Pope Francis

Brett Griffin Young with his partner and three children.
Reproductive rights
Surrogacy advocates fear pope’s position will create stigma
Pope Francis arrives for leading a prayer for peace inside St. Peter's Basilica, at The Vatican, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. 
Sacred Nation
Roman Catholic Church remains inconclusive about reforms for women, LGBTQ after monthlong meeting wraps
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 Benedict XVI greets the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, soon after his election, April 19, 2005.
Religion
Pope Benedict XVI was an icon of conservative Catholicism, theology professor says
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
In this March 26, 2020, file photo, a boy wears a mask as a preventative measure against the spread of the coronavirus, as he navigates floodwaters mixed with garbage following heavy rains, in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya.
The Big Fix
‘Connecting with God by caring for the environment’: Franciscan monk in Kenya shares Christmas message
Several people are shown standing in St. Peter's square and holding heart-shaped signs.
LGBTQ
Vatican condemns gender theory as bid to destroy nature
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Religion
‘The conservatives have declared war’: Inside the accusations upending the Catholic Church
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Former top Vatican official calls for resignation of pope over abuse crisis
Women from a haberdashery shop hold up their new Pope Francis Ireland flag
Religion
For Irish Catholics, there’s both enthusiasm and anxiety about Pope Francis’s visit
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Vatican changes catechism, says death penalty is inadmissible
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Immigration
Pope criticizes Trump administration on immigration, child separation
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Vatican document suggests married priests, women could minister in the Amazon
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Religion
Vatican, China near agreement on bishops, but controversy remains
A man exhibits on his chest photos of Pope Francis to sell outside St. Jose Cathedral ahead of the papal visit in Temuco, Chile, Jan. 14, 2018.
Lifestyle
As the pope arrives in Chile, Chileans question their allegiance to the church
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Conflict
Can Pope Francis get Colombia to reconcile after decades of war?
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 …
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Global Politics
All priests may forgive ‘sin’ of abortion, Pope Francis says
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Environment
Pope Francis urges a ‘culture of care’ to repair the global environment
Jorge Mario Bergoglio (center) now known as Pope Francis visiting a Buenos Aires slum in 1998.
Conflict
Was Pope Francis silent during Argentina’s Dirty War?
Pope Francis and Obama
Belief
How do evangelicals feel about Pope Francis and his views on climate change?
Pope Francis and Cuba's President Raul Castro confer in Havana on Sunday.
Arts
Cuban artists ask why their government won’t let them create
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
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
Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives to lead an audience with the family members of victims of the mafia at the San Gregorio VII church in Rome. A woman shows a picture of her son with the words, "Where is my son?"
Lifestyle & Belief
When the pope denounces the mafia, there’s a reason it is news
Pope Francis reaches out to greet the faithful in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 26, 2014.
Lifestyle & Belief
Pope Francis led this Argentine to embrace his faith once more
Pope Francis reaches out to greet the faithful in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 26, 2014.
Lifestyle & Belief
Pope Francis led this Argentine to embrace his faith once more