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Pope Francis

Brett Griffin Young with his partner and three children.
Reproductive rights
Surrogacy advocates fear pope’s position will create stigma
Relatives attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in Israeli airstrikes that hit a church, in Gaza City, Oct. 20, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
Christians in Gaza fear for their tiny community amid strikes on churches
During a recent morning mass, Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, in Lviv, Ukraine, is packed.
Sacred Nation
Ukrainian Greek Catholics lament lack of support by Vatican amid war with Russia
Pope Francis dons a headdress during a visit with Indigenous peoples at Maskwaci, the former Ermineskin Residential School, in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada
Justice
Pope Francis apologizes to Canada’s Indigenous communities. But some say it doesn’t go far enough.
Pope Francis meets the Canadian Indigenous people as he arrives at Edmonton's International airport, Canada
Justice
Pope set for historic apology for school abuses in Canada
Eneas Espinoza, who says he was sexually abused multiple times when he was a child, by several catholic priests in Chile
Sexual violence
A growing number of clerical sexual abuse survivors are coming forward in Latin America
Two men are shown standing across from each other with one man handing a large stack of documents over to the other.
Top of The World
Report reveals more than 200,000 children abused by clergy in France
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shown on a TV hanging on the wall in the distance with several people wearing face masks stand in the nearground.
Top of The World
Blinken pushes back against lawmakers’ criticism of Afghanistan withdrawal.
A large gavel made of metal is shown in the near ground hammering a sign that reads "Act for Justice" with a bombed out grain silo in the distance.
Conflict & Justice
Mired in crises, Lebanon marks 1 year since horrific blast
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who has white hair and beard, is shown in a profile view wearing glasses and sitting.
Top of The World
Influential German archbishop offers to resign over church abuse
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone celebrates Easter Mass, which was live-streamed, at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, April 12, 2020.
What the debate over Biden receiving Communion may mean for the world
Mossbrae Falls in the Shasta Cascade area in Dunsmuir, California. In many spiritual traditions, like the Lakota in the US, water represents “the living relationship between you and I and all things."
Belief
Spiritual leaders seek to spur an ‘ecological conversion’
People are shown holding pipes letting off green smoke with the Argentine capital dome in the distance.
Reproductive rights
Argentina’s lower house approves bill legalizing abortion
US President Donald Trump is shown through the glass of black SUV giving the thumbs up sign with both of his hands while wearing a face mask.
Top of The World
Confusion over Trump’s health raises concerns about national security; Nagorno-Karabakh violence continues; Pope Francis says market capitalism has failed
A crowd of people with the camera focused on a woman in a face mask
Top of The World
COVID-19 deaths rise in Brazil; Iceland quashes virus; World leaders respond to systemic racism
A police officer is shown holding several protective face masks and handing one out to a woman standing adjacent.
Top of The World
Coronavirus restrictions start to loosen in Europe; Oil-producing nations agree to 10% cut in output; Trump’s coronavirus promises largely unfulfilled
A church sanctuary is shown with empty rows of pews and the photos of people's faces taped to the back rest.
COVID-19
Easter season goes virtual as coronavirus locks out tradition
A man is shown wearing a medical face mask and large headphones while looking at a mobile phone.
COVID-19
Lockdowns and entry bans imposed around the world to fight coronavirus
US President Donald Trump is shown hiolding a paper in his hand and covering his face.
Top of The World
California coronavirus patient wasn’t tested for days; Sectarian violence in India; Duck, duck, bio weapon?
Pope Francis is shown sitting and looking to his left while wearing his traditional Papal attire.
Pope says he would confront Trump directly on border wall
Pope Francis is shown wearing white while sitting behind a microphone.
Religion
Pope opens child sex abuse conference, promising ‘concrete’ remedies
Saint Patrick Catholic Church is seen in York, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18, 2018
Religion
A new chapter, with the same old words, in the Catholic child abuse scandal
Believers take part in a weekend service at an underground Catholic church in the Chinese city of Tianjin on November 10, 2013.
Religion
The Vatican seems to be keen for a deal with Beijing
Pope Francis is welcomed as he arrives at Yangon International Airport, Myanmar November 27, 2017.
Conflict
The pope may not use the term ‘Rohingya’ during his trip to Myanmar. Here’s why.
President Donald Trump speaks beside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the NATO summit.
Economics
Trump berates NATO allies for not doing enough on terror, immigration and Russia
A mural signed by "TV Boy" and depicting Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump kissing, is seen on a wall in downtown Rome, Italy May 11, 2017.
Religion
President Trump and Pope Francis are polar opposites, but …
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One for his first international trip as president, including stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, Brussels and at the G7 summit in Sicily, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U
Global Politics
Donald Trump’s first foreign trip is a lot like a pilgrimage. And that’s the point.
A view of the High Court of Justice in Cairo, Egypt.
Justice
The Egyptian ruler Trump calls ‘fantastic’ is now strengthening his power over the courts
Marie Collins (2nd from right), who served as a memer of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, watches as Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley (right) speaks during their briefing at the Holy See’s press office at the Vatican in Rome on May 3,
Justice
The Vatican is ‘all words, no action’ on addressing child sex abuse
Pope abortion
Global Politics
All priests may forgive ‘sin’ of abortion, Pope Francis says
Father Albert Fritsch
Belief
‘If we don’t care for it, the vitality of the Earth will be destroyed’
A police officer closes the gate of the Moria holding centre for refugees and migrants, which Pope Francis will visit on April 16 on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Global Politics
Pope Francis visits Lesbos this weekend. How much will he really see in five hours?
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Belief
Pope Francis on the joys and heartache of love
Is this the end of the pope's honeymoon period?
Belief
Pope Francis’ efforts to stop church child abuse are falling apart
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Belief
Pope mania hits Mexico
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, left, and Roman Catholic Pope Francis, right, met in Cuba Friday — a historic moment for the religions they represent, which have been at odds for 1,000 years.
Conflict
How the Middle East brought Eastern and Western Christianity together again — in officially atheist Cuba
Women carrying fruits and vegetables on their heads walk past a billboard with a photograph of Pope Francis, in Bangui, Central African Republic; November 26, 2015.
Belief
Despite security risks, Pope Francis plans to visit the Central African Republic
Hundreds of people of the Catholic faith stand under umbrellas during light rain at a mass led by Pope Francis at the University of Nairobi in Kenya's capital Nairobi November 26, 2015.
Belief
The Pope goes to Kenya
A girl holds a US and a Chinese flag during the arrival ceremony for China's President Xi Jinping and first lady Madame Peng Liyuan at the White House in September, 2015.
Global Politics
Is it still the American Century? There’s a lot to say about the influence of ‘smart power’
Pope with Obama
Environment
Pope Francis urges a ‘culture of care’ to repair the global environment
Georgetown guy
Education
At Georgetown University, Pope Francis was the big man on campus
Pope Francis waves as he departs Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, in a Fiat 500 after arriving for his first trip to the United States.
Technology
A short story about the long history of the Popemobile
Rodas, Cuba
Belief
After Francis, will things improve for Cuba’s Catholics?
Pope Francis and Obama
Belief
How do evangelicals feel about Pope Francis and his views on climate change?
Pope Francis
Belief
How his embrace of a disabled boy came to define Pope Francis
Pope Francis
Belief
Why I’m joining 50,000 Latinos greeting Pope Francis in Washington, DC, this week
Francis greets the crowd outside of the Vatican in Rome on September 5, 2015.
Belief
Everybody loves Pope Francis, even atheists
A newly wed couple attends as Pope Francis leads his Sunday Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, August 16, 2015.
Belief
Pope Francis is speeding up the process for Catholics to get an annulment
Pope Francis
Belief
Pope Francis announces a year of ‘mercy’ — and gives ordinary priests the power to forgive the sin of abortion
Students at Our Lady Queen of Angels, an elementary and middle school in East Harlem that is preparing for a brief visit by Pope Francis when he comes to NYC in late September.
Belief
As the Pope’s US visit nears, these fourth-graders prep their questions
Pope Francis arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican in Rome on June 17, 2015.
Environment
Pope Francis sounds the alarm on the environment and he wants everyone to listen
Pope Francis visited typhoon-wracked Tacloban in the Philippines in January 2015, and said, “This country, more than many others, is likely to be seriously affected by climate change."
Environment
Pope Francis is making waves on the issue of global climate change
Brazilian surfer Guido Schäffer
Belief
A man known as the ‘Surfer Angel’ could be Brazil’s next saint
Health
Catholic leaders battle against free birth control in the Philippines
Phillipine police block protesters from marching within sight of Pope Francis' motorcade in Manila on January 15, 2015.
Justice
How the Philippines hid social justice issues from Pope Francis
Pope Francis holds up a plaque with an image of Saint Theresa during a meeting with journalists on his flight from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Manila in the Philippines on January 15, 2014.
Belief
Pope Francis says religious freedom trumps the right to free speech
A woman in Plaza Miranda, outside Quiapo Church in Manila, sells off her dwindling stock of Pope Francis t-shirts in advance of the Pope's visit to the Philippines.
Belief
Filipino Catholics welcome Pope Francis with fervency, hope and souvenir T-shirts
Pope Francis sits next to Hindu leader Ndu-Kurukkal SivaSri T. Mahadeva during the Interreligious Encounter in Colombo, Sri Lanka on January 13, 2015.
Global Politics
Pope Francis shows pugnacious side: You’d better not insult my mother
Pope Francis delivers a "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and world) message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Christmas Day of 2014.
Belief
Pope Francis was a huge story in 2014, but a veteran Vatican reporter says the media got a lot wrong
An Iraqi Christian man from Mosul, who fled from violence in northern Iraq, reads a book at the Latin Patriarchate Church in Amman, Jordan, on August 21, 2014.
Belief
On Christmas, some of the oldest Christian communities on Earth are on the run