May 24, 2022 New Italian church head faces demands for abuse inquiry Pope Francis' newly appointed bishop is coming under increasing pressure as advocacy groups push for a response to the Church's history of clerical sexual abuse.
May 17, 2022 Pope Francis tells crowd he needs 'a bit of tequila' to help his knee pain, video shows The pope told the crowd his latest idea for pain relief.
May 15, 2022 Pope Francis declares 10 new saints, including one proposed as 'Patron Saint of Journalists' Pope Francis declared 10 new saints in the first post-COVID canonization ceremony at the Vatican.
May 12, 2022 Arrested cardinal repeatedly warned Holy See of Chinese persecution, condemned Vatican's secretary of state Zen has repeatedly warned the Vatican of increasing government persecution of religious minorities and anti-communist public figures but has historically received next to no response.
May 4, 2022 Pope, Japanese PM discuss nuclear weapons after North Korea missile fires into Sea of Japan Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Pope Francis for a private conversation Wednesday, the same day a ballistic missile was fired into the Sea of Japan.
May 3, 2022 Pope Francis says he asked to meet Putin in March over Ukraine war, but hasn't heard back: report Pope Francis has revealed that he told the Kremlin in March that he was “willing to go to Moscow” to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin – but the Vatican has “not yet received a response,” according to an interview published Tuesday.
April 15, 2022 Pope compares journalists accusing him of supporting Putin to sexual fetishism for excrement Pope Francis compared journalists' speculation of him supporting Putin to sexual fetishism for excrement.
April 15, 2022 Biden's ambassador to Vatican voted to support Planned Parenthood, gay marriage as senator President Biden's ambassador to the Holy See voted in support of former President Obama's legislative agenda supporting Planned Parenthood and gay marriage, despite formerly coming out against such measures.
April 10, 2022 Pope Francis denounces ‘folly of war’ in Palm Sunday homily Pope Francis indirectly referenced Russia's war on Ukraine in his Palm Sunday homily, saying the "folly of war" leads people to commit "senseless acts of cruelty."
April 9, 2022 Former Saudi justice minister, head of Muslim World League wants interfaith peace 'through real world action' One of the largest moderate Islam advocacy groups in the world says that the time for endless talk and fruitless dialogue is over – instead, the world needs concrete actions.
