Pope visits military cemetery, tells arms manufacturers to stop
Nov. 2, 2021 Pope Francis, in a visit to a military cemetery on the day Catholics remember their dead, on Tuesday urged arms manufacturers to “stop”, because war “swallows up…
Pope Francis: COP26 must offer concrete hope to future generations
Oct 29, 2021 Political leaders must give “concrete hope” to future generations that they are taking the radical steps needed to tackle climate change when they meet at COP26, Pope…
Pope urges countries not to send migrants back to unsafe countries
Oct. 24, 2021 Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions similar…
Pope opens two-year consultation on Catholic Church future
Oct. 10, 2021 Pope Francis on Sunday launched a two-year worldwide consultative process that could change the way the Roman Catholic Church makes decisions and leave its mark long after…
Pope, at peace meeting with Merkel, says divert arms money for food, vaccines
Oct 8, 2021 Pope Francis, closing a peace meeting of world religions, called the arms trade a bane of humanity on Thursday, saying that money spent on weapons should be…
Pope says ashamed Church did not prioritise abuse victims in France
Oct 6, 2021 Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was saddened and ashamed by the Catholic Church’s inability to deal with sexual abuse of children in France and that the…
Sex Scandal: French Catholic Church had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles since 1950s – Commission head
Oct. 3, 2021 The French Catholic Church has had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles in its ranks over the past 70 years, the head of an independent commission investigating the sex…
Pope denies resignation report, says leads normal life after surgery
Sept. 1, 2021 Pope Francis is not thinking of resigning and is living “a totally normal life” following intestinal surgery in July, he said in a radio interview broadcast on…
Migrants in Libyan Camps Forced to Trade Sex for Clean Water, EU, UN Condemn Act – Amnesty
July 15, 2021 Amnesty International said on Thursday that migrants held in Libyan detention camps are subject to horrific sexual violence at the hands of guards, including being forced to…
Pope will lead Sunday prayer from hospital, not well enough to return to the Vatican
July 9 , 2021 Pope Francis is walking and working and no longer running a fever as he recovers from intestinal surgery, but he is not well enough to return…