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February 28, 2020

Pope Francis sick a 2nd day, cancels official audiences

Pope Francis canceled his official audiences Friday after apparently coming down with a cold.

February 26, 2020

Pope celebrates Ash Wednesday at Vatican as Masses in Italy canceled over coronavirus fears

Pope Francis is celebrating Ash Wednesday as usual -- even though other Masses in Italy were canceled due to fears of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

February 19, 2020

Pope Francis receives kiss on forehead from front-row admirer

Pope Francis on Wednesday allowed a man to give him a long tender kiss on the forehead, a move that surprised observers after his angry reaction to a woman who violently grabbed his hand while he was greeting pilgrims at the Vatican on New Year’s Eve.

February 14, 2020

Brazil’s president blasts Pope Francis on Amazon climate change: He ‘may be Argentinean but God is Brazilian’

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, who embraces his comparison to President Trump, blasted Pope Francis for his plea to protect the Amazon from climate change.

February 12, 2020

Pope refuses to ordain married men in the Amazon, instead addresses global warming

Pope Francis did not approve the ordination of married men to address the Catholic Church's priest shortage in the Amazon, but instead wrote a climate change-focused "love letter to the Amazonian rain forests and its indigenous peoples," according to the Associated Press.

January 25, 2020

VP Mike Pence meets Pope Francis in private audience at Vatican

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday, discussing the anti-abortion march in Washington and telling the pontiff, "You made me a hero" back home by granting him a private audience

January 15, 2020

Pope Francis names first woman as manager in Vatican Secretariat of State

In a rare move, Pope Francis has for the first time chosen a woman to hold a high-level position in the Vatican's Secretariat of State, one of its most important offices.

January 12, 2020

Pope Benedict XVI breaks silence with new book supporting priest celibacy

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has reemerged as the co-author of a new book expressing his belief in priestly celibacy, a potential point of conflict with Pope Francis after bishops in the recent synod on the Amazon called for the ordination of married men as priests to address the Roman Catholic priest shortage.

January 8, 2020

Pope Francis agrees to papal kiss after hand-slapping controversy with one condition: 'Don't bite!'

"I'll give you a kiss, but keep calm," he said. "Don't bite!

January 8, 2020

Pope Francis asks everyone to pray for Australia amid devastating fires

Pope Francis is calling on the faithful to pray for Australia as major fires rage across the nation.