Pope Francis urges COVID ‘vaccines for all’ in Christmas message

Agence France Presse 12/26/2020

Vatican City, Holy See — Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Friday called for “vaccines for all, especially the most vulnerable and most in need in all regions of the planet” for the coronavirus, which he said had…

Pope commits Vatican to net zero carbon emissions by 2050

Reuters 12/13/2020

VATICAN CITY  – Pope Francis urged countries on Saturday to work towards net zero carbon emissions and committed Vatican City – the world’s smallest state – to reaching the target by 2050. Francis, who has championed environmental…

Pope appoints first African American cardinal

AFP 11/29/2020

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis created 13 new cardinals on Saturday — including the first African-American — putting his personal stamp on the body that will one day choose his successor. Under the soaring dome of St…

Pope Francis’s IG under investigation by Vatican after liking model’s photo—report

Niña V. Guno 11/21/2020

The pope’s official Instagram account is being probed after it was caught liking a photo of a model baring her posterior. The “like” from the account @franciscus was shared on social media on Nov. 13 and was…

Pope Francis’s IG reportedly liked model’s photo; ‘I was blessed,’ model feels

Niña V. Guno 11/17/2020

One model feels she has been “blessed” after the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, reportedly liked her photo on Instagram. The pope’s official Instagram account @franciscus was shown to have liked a revealing photo of…

Three takeaways from the US elections

Solita Collas-Monsod - @inquirerdotnet 11/14/2020

Reader, I have three takeaways from the results of the US elections, and I wonder whether they are the same as yours. My first takeaway is the question: After four years of Trumpian lies and abuse of…

Archdiocese of Cebu congratulates new Capiz Cardinal

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Archdiocese of Cebu extended its congratulations and felicitations to the Catholic Church’s new Cardinal, Capiz Archbishop Jose Advincula. This despite reports that the archdiocese was allegedly bypassed by Pope Francis for the…

Pope Francis not endorsing same-sex marriage, says retired Bishop Bacani

Consuelo Marquez 10/25/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The call of Pope Francis for allowing same-sex couples to get into legally recognized civil unions was not an endorsement of same-sex marriage, retired Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani said on Saturday in an interview…

Vatican urges return to in-person Mass as soon as possible

Associated Press 09/13/2020

VATICAN CITY  — The Vatican said Saturday it was “necessary and urgent” to return to in-person Masses as soon as anti-coronavirus measures permit. The head of the Vatican’s liturgy office, Cardinal Robert Sarah, said in a letter…

Pope Francis: Pleasures of food and sex ‘simply divine’

Agence France Presse 09/10/2020

The pleasures of a well-cooked meal or loving sexual intercourse are “divine” and have unjustly fallen victim to “overzealousness” on the part of the Church in the past, Pope Francis says in a book of interviews published…

Vatican: Pandemic makes environment’s care ever more urgent

06/19/2020

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ impassioned appeal to protect nature is increasingly urgent as the global pandemic alters lifestyles and makes painfully plain the fragility of life, the Vatican said Thursday. The worldwide COVID-19 outbreak struck as…

Pope Francis urges aid to migrants and end to Libya fighting

06/15/2020

VATICAN CITY  — Pope Francis on Sunday urged political and military leaders in Libya to end their hostilities and called on the international community to take “to heart” the plight of migrants trapped in the lawless nation.…

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