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February 10, 2017

Pope Poster I: Francis finds not everyone loves him

Pope Francis is only the latest radical to call Rome home.

February 8, 2017

Anti-Pope posters in Rome reveal sharp divide between Francis and Vatican conservatives

Pope Francis’s progressive agenda on issues like migration, climate change and poverty has earned him widespread global popularity – particularly among more liberal Catholics – that eluded his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. But he’s drawn scorn and sharp criticism among more conservative members of the church.

February 5, 2017

Pope prepares video message for fans attending Super Bowl

Look out, Lady Gaga.

January 25, 2017

Knights of Malta chief resigns amid spat over condoms with Pope Francis

The head of the Knights of Malta resigned after entering into a public spat with Pope Francis over the ouster of a top official involved in a condom scandal, a spokeswoman for the ancient lay Catholic order said Wednesday.

January 13, 2017

Vatican lets homeless sleep in church amid cold

The Vatican is letting homeless people sleep in a Rome church during a spell of unusually cold weather for the Italian capital.

January 11, 2017

Rift grows between Pope Francis, ancient Catholic order

Strains between Pope Francis and the Roman Catholic Church’s traditional leadership have erupted into the open with leaders of a millennium-old lay Catholic order publicly telling the pope, in effect, that he has no authority to meddle in the order’s affairs.

January 2, 2017

Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II

Thousands of pilgrims from around the world gathered in Vatican City's St. Peter's Square Sunday as Pope Francis led a service declaring two of the 20th century's most popular and influential popes to be saints. 

December 28, 2016

China: Willing to have talks with Vatican but Catholics must be patriots

China's head of religious affairs said that Beijing is willing to have constructive dialogue with the Vatican but stressed that Catholics should "hold up high the flag of patriotism" and adapt Catholicism to Chinese society.

December 24, 2016

Order of Malta to Pope Francis: Stay out of our internal affairs

The Order of Malta, the ancient Roman Catholic aristocratic lay order, has told Pope Francis that his decision to launch an investigation into the ouster of a top official over an old condom scandal is "unacceptable."

December 22, 2016

Pope in Christmas speech blasts Vatican resistance to reform

Pope Francis on Thursday denounced the resistance he's encountering in reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, saying some of it is inspired by the devil and that the prelates who work for him must undergo "permanent purification" to serve the Catholic Church better.