Vatican News & Updates - Page 74

Pope hopes to visit three US cities in 2015

December 10, 2015

Pope hopes to visit three US cities in 2015

Pope Francis has confirmed he wants to go to the United States next year and is considering a three-city trip in September 2015.

Pope Francis denounces Mafia, says mobsters are excommunicated

December 10, 2015

Pope Francis denounces Mafia, says mobsters are excommunicated

Pope Francis journeyed Saturday to the heart of Italy's biggest crime syndicate, met the father of a 3-year-old boy slain in the region's drug war, and declared that all mobsters are automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis changes in Burger King before Mass in Bolivia

December 10, 2015

Pope Francis changes in Burger King before Mass in Bolivia

Burger King has long been providing quick meals. Pope Francis has now used it for a quick change.

Israeli, Palestinian leaders accept Vatican invite to discuss peace efforts

December 10, 2015

Israeli, Palestinian leaders accept Vatican invite to discuss peace efforts

Pope Francis plunged Sunday into Mideast politics during his Holy Land pilgrimage, calling the current stalemate in peace efforts "unacceptable" and winning the acceptance from the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to pay a symbolic visit to the Vatican next month to pray for peace.

Pope Francis honors victims of Holocaust, terrorism in Israel

December 10, 2015

Pope Francis honors victims of Holocaust, terrorism in Israel

Pope Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust, kissing the hands of six survivors in an emotional ceremony at Israel's national Holocaust memorial on Monday as he capped a Mideast trip with poignant stops at some of the holiest and most haunting sites for Jews.

Pope Francis baptizes father of South Korea ferry victim, urges 'fraternal dialogue' among Asian nations

December 10, 2015

Pope Francis baptizes father of South Korea ferry victim, urges 'fraternal dialogue' among Asian nations

Pope Francis made his strongest gesture yet to reach out to China on Sunday, saying he wants to improve relations and insisting that the Catholic Church isn't coming in as a "conqueror" but is rather a partner in dialogue.

Pope Francis makes history with dual canonization of Pope John XXIII, Pope John Paul II

December 10, 2015

Pope Francis makes history with dual canonization of Pope John XXIII, Pope John Paul II

Pope Francis declared Popes John XXIII and John Paul II saints before some 800,000 people on Sunday in an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square.

Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka for first stop of Asia tour

December 10, 2015

Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka for first stop of Asia tour

Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka Tuesday at the start of a weeklong Asian tour saying the island nation can't fully heal from a quarter-century of ethnic civil war without pursuing truth for the injustices committed.

Pope blesses cross made from migrant boats

December 10, 2015

Pope blesses cross made from migrant boats

Pope Francis has blessed a wooden cross made from the boats of migrants who have come ashore at the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa.

Countdown to canonization of John XXIII, John Paul II

December 9, 2015

Countdown to canonization of John XXIII, John Paul II

On Sunday, Pope Francis makes history yet again. He makes two Popes saints in a single ceremony--John Paul II and John XXIII, the man who convened the Second Vatican Council in 1959.