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Pope Francis has fallen over and injured his right arm but did not suffer any broken bones, the Vatican says. In a statement, the Holy See press office said that due to a fall Thursday morning in ...
Brian Burch, who leads a right-wing advocacy group, has said the pope's pastoral agenda, such as being more welcoming of LGBTQ Catholics, was causing "massive confusion" for the world's 1.4 ...
Pope Francis, who turned 88 last month and asked an aide to read a major speech last week due to a cold, says in a new book that he feels healthy and has no plans to resign as leader of the global ...
In 2006, Benedict XVI renounced the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis). [1] In 2024, Pope Francis reinstated the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis), reversing the decision by the previous Pope Benedict XVI; the title reinstatement was meant to bring closer ties to the other Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox faith.
BARI, Italy — President Joe Biden is expected to meet with Pope Francis privately Friday on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy, according to a senior administration official.
The pope has also continued the practice of having beatifications celebrated in the place of the individual's origin, although has presided over beatifications himself on three occasions: for Paul Yun Ji-Chung and 123 companions on 16 August 2014, for his predecessor Pope Paul VI on 19 October 2014, and for two Colombian martyrs on 8 September ...
Pope Francis is opening Holy Doors for the 2025 Jubilee Year, according to Vatican News. The ‘Jubilee’ is the name given to a particular year; the name comes from the instrument used to mark ...
On 27 June 2015, Pope Francis, through a motu proprio ("on his own initiative") apostolic letter, established the Secretariat for Communications in the Roman Curia, with the aim of unifying and optimize Vatican communication. The website News.va and the Pontifical Council were expected to be incorporated in it eventually. [5]