Street artist of ‘Super Pope’ fame gets new stamp of Vatican approval
Street artist Maupal designed a series of posters to illustrate Francis’ 2024 Lenten message that will be released weekly over the course of this season leading up to Easter
Pope Francis warns against ideological splits in the Church
During his Epiphany Day Mass, Francis also warned against basking in some elegant religious theory’ instead of finding God in the faces of the poor
Who cares about Pope Francis’ blessings?
I never fail to be surprised by the joy with which each Vatican concession is received and how little their clearly homophobic positions, opposition to the reproductive rights of women and protection of pedophile clerics, are attacked
Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial and sentenced to five and a half years
The conviction is one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system
The squat house that the Pope fell in love with bothers the Italian government
Prime Minister Meloni’s administration wants to evict Spin Time — the largest community center in the country — from its location. The organization shelters 450 vulnerable people and functions as a branch of Rome’s social services
Pope Francis punishes conservative US Cardinal Raymond Burke by revoking his Vatican apartment
The pontiff will also reduce the American prelate’s salary. Burke is the visible head of the internal opposition to Francis, financed by the Trumpist sector of the church
Pope Francis takes on the far-right
The pontiff trends on social media for his views on the far-right after Milei’s victory in Argentina, the Israeli-Hamas war, and a trans group’s visit to the Vatican
The New Testament apocrypha make a comeback of sorts
Pope Francis’s recent actions are sparking renewed interest in writings by early Christians that emphasize the importance of women in the Church
Pope Francis’ reformist agenda leads Catholic Church to take an ‘extraordinary step forward’
European cardinals gain influence ahead of the synod that begins this Wednesday in an attempt to modernize the Church and tackle thorny issues such as same-sex couples and the role of women in the Church
Pope Francis in Portugal: A return to the crowds, meeting victims of abuse and a further shift from eurocentrism
The pontiff has once again given prominence to his social agenda during World Youth Day
As Pope Francis heads to Portugal, he’s laying the groundwork for the church’s future and his own legacy
After 10 years as pope, Francis is accelerating his reform agenda and making revolutionary changes in personnel and policy that are definitely shaking things up
Pope Francis loses his baker
Mass tourism and government indifference have led to the closure of Angelo Arrigoni’s historic shop, which has supplied bread for the Vatican over the last 90 years
The Pope replaces the head of the Doctrine of the Faith, the body that deals with abuses
Francis replaces Spaniard Luis Ladaria at the head of the department dealing with the theological essences of the Church and pederasty and replaces him with Argentinean Victor Manuel Fernandez
Pope Francis emerges from 3-hour abdominal surgery without complications
The pope was suffering from a ‘recurrent, painful and worsening’ hernia that formed over a previous scar, presumably from his 2021 colon surgery
Pope Francis reveals that Argentina’s government under Kirchner tried to put him in prison
‘They questioned all my actions during the dictatorship,’ said the Pontiff in a conversation with Jesuits in Hungary
Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops’ meeting
It is an unprecedented move that reflects Francis’ hopes to give women greater decision-making responsibilities and laypeople more say in the life of the Catholic Church
Pope Francis to miss Way of the Cross event in cold Rome
The 86-year-old pope was discharged from a Rome hospital on April 1 after spending three days there receiving antibiotic treatment of bronchitis
‘Still alive,’ quips Pope Francis as he leaves hospital
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The 86-year-old was hospitalized on Wednesday at Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where he received antibiotics intravenously
From levitations to evil mothers-in-law: The busy life of an exorcist in 2023
‘The Pope’s Exorcist,’ starring Russell Crowe, tells the story of the famous priest Gabriele Amorth and his sometimes controversial battles against the devil
Pope Francis, the Latin American pontiff who resists going home
After 10 years as head of the Catholic Church, Jorge Bergoglio’s relationship with Argentina is marked by domestic politics and his alleged ties to Peronism
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