Pope Francis reminds priests: Keep sermon under 10 mins

Dexter Cabalza 12/07/2024

Feeling like a lost, drowsy sheep during long and winding homilies in your church? Here’s the good news: the Pope totally understands. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church has again advised priests to keep their sermon…

Filipino missionary priest named prelate in Melbourne

Jerome Aning 11/10/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis has appointed a Filipino missionary priest as one of two new auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Melbourne in Australia. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines news website said the Vatican…

Pope Francis prays in front of graves of unborn children

Associated Press 11/03/2024

ROME — Pope Francis paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which houses the graves of stillborn and miscarried children. Francis celebrated All Souls’ Day Mass at…

Pope Francis heads to Singapore on final stop of Asia tour

Agence France Presse 09/11/2024

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis left East Timor for Singapore on Wednesday for the last leg of a gruelling 12-day Asia-Pacific tour, flying from one of the world’s poorest regions to one of its richest.…

Pope talks about his travails: ‘This job is not easy’

Agence France Presse 09/09/2024

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea— Pope Francis opened up about the travails of his post with young worshippers in Papua New Guinea on Monday, telling them “this job is not easy”. The 87-year-old pontiff, who is halfway through…

Pope on landmark tour welcomed by ‘blessed Papua New Guinea

Agence France Presse 09/07/2024

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Over mountains, by air, and by sea, pilgrims have flocked to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s capital where Pope Francis landed late Friday on a landmark visit. The 87-year-old pontiff will…

Pope, Indonesia imam make joint call to fight violence

Associated Press 09/05/2024

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Pope Francis joined the grand imam of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque in pledging to work together to fight religiously inspired violence and protect the environment on Thursday, issuing a joint call for interfaith friendship…

Pope arrives in Muslim-majority Indonesia to start 4-nation tour

Agence France Presse 09/03/2024

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Pope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday to kick of a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that will be the longest and farthest of the 87-year-old’s papacy. The head of the world’s 1.3…

Pope Francis urges priests to keep sermons short

Agence France Presse 06/14/2024

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged Catholic priests to keep their homilies concise, recommending a maximum length of eight minutes to prevent their audiences from falling asleep. The homily or sermon is the address in which a…

Pope recreates the 2014 Mideast peace prayer in Vatican Gardens to beg for an end to Gaza conflict

06/09/2024

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis gathered the Israeli and Palestinian ambassadors to the Vatican Gardens on Friday to pray for an end to the war in Gaza, marking the 10th anniversary of a similar encounter with the…

Pope Francis used gay slur in meeting with Italian bishops–media

Agence France Presse 05/28/2024

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis used an offensive gay slang word during a meeting with Italian bishops, where he joked about the number of gay men in seminaries, media reports said Monday. During the private meeting one…

Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the Millennial generation

AP 05/25/2024

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis paved the way for the canonization of the first saint of the millennial generation on Thursday, attributing a second miracle to a 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006.…

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