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Fabrizio Soccorsi – Pope Francis’ doctor dies after Covid-19 complications

Fabrizio Soccorsi, Pope Francis' doctor died. L'Osservatore Romano explained that the 78-year-old was hospitalised at Gemelli for an oncological pathology, but the death occurred following complications at Covid-19. Bergoglio had…

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Pope Francis encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” makes it to Italy’s Vanity Fair front cover

ANSA - Pope Francis has made the cover of the latest number of the Italian edition of Vanity Fair. The cover cites Francis' recent and third encyclical, All Brothers, a…

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Pope criticises people going on holiday to flee COVID lockdowns

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns, saying they needed to show greater awareness of the suffering…

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Pope calls Maradona a fragile poet

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has hailed fellow Argentine Diego Maradona as a “poet” on the pitch, but also acknowledged his frailty away from the sport. In a wide-ranging interview…

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Pope reappears after pain flare-up, calls for peace in New Year message

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis reappeared on Friday after chronic sciatic pain forced him to miss the Church's New Year services, and made no mention of his ailment as…

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Pope misses leading New Year services because of leg pain flare-up

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, suffering a flare-up of a sciatica condition that causes pain in his right leg, missed a New Year's Eve service on Thursday and will…

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After property scandal, Pope tightens money controls

Pope Francis has issued a new decree making charity funds more transparent and tightening controls on Vatican finances after a scandal over a luxury London property deal. The main target is the…

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Pope calls on nations to share vaccines

VATICAN CITY, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Friday said political and business leaders must not allow market forces and patent laws to take priority over making Covid 19 vaccines available to all, condemning…

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Pope urges help for poor at low-key Christmas Eve Mass curbed by COVID

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis celebrated a low-key Christmas Eve Mass made sombre by the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and said people should feel obliged to help the needy…

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Pope decrees Italian judge murdered by Mafia can be beatified

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis decreed on Tuesday that Italian judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the Mafia in Sicily in 1990, was a martyr for the faith…

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Rome homeless send sunflowers to pope on 84th birthday

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Rome's homeless sent sunflowers to Pope Francis for his 84th birthday on Thursday and the pontiff marked the day by sending four ventilators to hospitals in…

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‘Education is an act of hope’ – Pope Francis

Vatican News - “Education is always an act of hope that, from the present, looks to the future,” said Pope Francis in the opening words of his video message to…

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Pope Francis prays for the world at the feed of the Holy Mary

With the first light of dawn, under the rain, Pope Francis placed a bouquet of roses at the base of the column where the statue of the Madonna is, and turned…

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Pope Francis to restart international travel in March with a journey to Iraq

Pope Francis is set to break a 15-month hiatus from international travel with what is sure to be a historic visit to the Middle Eastern nation of Iraq. The Director…

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In Pictures – Vatican Consistory ceremony

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One Photo – 13 Cardinals and 2 Popes

Handout pictures provided by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (R) and cardinals visit the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI (L), in the chapel of the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, Vatican City,…

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Future of Church takes shape with Pope’s new cardinals

Pope Francis on Saturday installed 13 new cardinals, including the first African-American to hold the high rank, further expanding the pontiff’s impact on the group that will one day elect…

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Pope Francis remembers fellow Argentine Maradona affectionately, praying for him

Pope Francis remembers soccer legend and fellow Argentine Diego Maradona with affection and is keeping him in his prayers, the Vatican said on Wednesday. Maradona, who died on Wednesday at his home…

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Pope, for first time, says China’s Uighurs are ‘persecuted’

In a new book, Pope Francis for the first time calls China's Muslim Uighurs a "persecuted" people, something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years. In…

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Pope Francis says anti-maskers incapable of moving outside of their own little world of interests

Pope Francis took to task people protesting against coronavirus restrictions, insisting there was no justification to their demonstrations. He compared such protests to the "healthy indignation" which was shown in…

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Pope says his brush with death helps him relate to Covid victims

Pope Francis says in a new book that he can relate to people in intensive care units who fear dying from coronavirus because of his own experience when part of…

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Let us not give up on great dreams – Pope to youths

Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica for the Solemnity of Christ the King, observed annually on the last Sunday of the liturgical year. “Before pouring out His love…

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Vatican seeks explanations from Instagram after Brazilian model gets ‘papal’ like

The Vatican said it was seeking explanations from Instagram after Pope Francis’s official account liked a photo of a scantily dressed Brazilian model. The Guardian reports that it was unclear when the…

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God entrusts talent to each one according to his or her abilities. Use it for good – Pope Francis

On the penultimate Sunday of the liturgical year, Pope Francis reflected on the Parable of the Talents in St Matthew’s Gospel. Jesus shares this parable in His discourse on the…

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Photo Story: Pope celebrates a Mass marking the Roman Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated Mass to mark the World Day of the Poor, and urges Christians to spend our lives in prayer, charity, and witness to the Gospel on…

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Pope Francis congratulates Biden, stepping into political fray

Pope Francis offered his “blessings and congratulations” to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a phone call on Thursday, seeking to rebuild rapport with Washington after four years of sometimes contentious…

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Pope appeals for peace in Ethiopia and Libya

Pope Francis appealed to Ethiopian authorities to choose the path of peace and expresses his hope that the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunis may yield peace and stability in…

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Pope shakes up running of Vatican funds after London property scandal

Pope Francis has stripped the Vatican's Secretariat of State of control over its own funds, moving them to the supervision of its economic offices in an attempt to contain the…

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Papal prayers on All Souls’ Day

Pope Francis' prayer on the tombs of the popes buried in the Teutonic cemetery in Rome, 2 November 2020. Pope Francis celebrated Holy Mass on All Souls' Day for the…

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Pope Francis expresses dream of a Europe of solidarity and respect for all peoples

Pope Francis, in a letter to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, shares his visions of a Europe of the future, marked with solidarity, friendship and unity, and true…

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No public for Pope’s Christmas’ liturgies

Pope Francis' Christmas liturgies at the Vatican will be offered without public participation this year, as countries continue to react to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a letter seen by…

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Pope Francis announces the appointment of 13 new cardinals

The Church will have thirteen new Cardinals. Nine of them are younger than 80 and therefore, have the right to participate in a future conclave. Four others are older than…

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Pope wears mask for first time at public event

Pope Francis wore a mask for the first time at a public function on Tuesday when he and other religious leaders attended a prayer service for peace around the world.…

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Pope expresses support for detained Italian fishermen in Libya

Pope Francis expressed support on Sunday for 18 fishermen held in Libya, weighing in on a standoff between Italy and the administration of Khalifa Haftar, one of the North African…

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Pope Francis tells faithful to respect COVID-prevention rules

Pope Francis told the faithful to respect the authorities' COVID-19 prevention rules at the end of his weekly general audience in the Vatican on Wednesday. "I'd like to do what…

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Pope meets Cardinal Pell after abuse conviction overturned

Pope Francis met on Monday with Australian Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's former economy minister who has returned to Rome after the firing of an Italian cardinal whom Pell had accused of obstructing financial…

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Pope Francis – “Pull investments from companies not committed to environment”

Pope Francis on Saturday urged people to pull investments from companies that are not committed to protecting the environment, adding his voice to calls for the economic model that emerges…

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Pope calls for clean finance in Moneyval meeting

Pope Francis insisted on the need for clean finance which serves humanity, especially the weakest memebrs of society. While addressing evaluators of the Moneyval Programme, the Head of the Catholic…

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Encyclical special 2: ‘No’ to a ‘culture of walls’

Pope Francis’s third Encyclical Letter “Fratelli tutti” on fraternity and social friendship opens by a brief introduction followed by eight chapters. The Encyclical gathers – as the Pope himself explains…

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Pope says free market, ‘trickle-down’ policies fail society

Pope Francis said on Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic was the latest crisis to prove that market forces alone and “trickle-down” economic policies had failed to produce the social benefits…

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Pope Francis signs Encyclical Fratelli Tutti in Assisi

Pope Francis went on Saturday to Assisi for the fifth time during his pontificate. There he signed his new Encyclical Fratelli tutti, before the tomb of St Francis of Assisi, after…

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(Pope) Francis visits (St) Francis Hometown in Francis style

Pope Francis waves from the seat of a car as he on the square of the lower Basilica of San Francesco, in Assisi, Italy, 03 October 2020. In the basilica's…

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Pope Francis appeals for peace in Caucasus

Pope Francis has appealed to conflicting parties in the Caucasus nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan to “accomplish concrete deeds of goodwill and fraternity” for a peaceful solution. Speaking on Sunday…

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Pandemic led to explosion of new forms of poverty – Pope Francis to European bishops

In a message to the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) on the occasion of its Plenary Assembly, which took place online from 25 to 26 September, Pope Francis…

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Pope to UN: Use COVID crisis to come out better, not worse

Pope Francis urged world leaders Friday to use the coronavirus emergency as an opportunity to reform the injustices of the global economy and the “perverse logic” of the nuclear deterrence…

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Pope insists ‘the only way out of the current crisis is all together’

Speaking during the General Audience in the Vatican, Pope Francis spoke about a post-pandemic world and reflected on the principle of subsidiarity, whereby every level of society has a role…

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Bishop Mario Grech officially appointed General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

The Holy See Press Office noon-day bulletin on Wednesday contained the news that Pope Francis accepted on Tuesday the resignation of Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri from his position as the General…

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Pope Francis pays tribute to Italian priest killed in Como

Pope Francis on Wednesday paid tribute to an Italian priest killed by an immigrant suffering from mental illness, while far-right politician Matteo Salvini called for a "vendetta". Father Roberto Malgesini,…

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Pope appeals to protestors and governments

Pope Francis addressed the “numerous popular manifestations of protest” throughout the world in remarks spoken after the Angelus on Sunday. Pope Francis turned his thoughts to those protesting in numerous…

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Pope warns against seeking political, economic gain from coronavirus

Pope Francis said on Wednesday no one should seek economic or political gain from the coronavirus pandemic and vaccine developers should not see it merely as a profit-making endeavour. Francis…

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Pope Francis describes gossiping as a plague worse than Covid

Pope Francis has described gossiping as “a plague worse than Covid” which is seeking to divide the Catholic Church. Francis on Sunday strayed from his prepared text to double down…

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“All brothers” : Latest Pope Francis encyclical to be signed in Assisi

Pope Francis will visit the Italian town of Assisi on 3 October to sign a new encyclical. In a statement released on Saturday, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo…

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Pope tells leaders post-pandemic economic models must change

Pope Francis said on Friday that the coronavirus pandemic had "toppled the shaky pillars" of a world economic model built on the idolatry of money and domination by the rich…

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Pope all smiles at first public audience in 6 months, appeals for Lebanon

Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in public for the first time in six months on Wednesday, smiling and chatting as he re-emerged from the constraints of the coronavius…

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Pope Francis appeals for dialogue in the easter Mediterranean

Pope Francis prayed for the "instability" in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. "I follow with concern the tensions in the eastern Mediterranean", he said. The Pope did not mention the countries…

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