It’s time for Pope Francis to step down, as evidenced by the 87-year-old pontiff’s last-minute decision to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City this weekend. “Francis had been expected to deliver a homily halfway through the service and a prepared text had been distributed to journalists,” The […]
In a television interview watched by millions, Pope Francis recently made a comment about hell that has been widely reported. In the words of the Catholic News Agency: “When asked by the interviewer, Fabio Fazio, how he ‘imagines hell,’ Pope Francis gave a short response. ‘What I am going […]
In a television interview watched by millions, Pope Francis recently made a comment about hell that has been widely reported. In the words of the Catholic News Agency: “When asked by the interviewer, Fabio Fazio, how he ‘imagines hell,’ Pope Francis gave a short response. ‘What I am going to say is not a dogma […]
Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital following his general audience on Wednesday. The pope, who has been suffering from the flu, had a CT scan, Reuters reported, citing two sources it did not name. Francis also underwent a CT scan in November while battling the flu, Reuters reported. The 87-year-old pontiff arrived at Gemelli […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, was brought to a hospital in central Rome after the papal audience on Wednesday, arriving at the Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island in a small white Fiat 500 and leaving again under escort in the same car after a short period. The […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis appeared Wednesday at his weekly audience after canceling all appointments earlier in the week due to a mild flu, remembering the victims of land mines and calling for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere. The pope was pushed in a wheelchair into the audience hall at the […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday reaffirmed Christians’ special relationship with Jews amid rising antisemitism since the outbreak of the Gaza war in a letter to the Jews of Israel that he said was prompted by messages from Jewish organizations around the world. The letter served as a belated fence-mending after Francis was […]
A Texas bishop who was fired by Pope Francis in November will deliver the keynote address to the Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual dinner next month, according to media reports. Bishop Joseph E. Strickland will speak at the CPAC Ronald Reagan Dinner on Feb. 23 and will celebrate Mass for attendees at the gathering, one of […]
ROME — Pope Francis recalled the extermination of millions of Jews in calling Wednesday for the upcoming Holocaust Day of Remembrance to reaffirm that war can never be justified and only benefits weapons makers. At the end of his weekly general audience, Francis referred to Saturday’s commemoration, which has become fraught this year given Israel’s […]
Welcome, Login to your account.
Welcome, Create your new account
A password will be e-mailed to you.