# pope-francis - Sunday 21 August, 2022
# Nicaragua
# Nicaragua
Pope Francis said he was following “closely with concern and sorrow” the situation in Nicaragua, two days after bishop and regime critic Rolando Alvarez was detained.
# pope-francis - Saturday 30 July, 2022
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
The 85-year-old pope has been using a wheelchair more frequently due to knee pain.
# pope-francis - Saturday 23 July, 2022
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
Pope Francis will express his sadness over the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools.
# pope-francis - Wednesday 13 July, 2022
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
Two nuns and a laywoman have been appointed to the Dicastery for Bishops.
# pope-francis - Monday 4 July, 2022
# Vatican
# Vatican
Francis also said he hopes to visit Moscow and Kyiv.
# pope-francis - Tuesday 21 June, 2022
# Passport Office
# Passport Office
The Taoiseach said it must be very distressing for the mother and her four children who did not make their flight today.
# pope-francis - Sunday 5 June, 2022
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
Italian and Catholic media have been rife with unsourced rumours that the 85-year-old, who is suffering mobility problems, might resign.
# pope-francis - Sunday 29 May, 2022
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
Many of the names are figures from outside Europe, keeping with Francis’s determination to have church leaders reflect the global face of the Catholic Church.
# pope-francis - Saturday 28 May, 2022
# Vatican
# Vatican
His legacy was tarnished by his support for the paedophile founder of an influential religious order.
# pope-francis - Friday 1 April, 2022
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
Numerous investigations into the former residential schools are underway across Canada after the discovery of mass unmarked graves.
# pope-francis - Wednesday 5 January, 2022
# Oh The Humanity
# Oh The Humanity
The Pope said replacing children with pet dogs or cats is a ‘denial of fatherhood and motherhood’.
# pope-francis - Sunday 26 December, 2021
# Family
# Family
Francis has acknowledged how some relationships may have become strained during lockdown.
# pope-francis - Thursday 23 December, 2021
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
As he has before, the pontiff used his annual Christmas address to take Vatican administrators to task for their perceived moral and personal failings.
# pope-francis - Sunday 5 December, 2021
# Greece
# Greece
The pontiff said Europe was “torn by nationalist egoism”.
# pope-francis - Friday 29 October, 2021
# Vatican
# Vatican
Biden’s support of abortion rights and same-sex marriage has put him at odds with many US bishops.
# pope-francis - Tuesday 5 October, 2021
# Vatican
# Vatican
Cardinal Angelo Becciu served as the equivalent of chief of staff for Pope Francis at the time of the deal.
# pope-francis - Sunday 12 September, 2021
# Budapest
# Budapest
The pontiff has said Europe must welcome migrants, while the Hungarian prime minister is staunchly against mass immigration.
# pope-francis - Tuesday 22 June, 2021
# Vatican
# Vatican
The Vatican argues the anti-homophobia law violates a treaty between Rome and the Holy See.
# pope-francis - Thursday 10 June, 2021
# Reinhard Marx
# Reinhard Marx
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx offered to resign as archbishop of Munich and Freising over the church’s mishandling of abuse cases
# pope-francis - Tuesday 1 June, 2021
# Vatican
# Vatican
It came after repeated complaints by victims of sexual abuse and others that previous wording within the code was outdated and opaque.
# pope-francis - Tuesday 6 April, 2021
# Papal Visit
# Papal Visit
The OPW said it was hopeful the €800,000 plus refurbishment would be completed by the end of July.
# pope-francis - Monday 8 March, 2021
# Iraq
# Iraq
During the first ever papal trip to Iraq, the Pope called for an end to violence and extremism.
# pope-francis - Sunday 7 March, 2021
# Papal Visit
# Papal Visit
The pontiff was due to celebrate an open-air Mass on the last day of his visit.
# pope-francis - Saturday 6 March, 2021
# Papal Visit
# Papal Visit
Pope Francis met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Iraq today.
# pope-francis - Friday 5 March, 2021
# Papal Visit
# Papal Visit
Foreign minister Fuad Hussein said Iraqis were eager to welcome Francis’s ‘message of peace and tolerance’.
# pope-francis - Wednesday 3 March, 2021
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
Pope Francis is set to meet the revered Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf.
# pope-francis - Sunday 10 January, 2021
# Capitol Violence
# Capitol Violence
Pope Francis urged the US authorities to protect democratic values.
# pope-francis - Friday 25 December, 2020
# Urbi Et Orbi
# Urbi Et Orbi
The pontiff also called for fraternity and compassion to be shared among all peoples this Christmas.
# pope-francis - Saturday 28 November, 2020
# Vatican
# Vatican
Pope Francis has created 95 new cardinals since his election in 2013.
# pope-francis - Friday 20 November, 2020
# Jesus Mary And Joseph
# Jesus Mary And Joseph
The ‘like’ was spotted earlier this week but has since been removed.
# pope-francis - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Papal Blessing
# Papal Blessing
The Pope made the comments in a documentary released today.
# pope-francis - Saturday 17 October, 2020
# Abuse
# Abuse
The pontiff accepted the resignation of Edward Janiak as bishop of Kalisz.
# pope-francis - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Vatican
# Vatican
George Pell was convicted but ultimately absolved by Australia’s High Court of sex abuse allegations.
# pope-francis - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# The Vatican
# The Vatican
“The Church has condemned inhuman, brutish, vulgar pleasure, but has on the other hand always accepted human, simple, moral pleasure,” he added.
# pope-francis - Sunday 12 July, 2020
# Istanbul
# Istanbul
Turkish president Erdogan formally converted the museum back into a mosque on Friday.
# pope-francis - Sunday 12 April, 2020
# Easter Mass
# Easter Mass
“This is not a time for self-centeredness, because the challenge we are facing is shared by all,” the pope said.
# pope-francis - Sunday 5 April, 2020
# Easter
# Easter
Normally, tens of thousands of pilgrims would have attended Easter Week services.
# pope-francis - Wednesday 26 February, 2020
# Ash Wednesday
# Ash Wednesday
“It is the time to give up useless words, chatter, rumours, gossip, and talk and to speak directly to the Lord,” the pontiff said.
# pope-francis - Tuesday 14 January, 2020
# Not In My Name
# Not In My Name
While Benedict has sought to ease the crisis in the Vatican, Cardinal Robert Sarah has said the former pope did co-author the book.
# pope-francis - Monday 13 January, 2020
# The Two Popes
# The Two Popes
Francis is currently considering allowing it in remote locations, such as the Amazon, where communities seldom have Mass.
Showers around; breezy this afternoon
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Min: 7 °C
Sun and clouds with a couple of showers
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Partly sunny
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