Vatican

Pope calls for "every effort to eradicate" "relentless disease", Ebola

Oct 30, 2014

Pope Francis has appealed for every "effort to eradicate" Ebola, "the relentless disease that is spreading especially on the African continent, especially among disadvantaged groups".
Pope: Fighting for the poor doesn't make me Communist – it makes me Catholic

Oct 30, 2014

Pope Francis spoke out against oppression of the poor due to greed and warned again of the growing presence of a “globalization of indifference” – a warning, he said, which has wrongly type-casted him.
The Church's mystery: it's both visible and spiritual, Pope says

Oct 30, 2014

In his weekly general audience Pope Francis spoke of the visible actions carried out by the Church, explaining that they are an expression of her deeper spiritual reality rooted in the two natures of Christ.
Are an atheist journalist's papal interviews reliable?

Oct 30, 2014

Following the publication of a new text by Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari in 'La Repubblica' suggesting that Pope Francis believes in relativism, the Holy See spokesman has questioned whether Scalfari is advancing his own views.
Pope: "No family without a home. No farmer without land. No worker with rights"

Oct 29, 2014

" No family without a home. No farmer without land. No worker with rights! No person without the dignity that works gives us".
Pope : Are you Catholic? Then stay in the Church

Oct 29, 2014

Pope Francis said that those waiting at the threshold of the Church without going inside are not true members of the Church which Jesus established and on whom it is built.
You are hurting the Church if you're lukewarm, Pope Francis warns

Oct 29, 2014

In his homily for Mass celebrated at the Santa Marta residence Monday Pope Francis warned against the harm of “lukewarm” Christianity, calling on faithful instead to be “children of light.”
Asia Bibi to Pope Francis: Pray for me, your daughter

Oct 29, 2014

A Catholic woman condemned to death in Pakistan for allegedly violating the country's blasphemy law has asked Pope Francis for his prayers, saying that she trusts in God’s plan for her life.
Francis inaugurates bust of Benedict, emphasizes unity of faith, science

Oct 28, 2014

Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Monday, Pope Francis unveiled a bust of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, lauding his predecessor, and stressed the uniqueness of humanity among the created world.
A "great pope", Francis calls Pope Benedict XVI, "great for his intellect, great for his significant contribution to theology, great for his love for the Church"

Oct 28, 2014

For Pope Francis, Benedict XVI was a "great pope: great for the power and penetration of his intellect, great for his significant contribution to theology, great for his love for the Church and of human beings, great for his virtue and piety.