February 25, 2022 Washington Post columnist mocks Pope Francis' 'empty gesture' for peace in Ukraine Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin mocked Pope Francis for his unprecedented attempt to sue for peace between Russia and Ukraine amid the ongoing war.
February 25, 2022 Pope Francis calls for dialogue to end Russia and Ukraine conflict Pope Francis went to the Russian embassy in Rome on Friday to personally express his concern about the war in Ukraine, in an extraordinary papal gesture that has no recent precedent.
February 25, 2022 Pope cancels Florence visit, Ash Wednesday due to knee pain Pope Francis has canceled a scheduled Sunday visit to Florence, Italy, and will not preside over Ash Wednesday commemorations next week because of what the Vatican described Friday as a flareup of “acute” knee pain.
February 22, 2022 Prominent Jesuit priest appears to defend puberty blockers for children, then walks it back N.Y. Archdiocese says it can't stop Jesuit from preaching support for giving children puberty blockers.
February 18, 2022 Vatican pulls representatives from Taiwan, Hong Kong without explanation The Roman Catholic Church has shuffled its representatives in key East Asian countries, drawing speculation that the Vatican is making good faith moves to appease the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), an accusation that Catholic prelates deny.
January 26, 2022 Pope urges parents to 'never condemn' their gay children Pope Francis urged parents on Wednesday not to condemn their children if they are gay, in his latest gesture of outreach to the LGBTQ community, which has long been marginalized by the Catholic hierarchy.
January 21, 2022 Pope Francis pledges justice for victims of abuse after predecessor faulted Pope Francis pledged Friday to provide justice to victims of clergy sexual abuse, a day after an independent audit faulted his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, for having botched four cases of abusive clergy when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.
January 14, 2022 Pope Francis admits to visiting music shop to bless the business Pope Francis has repeatedly said that what he misses most about being pope is no longer being able to take walks, as he used to do in Buenos Aires.
January 10, 2022 Pope Francis speaks out against 'cancel culture,' condemns 'baseless information' about vaccines Pope Francis took aim at cancel culture during his annual address Monday, warning that it is a kind of 'one-track thinking' that risk silencing important voices
January 10, 2022 Pope Francis offers condolences for victims of NYC apartment fire Pope Francis offered his condolences Monday to the victims of the “devastating” apartment fire in the Bronx borough of New York that killed 19 people, nine of them children.