Pope Francis

Pope meets Fidel Castro, warns against ideology on Cuba trip

Pope Francis met Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday hours after warning Cubans to be...

Sep 20, 2015 08:58 PM EDT

Pope to allow all priests to forgive abortion during Holy Year

Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year ...

Sep 01, 2015 10:31 AM EDT

Pope's climate push at odds with U.S. Catholic oil investments

Pope Francis heartened environmentalists around the world in June when he urged immediate action to ...

Aug 12, 2015 09:09 AM EDT

Protecting planet not a choice but a duty, pope says

Pope Francis on Tuesday appealed to the world not to turn its back on the "reality" of environmental...

Jul 07, 2015 07:07 PM EDT

Catholic Church should not have 'leaders for life', Pope says

The Roman Catholic Church should not have "leaders for life" in its ranks, otherwise it would risk b...

Jul 03, 2015 07:29 PM EDT

Historic meeting of pope and Russian Orthodox head seen nearer

An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is "get...

Jun 28, 2015 11:18 AM EDT

Pope says abuse of migrants "makes one cry," visits Turin Shroud

Pope Francis said on Sunday the mistreatment of migrants escaping war and injustice "makes one cry" ...

Jun 21, 2015 09:09 AM EDT

Pope calls for 'action now' to save planet, stem warming, help poor

Pope Francis demanded swift action on Thursday to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging wo...

Jun 18, 2015 08:39 AM EDT

Pope calls for action on climate change in draft encyclical

Pope Francis makes an urgent call for protection of the planet and repeats his view that global warm...

Jun 15, 2015 07:06 PM EDT

Pope says to visit Africa in November, may go to Kenya

Pope Francis on Friday said he planned to visit the Central African Republic and Uganda in November,...

Jun 13, 2015 06:05 AM EDT

Pope urges Putin to make 'sincere, great effort' for Ukraine peace

A stern Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a "sincere and grea...

Jun 10, 2015 05:55 PM EDT

Putin visits Italy with one eye on EU sanctions

President Vladimir Putin will be on the lookout for signs of dissent over European Union sanctions o...

Jun 09, 2015 06:27 PM EDT

Pope Francis canonizes two Palestinian nuns

Pope Francis named two Palestinian women as saints on Sunday, in a ceremony in Saint Peter's Square ...

May 17, 2015 06:04 PM EDT

German Catholic Church opens labor law more to divorced and gays

Germany's Roman Catholic Church, an influential voice for reforms prompted by Pope Francis, has deci...

May 07, 2015 09:36 AM EDT

On Good Friday, Pope decries persecution of Christians

Pope Francis presided at two Good Friday services, praying for persecuted Christians a day after Isl...

Apr 04, 2015 02:35 AM EDT

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