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Pope to visit DR Congo, S. Sudan in early 2023

Clément Melki with the Kinshasa bureau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 08:12 AM

Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan early next year, a trip previously postponed due to problems with his knee, the Vatican said Thursday. Read more »

Pope removes Tagle, other officials from Caritas

Erik Tenedero. ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 06:49 PM

Pope Francis on Tuesday removed the entire leadership of Caritas Internationalis, including its president Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. Read more »

A day for the poor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 07:57 PM

Pope Francis established November 13 as the World Day of the Poor in 2016 to draw attention to those living on the margins of society. Read more »

Pope says Church fighting child abuse 'as best we can'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 05:33 AM

Pope Francis said Sunday that the Catholic church was working "as best we can" to fight clerical child abuse but admitted there were shortfalls. Read more »

Pope Francis prays for 'suffering peoples' on final day in Gulf

Clement Melki and Layal Abou Rahal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 05:52 PM

Pope Francis said Sunday he was praying for "suffering peoples of the Middle East", at the end of a Bahrain visit promoting dialogue with Islam but marked by accusations of rights abuses in the Gulf state. Read more »

Pope Francis holds Mass in Bahrain

Maurizio Brambatti, EPA-EFE
Updated as of Nov 05 07:41 PM

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives to lead an open-air Mass at Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa, during his official visit to the Kingdom. Read more »

Pope holds mass for 30,000 worshippers in Bahrain

Clement Melki and Layal Abou Rahal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 04:00 PM

The Gulf region, which has about 2 million Catholics, mainly foreign workers from South Asia and the Philippines. Read more »

Pope Francis: Global divisions leading to 'precipice'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 04:56 PM

Pope Francis warned that 'opposing blocs' and global divisions have put humanity on a 'delicate precipice', a veiled reference to the Ukraine war. Read more »

Pope urges respect for human rights during Gulf trip

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 12:24 AM

Francis also said religious freedom should be 'complete and not limited to freedom of worship'. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 2, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 11:57 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Bahrain readies for Pope Francis visit

AFP
Posted at Nov 02 06:05 PM

Workers clean the outdoor arena in front of the Our Lady of Arabia cathedral in Awali, Bahrain on Tuesday, ahead of Pope Francis' visit. Read more »

Catholics could help cut carbon with meat-free Fridays: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 08:24 AM

Pope Francis I could help reduce global carbon emissions by urging Catholics to return to not eating meat on Fridays, UK researchers said Tuesday. Read more »

Pope warns priests against temptations of pornography

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 05:57 AM

Francis called pornography 'a permanent attack on the dignity of men and women', saying it should be declared a 'threat to public health'. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 26, 2022

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Posted at Oct 26 11:00 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis prays for peace in Ukraine and world

Maurizio Brambati, EPA-EFE
Posted at Oct 26 06:02 PM

Pope Francis leads 'The cry of the peace' (Il grido della pace), a prayer for peace in Ukraine and in the world at the Colosseum in Rome on Tuesday. Read more »

China, Vatican extend deal on bishop appointments

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 23 09:05 AM

A 2018 arrangement aims to ease a longstanding divide between an underground flock loyal to the pope and a state-backed official church. Critics say it accommodates Beijing communist government. Read more »

Pope urges UN reform after Ukraine war, COVID 'limits'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 17 08:00 AM

Pope Francis said the need to reform the United Nations was "more than obvious" after the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war exposed its limits, in an extract of his new book published Sunday. Read more »

Pope again raises voice against death penalty

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 11 05:55 AM

Among the latest countries to end capital punishment are Equatorial Guinea, Malawi, Kazakhstan and Sierra Leone. Read more »

Learn from history over nuclear threats: Pope Francis

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 10 11:32 AM

Pope Francis on Sunday urged the world to learn from history on the threat of nuclear war over Ukraine and choose the path of peace. Read more »

After Pope outreach, Nicaragua's Ortega calls Church a 'dictatorship'

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 29 02:11 PM

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega called the Catholic Church a 'perfect dictatorship' for not allowing members to elect the pope. Read more »