Tag: Pope Francis
Pope Francis opens Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica, marking Jubilee
Pope Francis on Tuesday opened the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, marking the official beginning of the Jubilee year...
Vatican's keffiyeh Nativity scene raises eyebrows and then disappears — at least until Christmas Eve
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising...
Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his...
Pope Francis calls for a stop to wars, prays for Spain flood victims
During his Sunday Angelus prayer, Pope Francis called for all wars to be "banished" and conflicts "to be addressed with law and negotiations."...
Pope Francis begins visits to Luxembourg and Belgium on a trip to a dwindling flock
Pope Francis is traveling to once-strong bastions of Christianity in the heart of Europe to try to reinvigorate a Catholic flock that is...
87 and hobbled, Pope Francis goes off-script in Asia and reminds world he can still draw a crowd
DILI, East Timor (AP) — It was the farthest trip of his pontificate and one of the longest papal trips ever in terms...