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In southern Turkey, much of which was devastated by the February earthquake, some faithful celebrated mass in front of the ruins of their church in Antakya. “It’s important for us to celebrate the birth of Jesus. But this is a very sad Christmas,” said Wehbi Tadrasgil, 55, who lost his wife and two of his […]
Pope Francis, 86, has previously said he wants to visit Kiev as well as Moscow on a peace mission. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal met the Pope at the Vatican on Thursday and said they had discussed a “peace formula” proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Shimhal also sought help in returning the children to […]
Seventy priests, religious sisters, deacons and Catholics will be chosen by the Pope from a list of 140 recommended by national bishops’ conferences. Youth were encouraged to participate in the conferences. The Vatican has said that 50 percent of the 70 are women. Synods usually consist of about 300 people, so the majority of those […]
During both Palm Sunday and Easter Mass, Francis is expected to remain seated while a cardinal conducts the ceremony at the altar. The Vatican said it was an arrangement adopted before the pope’s latest illness, as he is no longer able to stand for long periods. Francis was feeling unwell on Wednesday during a general […]
In a strongly worded speech to South Sudan’s leaders, including its war-torn former President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar, Francis urged them to renounce violence, ethnic hatred and corruption. “No more!” They said. “No more bloodshed, no more conflict, no more violence and no more recriminations about who is to blame.” At the […]
Pope Francis ends an emotional visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday and leaves for neighboring South Sudan, which has been struggling to overcome decades of conflict and poverty. The 86-year-old pontiff, on his third visit to sub-Saharan Africa since the beginning of his papacy in 2013, was greeted by huge crowds […]
Benedict was always likely to rule in the shadow of John Paul, who was credited with helping end the Cold War. But his time was spent trying to address problems the church had ignored or covered up in previous decades, including rampant sexual abuse by clerics. Benedict himself admitted he was a weak administrator, and […]
The Vatican on Wednesday produced a surreal moment in which a living pope spoke to some worshipers in one part of the small city-state, while others paid respects to a dead former pontiff a few miles away. Pope Francis holds his general audiences in a large modern hall, a regular event for Wednesdays. “I would […]
Ex-popes need rules Commentators said Benedict was being used by the church’s right wing in a power play against Francis to influence the election of the next pope. Papal biographer Austen Ivereagh wrote, “The emeritus papacy has proved to be a disorderly institution, vulnerable to manipulation.” Ganswein, a conservative, was widely seen as mishandling the […]
Pope Francis on Wednesday urged people to spend less on Christmas celebrations and gifts this year and send the difference to help Ukrainians avoid winter hunger and cold. The pope, who has appealed to Ukraine at nearly every public event since Russia invaded the neighboring country in February, made the unpublished plea at the end […]
