Pope Francis

Pope Francis greets faithful as he leaves St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Pope Francis met a group of engaged couples on Valentine's Day. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope’s marriage recipe: ‘Please, thanks, sorry’

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 5:42 pm

Manhattan Moment: Pope Francis needs a tutorial in economics

Manhattan Moment: Pope Francis needs a tutorial in economics

Guy Sorman · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

In this file picture provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano on Dec. 23, 2013, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, left, welcomes Pope Francis as they exchanged Christmas greetings, at the Vatican. It was a holiday at the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI was speaking in Latin at an arguably boring ceremony announcing new saints, so few people were paying much attention. But what Benedict said a year ago Tuesday changed the course of the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church and paved the way for the historic papacy of Pope Francis. In his soft voice and in a Latin that the cardinals present strained to understand, Benedict announced that he no longer had the "strength of mind and body" to be pope and would retire at the end of the month, the first pope to step down in more than half a millennium. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

1 Year ago, Benedict’s announcement changed church

Nicole Winfield · February 10, 2014 10:43 pm

Poof: Pope Francis superhero street art disappears

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 6:26 pm

A graffiti depicting Pope Francis as Superman and holding a bag with a writing which reads: "Values" is seen on a wall of the Borgo Pio district near St. Peter's Square in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. It wasn't enough that Pope Francis was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" or that he fronted this week's Rolling Stone magazine. Now there's SuperPope graffiti sprouting up around the Vatican. The white caped crusader appeared Tuesday on a wall just off Borgo Pio, a tiny cobble-stoned street near St. Peter's Square. In typical superhero fashion, Francis' right fist is thrust in the air, leading him in flight, while his left clutches his black satchel. "Valores," or values in Spanish, is written across it. The artist is identified only as Maupal. Francis has charmed the masses with his simplicity and message of helping the poor, even as he has cracked down on Vatican waste and corruption. The Vatican communications office approved of the image, tweeting a photo Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Man of the Year not enough? Francis now SuperPope

Washington Examiner · January 28, 2014 9:50 pm

FOUR PICTURES COMBO - A dove which was freed by children flanked by Pope Francis during the Angelus prayer, is attacked by a seagull in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Symbols of peace have come under attack at the Vatican. Two white doves were sent fluttering into the air as a peace gesture by Italian children flanking Pope Francis Sunday at an open studio window of the Apostolic Palace, as tens of thousands of people watched in St. Peter's Square below. After the pope and the two children left the windows, a seagull and a big black crow quickly swept down, attacking the doves, including one which had briefly perched on a windowsill on a lower floor. One dove lost some feathers as it broke free of the gull, while the crow pecked repeatedly at the other dove. The doves' fate was not immediately known. While speaking at the window, Francis appealed for peace to prevail in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Birds attack peace doves freed from pope’s window

Washington Examiner · January 26, 2014 1:52 pm

Pope prays for Ukraine’s dead, urges dialogue

Pope prays for Ukraine’s dead, urges dialogue

Washington Examiner · January 26, 2014 11:54 am

Pope Francis presides over a Vespers ceremony at Rome's St. Paul Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope: Women should play expanded role in Church

Frances D'emilio · January 25, 2014 6:13 pm

Pope drafting encyclical on man and environment

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Pope drafting encyclical on man and environment

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2014 4:44 pm

Pope Francis waves to faithful from his pope-mobile as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope: Internet is a ‘gift from God’ for dialogue

Nicole Winfield · January 23, 2014 11:09 am

Pope Francis waves to faithful from his pope-mobile as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican: Pope may go to South Korea in August

Nicole Winfield · January 22, 2014 1:55 pm

Pope Francis tweeted support for the March for Life protest against abortion in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo)

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Pope Francis tweets support for the March for Life

Charlie Spiering · January 22, 2014 5:00 am