According to scientists at the Vatican, “the Climate Crisis is upon us” and it will get worse before it gets better. In light of that disconcerting finding and at the invitation of the Pope, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Bay State Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer, and UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco have … Read more
It also restated that French citizens should “absolutely refrain from traveling to Iran, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.” Meanwhile, German airline Lufthansa on Sunday announced it won’t be conducting any flights to Amman, Erbil and Tel Aviv until Tuesday and flights to Beirut and Tehran until Thursday at the soonest. The announcement comes after the airline … Read more
ROME — Pope Francis presided over the Vatican’s somber Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, delivering a 10-minute homily and baptizing eight people, a day after suddenly skipping the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution. Francis entered the darkened, silent St. Peter’s Basilica in his wheelchair, took his place in a … Read more
Vatican City — Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated Easter Mass with tens of thousands of Catholics at Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City before his traditional blessing, as concerns persist over his health. The 87-year-old arrived in a wheelchair to preside over the Mass from 10 a.m. (0800 GMT) in cloudy and windy weather, with … Read more
According to the Pew Research Centre, Indonesia is home to 242 million Muslims and around 29 million Christians – 8.5 million of whom are Catholics. Pope Francis is also expected to visit Papua New Guinea in August, the country’s foreign minister Justin Tkatchenko said in January. A Vatican source said the Pope planned to visit … Read more
POPE Francis was dealt a blow yesterday — as the wind sent his hat flying. The 87-year-old was arriving on his pope-mobile at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City when a gust whipped up. 2 Pope Francis tried to catch his cap as wind blew it awayCredit: AP 2 The gaff occurred while the pontiff … Read more
Catholic Bishops in Nigeria have rejected the position of Pope Francis on the blessing of same-sex couples. The Pope had, in December, approved blessings of same-sex couples by Catholic priests. His position elicited criticisms from many Catholic faithful, with some saying the approval could be translated as the church’s endorsement of same-sex marriage. ‘You’ve hurt … Read more
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday will elevate to sainthood the first female saint from his native Argentina, an event that will be attended at the Vatican by his former strong critic, Argentine President Javier Milei. Milei, a maverick right-wing libertarian, in the past called Francis an “imbecile,” a “son of a bitch preaching … Read more
ROME — Pope Francis urged Catholics to forgo worldly trappings and focus on essentials as he opened the season of Lent with a traditional Ash Wednesday Mass on one of Rome’s historic seven hills. He criticized people’s tendency to lay bare their lives on social media, deploring “a world in which everything, including our emotions … Read more
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Friday, January 26, 2024 Pope Francis addresses pilgrims during his weekly general audience at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Oct. 26, 2022. | VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images Pope Francis is seeking to clarify that the Catholic Church is not changing its teachings about homosexual practices and … Read more
