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Turnbull calls on Pope to sack archbishop for concealing child abuse

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 19 02:27 PM

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday called on Pope Francis to sack disgraced archbishop Philip Wilson after he was convicted of covering up child sex abuse but remains employed by the church. Read more »

Pope says walls, occupation, fundamentalism block Mideast peace

Reuters
Posted at Jul 07 10:04 PM

Francis repeated his view that the "status quo" of the contested city of Jerusalem should be respected, and backed a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more »

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters
Posted at Jun 29 06:32 PM

Pope Francis enchants the altar before the Pallium Mass for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Friday. Read more »

Roque not sure if Duterte could attend Pope's Day celebration in Manila

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 04:43 PM

MANILA - Malacañang is still unsure whether or not President Rodrigo Duterte could attend the Pope’s Day celebration in Manila on Friday, June 29, because of his busy schedule, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said. Read more »

Kiss of honor

Alessandra Tarantino, AFP
Posted at Jun 27 12:54 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron (right) hugs Pope Francis at the end of a private audience at the Vatican on Tuesday. Read more »

Pope, Emmanuel Macron hold ‘intense’ meeting at Vatican

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 03:49 AM

Macron met with Francis during his first official visit to the Vatican on Tuesday, discussing global issues including the fate of migrants coming to Europe.  Read more »

Pope to make Vatican changes in push for reform, transparency

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jun 23 09:51 PM

Pope Francis will be making several significant changes in the Vatican in the next few weeks and months to bring in fresh faces with new ideas and promote others as part of his push for reform. Read more »

Stop exploiting Africa and share resources, Pope tells Europe

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 21 08:48 AM

Francis' comments follow moves in some African countries to win more generous terms from international mining companies. Read more »

Pope urges press freedom, cites case of jailed Reuters reporters

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 09:32 PM

Without naming any countries, Francis decried attacks on press freedom by "so-called democratic" governments. Read more »

Pope says China talks going well, dialogue worth the risk

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 08:52 PM

Francis rejected criticism that the Holy See may be selling out Catholics to Beijing's communist government. Read more »

Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 05:33 PM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems. Read more »

Abortion to avoid birth defects is like Nazi eugenics -pope

Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 08:46 AM

Pope Francis on Saturday called the practice of having an abortion after pre-natal tests have discovered possible birth defects a version of Nazi attempts to create a pure race by eliminating the weakest. Read more »

Pope Francis, may mensahe sa isang kasapi ng LGBT community

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 10:02 PM

Ibinahagi ng isang miyembro ng lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community mula sa Chile ang sinabi ng Santo Papa ukol sa kaniyang sexual orientation.  Read more »

Gay man says pope told him: 'God made you this way' - paper

Reuters
Posted at May 22 07:04 AM

A Chilean man who suffered clerical sexual abuse has said Pope Francis told him in a private conversation that God had made him gay and loved him that way, according to the Spanish newspaper El Pais. Read more »

Pope Francis names 14 new cardinals from 5 continents

Crispian Balmer, Reuters
Posted at May 20 09:32 PM

Making the surprise announcement during his weekly Sunday address, the pope said the new cardinals came from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Iraq, Pakistan, Japan, Madagascar, Peru, Mexico and Bolivia. Read more »

Slain Salvador archbishop, Pope Paul VI to be made saints

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 19 08:30 PM

Oscar Romero, assassinated by a right-wing death squad as he said mass, and Pope Paul VI will be made saints in October, Pope Francis announced Saturday. Read more »

Chilean bishops offer resignation to Pope over abuse scandal

Reuters
Updated as of May 18 07:28 PM

It was not immediately clear if the pope had accepted their resignation.   Read more »

The Day in Photos: 16 May 2018

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 10:14 PM

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

Pinoys love Lolo Kiko

Andreas Solaro, AFP
Posted at May 16 09:16 PM

Pope Francis passes by a banner of Filipino Catholic believers during a weekly general audience at St Peter's square in Vatican on Wednesday.  Read more »

Pope appoints new bishop of San Fernando, La Union

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 10 08:09 AM

Pope Francis has chosen a priest from Zambales to lead the Diocese of San Fernando in La Union.  Read more »