Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — After coming under excoriating public criticism, Pope Francis has decided to send the Vatican’s most respected sex crimes expert to […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s upcoming conference on families in Ireland will feature a seminar on child protection, after the church’s sex abuse […]
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Roman Catholic bishops in Germany say they’ve debated Pope Francis’ suggestion to tweak the translation of the Lord’s Prayer, but will leave it unchanged. […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is denouncing “fake news” as evil and is urging journalists to make it their mission to search for […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla When Joelle Casteix heard Pope Francis accuse sex abuse victims in Chile of slander, the pontiff’s words hit close to home. Francis told reporters Thursday that he […]
Source: Associated Press BY NICOLE WINFIELD and CHRISTINE ARMARIO TRUJILLO, Peru (AP) — Pope Francis denounced femicides and other gender-based crimes that have turned Latin America into the most violent place […]
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella, Caroline Stauffer TRUJILLO, Peru (Reuters) – A key U.S. cardinal distanced himself on Saturday from comments by Pope Francis on sexual abuse, saying they had caused […]
Source: Huffington Post American Catholic women are ready to see female deacons preaching from the pulpit. But it’s not up to them to decide. By Carol Kuruvilla BOSTON GLOBE VIA […]
Source: Associated Press By PETER PRENGAMAN and NICOLE WINFIELD SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis met on Tuesday with survivors of priests who sexually abused them, wept with them and […]
Source: Huffington Post By Philip Pullella, Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Pope Francis expressed “pain and shame” on Tuesday over a sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Chile, seeking […]
Source: Huffington Post I am really afraid of this. One accident is enough to precipitate things,” said Pope Francis. BY Philip Pullella ALESSANDRO BIANCHI / REUTERS Pope Francis speaks to […]
Source: The New York Times By ARIEL DORFMAN SANTIAGO, Chile — On Monday, Pope Francis begins a four-day visit to Chile. For his trip to be successful, he must confront the scandalous […]
Source: The Guardian By Dan Collyns in Lima and Piotr Kozak in Santiago Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Activists in Chile have promised to protest every day of his visit. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP Pope Francis leaves Rome this weekend for a tour of Chile and Peru amid renewed […]
Source: NPR BY MAGGIE PENMAN There are many spaces where women are discouraged from breastfeeding in public. Museums, airlines, and even hospitals have come under fire for not giving new moms enough support, or admonishing […]
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday advised against making the pursuit of money, a career or success the basis for one’s whole […]
Source: The Guardian Justin Welby also used his Christmas Day sermon to draw similarities between Nativity and refugee crisis The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, during the Christmas Day service […]
Source: BBC News Media caption: Pope Francis urged people to “see Jesus” in the oppressed Pope Francis has used his traditional Christmas Day message to call for “peace for Jerusalem” and […]
Source: NPR BY MILES PARKS Pope Francis, in speaking to a group of journalists Saturday, addressed the importance of a free and responsible press while also warning against falling “prey to […]
Source: NPR BY LAUREL WAMSLEY Pope Francis isn’t pleased with the words to the Lord’s Prayer — specifically, the part about temptation. In an interview with an Italian TV network, the pontiff said […]
Source: BY Peter Smith STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The Catholic university overlooking the Ohio River here, with a campus abounding in images of St. Francis of Assisi and a replica of his medieval […]