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.
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.
