Pope Francis will travel to Colombia in September and he will return to South America in January for a visit to Chile and Peru.
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Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis encourages Chancellor Merkel to continue the fight against climate change
This was the pope and chancellor’s sixth meeting.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Father James Martin: L.G.B.T. Catholics have been treated like dirt. We can do better.
One year ago, a gunman opened fire in Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., killing 49 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. This week, Father James Martin tells us why he was disappointed with how many church leaders spoke about the attack (very few uttered the word “gay”)—and what he’s […]
Posted inDispatches, Faith
New cardinals express church universality
Pope Francis will create five new cardinals at a consistory in Rome scheduled for June 28.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What Pope Francis’ apology would mean for Canada’s indigenous people
As an indigenous person who works for the Catholic Church, I have pondered the value of an apology to the former students of the residential schools.
Posted inFaith, News
Diversity typifies Pope Francis’ choices for renewed Pontifical Academy for Life
Pope Francis appointed new members to the advisory body and included scientists, professors and experts in medicine and ethics from both religious and secular backgrounds.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Empty words do not help the poor, Pope Francis says in World Day of the Poor message
People cannot sit back and be indifferent or unresponsive to growing poverty in the world as a privileged minority accumulates “ostentatious wealth,” Pope Francis said.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis threatens to suspend Nigerian priests in long dispute over church leadership
“Whoever was opposed to Bishop Okpaleke taking possession of the diocese wants to destroy the church. This is forbidden,” the pope said.
Posted inFaith, News
Women must have the opportunity to fully contribute to society, pope says
“Women are fully entitled to actively take part in all settings, and their rights must be affirmed and protected,” the pope said.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Women deacons, Disney and doors: Read what this Jesuit priest said in his first homily.
Parts of us are afraid and behind locked doors. Parts of our society are afraid and behind locked doors. Parts of our church are afraid and behind locked doors.