The Catholics surrounding Trump’s second term are best represented by his vice president, JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism and embraced family-oriented and conservative policies, echoing a general trend of young U.S. Catholic men shifting rightward.
Biden spoke by phone with His Holiness Pope Francis Saturday morning and "expressed his deep regret" that he was unable to visit Rome and Vatican City.
Did the pope endorse a Vatican-style ministate for a Muslim community on Thursday? The press in Albania seems to think so, after Pope Francis met with a delegation from the Muslim Bektashi Order of Dervishes,
"Each time a pope takes ill, the winds of a conclave always feel as if they are blowing," Francis writes in his new memoir, referring to centuries-old tradition of cardinals gathering in the pope's official residence, the Sistine Chapel, after a pontiff's death to elect the next.
The 13-page decree forbids AI applications that create social inequalities, violate human dignity, or use techniques that cause physical or psychological harm to people; and use of AI that conflicts with the mission of the pope,
A provisional document published by the Italian Bishops’ Conference and approved by the Vatican cautiously opens the door for the ordination of openly gay men to the priesthood, while maintaining the requirement of chastity.
Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge of the office that oversees the world's Catholic religious orders.
Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has appointed around 20 women to positions of responsibility in the Vatican, reaching previously unheard-of levels. La Croix analyzed these choices and put them in perspective with his speeches,
To the extent that the dictatorship must be condemned…we must look for mechanisms that can help alleviate hunger.”
Pope Francis injured his right forearm after a fall in his residence on Thursday but did not suffer any broken bones and continued on with his agenda for the day, the Vatican said.
Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday perio