Pope Francis
Pope Leo scraps Francis’s Vatican fundraising panel amid budget shift
Pope Leo has dissolved the Vatican's fundraising panel, created in Francis’s final months, and ordered a review of future efforts.
Pope Francis' popemobile turned into mobile clinic for Gaza children
Vatican returns to Canada artifacts connected to Indigenous people
Pope Leo, in first month, makes a break in style from Francis - analysis
'Jesus lived and died as a Jew': Chikli slams pope for Vatican keffiyeh nativity display
“There is no other way to understand this decision than as a deliberate adoption of the Palestinian narrative,” Chikliwrote to Pope Francis.
Pope Francis reveals thwarted 2021 Iraq assassination attempts: female bomber and van
Pope Francis revealed that he narrowly escaped two assassination attempts during his historic visit to Iraq in March 2021, as detailed in his upcoming autobiography "Hope."
As improved relations quaver, a new guide aims to educate Catholics about antisemitism
In the document published last week, the AJC’s “Translate Hate” ongoing glossary — which has entries on antisemitic terms — has been appended with Catholic commentaries on 10 of those entries.
'Walk together in friendship': Pope Francis calls for religious tolerance in post-Assad Syria
The Vatican estimates that there are about 300,000 Catholics among the approximately 25 million inhabitants of Syria.
Pope meets Palestinian president to discuss Gaza's 'very serious' needs
Abbas said in a statement that he thanked the pope "for his positions in support of achieving a just peace in Palestine based on the two-state solution."
'Pope can't rewrite Bible - Jesus was a Jew from Judea, not Palestinian,' Christian leader says
A nativity scene featuring baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh was unveiled at Pope Francis’ Nativity Scene and Christmas Tree inauguration on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square.
Pope Francis to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican
Abbas travels to Italy this week, where he is expected also to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
A bedside mishap: Pope Francis appears with bruised chin during appointment of 21 new cardinals
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni says the bruise was caused by the Pope bumping his chin on a bedside table.
Anti-bullfighting activists try to reach Pope Francis motorcade
The women displayed signs urging an end to bullfighting during the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Baby Jesus in keffiyeh unveiled in Vatican nativity
Bethlehem artists' Christmas display in St. Peter's Square features Palestinian symbolism amid Pope Francis' calls for peace in the Holy Land.
