Tag: Pope Francis
Pope announces first trip to Africa
Pope Francis announced Monday he will make his first visit to Africa later this year with stops in Uganda and…
Pope Francis urges parents to stop breeding like rabbits
Pope Francis appealed Monday for responsible parenting and said that good Catholics should not have to breed “like rabbits”. The…
Pope ends record-breaking Asia tour
Masses of cheering believers in the Philippines turned out to bid farewell to Pope Francis Monday, a fitting end to…
Pope Francis thrills Manila fans with ‘jeepney’ popemobile
Pope Francis made a triumphant entrance for a mass with millions in the Philippines on Sunday aboard a “popemobile” styled…
Pope Francis celebrates mass with rain soaked Philippines people
Pope Francis celebrated mass with millions of singing and cheering Catholics in the Philippine capital on Sunday, in one of…
Pope Francis flees Philippines ferocious storm
Pope Francis was forced Saturday to flee a fierce storm in the Philippines that killed a papal volunteer, cutting short…
Pope to begin passionate, chaotic Philippine visit
Pope Francis will on Thursday immerse himself in the Catholic Church’s passionate and chaotic Asian heartland when he lands in…
‘Exhausted’ pope cancels meeting with bishops
Pope Francis on Tuesday cancelled a planned meeting with Sri Lankan bishops, with one security official saying he was “exhausted”…
Pope prays for victims of Paris terror attack
Pope Francis celebrated mass for the victims of the attack on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Thursday, praying for…
Pope names 2 Africans, 18 others as cardinals
Pope Francis on Sunday named 20 new cardinals including many from Latin America and Africa, which have become key areas…
Pope souvenir shirts pulled from Philippine stores
The Philippines’s largest broadcaster pulled souvenir T-shirts for an upcoming papal visit from its stores Monday, after coming under fire…
Pope urges ‘tenderness’ as millions celebrate Christmas
Pope Francis called for “tenderness” and “warmth” after a violence-plagued year as millions of Christians began marking Christmas. The Argentine…
Pope to meet Muslim, Buddhist leaders in Philippines visit
Pope Francis will meet with leaders of various religions when he visits the Philippines next month, pushing a message of…
Animals Go To Heaven, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis declared recently in his regular weekly address at St. Peter’s Square that animals go to heaven. He made…
Pope says ‘Christians are being driven from Mideast’
Pope Francis said Saturday Christians are being “driven from the Middle East” in a message to Iraqi Christians forced to…
Pope calls on Muslim leaders to condemn Islamist terror
Pope Francis on Sunday urged Muslim leaders worldwide to “clearly” condemn terrorism carried out in the name of Islam. In…
Kano Mosque Blast is sin against God, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis has condemned the triple bomb blasts that ripped through the Grand mosque in Kano during Friday 28 November…
Pope Francis makes first visit to Turkey
Pope Francis begins his first visit to Turkey on Friday in a challenging trip aimed at building bridges with Islam…
Pope worried as Italy refugee influx accelerates again
Pope Francis weighed into Italy’s immigration crisis on Sunday, warning the country it faced a “social emergency”, as the influx…
Pope prays for dead who nobody remembers
Pope Francis on Sunday at the Vatican City marked the “All Souls’ Day” and offered prayers for forgotten victims of…
Pope faces key test with vote on divorcees, gays
Pope Francis was set to sort his allies from his enemies Saturday with a Vatican vote on a document drafted…
Catholic Will Never Bless Gay Marriage —Cardinal
A leading Vatican cardinal said on Thursday the Roman Catholic Church will never bless gay marriage, wading into a controversy…
Pope launches historic review of teaching on family, marriage
Pope Francis on Sunday launched a major review of Catholic teaching on the family that could lead to change in…
Pope Francis marks 100 years from WWI
Pope Francis on Saturday denounced those who profit from the “madness” of war at a ceremony in the north west…
Football greats to kick off match for peace in Rome
International football sensations from Ronaldinho to Messi and Baggio will take to the pitch in Rome next week for a…
Two infant relatives of pope killed in Argentina accident
Two infant grandnephews of Pope Francis and their mother were killed early Tuesday when their car slammed into the back…
N. Korea fires rockets as Pope arrives in South
North Korea fired five short-range rockets into the sea off its east coast Thursday, just as Pope Francis arrived in…
Pope calls on UN to stop Iraq violence
Pope Francis has called on the international community and the United Nations in particular to do all they can to…
Top 10 Secrets To Happiness
Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis has revealed top ten secrets to happiness. Some of the secrets are: slowing down, being generous…
Pope promises ‘solutions’ to priestly celibacy
Pope Francis promised “solutions” to the issue of priestly celibacy in an interview on Sunday that raised the possibility the…