 1:34 pm

Faith, Freedom & Self-Reliance

Pope’s decision on blessing same-sex couples draws praise and need for ‘reflection’

Asher Notheis · December 18, 2023 5:53 pm

FILE - Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, on Oct. 18, 2023. Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to give "spontaneous blessings" to same-sex couples, with a new document released Monday Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope says gay people can receive blessings: ‘No intention to legitimize anything’

Jeremiah Poff · December 18, 2023 4:51 pm

Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.

Pope Francis’s call for international AI rules follows longtime peace activism

Christopher Hutton · December 16, 2023 9:00 am

Pope Francis stands up during the weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

Pope Francis says he wants to be buried outside the Vatican with simplified ceremony

Jeremiah Poff · December 13, 2023 5:03 pm

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during a meeting with the members of the 2023 World Youth Day organizing committee on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican.

Climate change has ‘run amok’: Pope Francis

Robert Stewart · December 3, 2023 2:21 am

Energy and Environment

Pope Francis will not go to climate conference on doctor’s orders

Misty Severi · November 28, 2023 7:59 pm

Pope Francis expected to travel to climate conference despite ‘inflammation of the lungs’

Jack Birle · November 26, 2023 9:40 pm

Pope Francis and Argentinian president-elect Javier Milei

Pope Francis poised to navigate testy relationship with Argentina’s Javier Milei

Jeremiah Poff · November 26, 2023 10:00 am

Pope dismisses Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland in rare move

Jenny Goldsberry · November 11, 2023 5:42 pm