Tag: Pope Francis
Pakistani bishops meet Pope Francis
Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference President Archbishop Joseph Arshad met with Pope Francis in the papal library as part of the periodic ad limina visits...
Karachi archbishop to invite Pope Francis to visit Pakistan
VATICAN: Pakistani archbishops are all set to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican City on Thursday where Karachi archbishop will invite the pope to visit...
Late Pope Paul VI to be made saint this year, Pope...
The late Pope Paul VI, who led the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s and 1970s during one of its most turbulent modern...
Documentary on Pope Francis to hit theaters in May
LOS ANGELES: Pope Francis is heading to the big screen to talk life, the universe, and everything in a rare Vatican-backed theatrical documentary, studio...
Pope Francis pleads for refugees at Christmas mass
Pope Francis has urged Roman Catholics not to ignore the plight of millions of migrants "driven from their land", during Christmas Eve Mass.
The pontiff...
Pope Francis celebrates 81st birthday with pizza
Pope Francis celebrated his birthday by blowing out candles on an extra-long pizza at the Vatican, much to the delight of the children present.
Francis,...
There is ‘no religious discrimination’ in Myanmar, army chief tells pope
NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s powerful army chief has told Pope Francis there is “no religious discrimination” in the country during talks at the start of the...
Lift up your hearts, not your cell phones, pope tells priests,...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Wednesday chastised priests and bishops who take pictures with their cell phones during Masses, saying they should focus on God...
Pope Francis to visit Myanmar as anti-Rohingya hatred seethes
Pope Francis will talk peace on his to visit Myanmar, a Catholic church representative said Thursday, a potentially highly charged trip during a refugee...
Pope Francis’ veiled warning about Trump: ‘Populism is evil’
He also confesses to moments of spiritual doubt in interview with German newspaper Die Zeit
Pope Francis has warned in an interview with a German...
Pope Francis swoops in to defend oppressed Rohingyas
VATICAN: Pope Francis has issued a strong defence of the right of Burma's Rohingya Muslims to "live their faith", and criticised the country's government for their persecution campaign. In...
Pope warns against populism and ‘saviours’ like Hitler
Pope Francis on Saturday warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of “saviours” like Hitler.
In an hour-long interview with Spanish newspaper...
Why is Russian President Vladimir Putin late for meetings with world...
The Russian leader Vladimir Putin has earned a reputation for keeping other world leaders waiting, and even royalty and the Pope can’t force the...
Pope, Vietnam president meet in bid to warm ties
Pope Francis hosted Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at the Vatican as the two work towards warming long-strained ties, a press release from the...
Irresponsible Journalism is a form of ‘Terrorism’, says Pope
Journalism based on gossip or rumours is a form of “terrorism” and media that stereotype entire populations or foment fear of migrants are acting...
Pope to meet families of Nice attack victims
Pope Francis will on Saturday hold a multi-faith meeting of grieving relatives and survivors of an attack in France in July when a jihadist...
Pope says it’s wrong to identify Islam with violence
Pope Francis said on Sunday that it was wrong to identify Islam with violence and that social injustice and idolatry of money were among...
