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Pope Francis receives letter from family of Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski: 'He is up there'

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.

Pope Francis begs forgiveness for 'deplorable' abuses to native children in Canada schools

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.

Vatican defends hasty rollout of revolutionary laity reform

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.

Vatican pulls representatives from Taiwan, Hong Kong without explanation

February 18, 2022

Vatican pulls representatives from Taiwan, Hong Kong without explanation

The Roman Catholic Church has shuffled its representatives in key East Asian countries, drawing speculation that the Vatican is making good faith moves to appease the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), an accusation that Catholic prelates deny.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness over handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denies wrongdoing

February 8, 2022

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness over handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denies wrongdoing

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday for any “grievous faults" in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denied any personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.

Pope urges parents to 'never condemn' their gay children

January 26, 2022

Pope urges parents to 'never condemn' their gay children

Pope Francis urged parents on Wednesday not to condemn their children if they are gay, in his latest gesture of outreach to the LGBTQ community, which has long been marginalized by the Catholic hierarchy.

Pope Emeritus Benedict attended meeting where pedophile priest's transfer was discussed

January 24, 2022

Pope Emeritus Benedict attended meeting where pedophile priest's transfer was discussed

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged that he did attend a 1980 meeting at which the transfer of a pedophile priest to his then-diocese was discussed, saying an editorial error was responsible for his previous assertion that he wasn't there.

Pope Francis pledges justice for victims of abuse after predecessor faulted

January 21, 2022

Pope Francis pledges justice for victims of abuse after predecessor faulted

Pope Francis pledged Friday to provide justice to victims of clergy sexual abuse, a day after an independent audit faulted his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, for having botched four cases of abusive clergy when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI faulted over handling of abuse cases in Germany

January 20, 2022

Retired Pope Benedict XVI faulted over handling of abuse cases in Germany

A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany's Munich diocese on Thursday faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI's handling of four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s. The law firm that drew up the report said that Benedict strongly denies any wrongdoing.

Pope Francis encourages a 'courageous and prophetic faith,' decries consumerism

January 6, 2022

Pope Francis encourages a 'courageous and prophetic faith,' decries consumerism

Pope Francis marked Epiphany on Thursday by encouraging people to shake off consumeristic “tyranny" and crises of faith in lives and societies and instead find the courage to work for justice and brotherhood in societies dominated by what he called the “sinister logic of power."