April 2, 2022 Pope Francis receives letter from family of Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski: 'He is up there' Pope Francis gave a brief condolence Saturday for deceased Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, who was killed during his overseas reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
April 1, 2022 Pope Francis begs forgiveness for 'deplorable' abuses to native children in Canada schools Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to visit Canada in late July to deliver the apology in person to survivors of the church's misguided missionary zeal.
March 21, 2022 Vatican defends hasty rollout of revolutionary laity reform Vatican officials defended Pope Francis' most recent reform of the Holy See bureaucracy in which any believer - whether male or female - can head a Vatican office.
March 15, 2022 Pope to consecrate Russia to Virgin Mary inspired by century-old Fatima prophecy Pope Francis announced Tuesday that he will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, fulfilling a 1917 vision revealed to Portuguese children that such a blessing would usher in a period of world peace.
March 13, 2022 85 children killed in Ukraine, more than 100 wounded since start of Russian invasion, Ukrainian official says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has killed 85 children and wounded more than 100 others, a Ukrainian official said Sunday.
March 6, 2022 Pope Francis: Ukraine humanitarian crisis 'growing dramatically' amid 'river of blood and tears' Pope Francis condemned the Russia-Ukraine conflict in his strongest language yet during his weekly address in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday.
February 25, 2022 Washington Post columnist mocks Pope Francis' 'empty gesture' for peace in Ukraine Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin mocked Pope Francis for his unprecedented attempt to sue for peace between Russia and Ukraine amid the ongoing war.
February 25, 2022 Pope Francis calls for dialogue to end Russia and Ukraine conflict Pope Francis went to the Russian embassy in Rome on Friday to personally express his concern about the war in Ukraine, in an extraordinary papal gesture that has no recent precedent.
February 25, 2022 Pope cancels Florence visit, Ash Wednesday due to knee pain Pope Francis has canceled a scheduled Sunday visit to Florence, Italy, and will not preside over Ash Wednesday commemorations next week because of what the Vatican described Friday as a flareup of “acute” knee pain.
February 22, 2022 Prominent Jesuit priest appears to defend puberty blockers for children, then walks it back N.Y. Archdiocese says it can't stop Jesuit from preaching support for giving children puberty blockers.
