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From his hospital bed, Pope Francis stays in touch with Catholic parishioners in Gaza

12:39pm February 18, 2025

Even while Pope Francis is hospitalized, he still keeps in touch with a Roman Catholic parish in Gaza City, making near-nightly phone calls to the priest and congregation there.

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Doctors order 'absolute rest' for Pope Francis due to respiratory infection

1:21pm February 15, 2025

Doctors prescribed "absolute rest" for Pope Francis, the Vatican said Saturday, a day after the 88-year-old pope was admitted to a hospital following a weeklong bout of bronchitis.

Pope Francis Leads Way Of The Cross On Rio's Copacabana Beach

Five things we learn about Pope Francis from his new memoir

11:30am January 14, 2025

In Pope Francis' autobiography Hope he reiterates themes of his papacy like hatred of war and unchecked capitalism, and a desire for the Catholic Church to be seen as a field hospital, not a fortress.

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Opinion: The Pope wants priests to lighten up

8:00am December 21, 2024

A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour.

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Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880 million to settle sexual abuse claims

12:03am October 17, 2024

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.

A teen tech whiz nicknamed 'God's influencer' will become the first millennial saint

11:08am July 01, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Carlo Acutis, who died at 15 in 2006, has long been called the "patron saint of the internet." After many years, two miracles and Vatican approval, he's officially set to be canonized, likely in 2025.

Alice Kitchen, 81, canvasses for signatures at a Costco parking lot in Kansas City, Mo. She and other abortion rights advocates are trying to collect 172,000 valid signatures by May 5 to ensure a statewide ballot measure in November on whether to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri's constitution.

For many Missouri Catholics, abortion rights means choosing between faith, politics

5:01am May 01, 2024

by Katia Riddle

The state is shaping up to be big battleground over abortion rights in November. Research shows a majority of U.S. Catholics supports abortion rights — even though church leadership does not.

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Pope Francis remains popular among U.S. Catholics, with 75% having favorable views of him, according to a Pew Research report. But many self-identified Catholics disagree with various teachings of their church.

6 in 10 U.S. Catholics are in favor of abortion rights, Pew Research report finds

1:13pm April 12, 2024

by Jason DeRose

Although the Catholic Church officially opposes abortion, the report says there's far greater diversity of opinion among laity in the U.S.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on Aug. 27, 2022.

A cardinal is convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in Vatican trial

11:55am December 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court, was convicted in a complicated financial trial that aired the Vatican's dirty laundry.

Children in traditional dress welcome Pope Francis arriving for a meeting with charity workers and for the inauguration of the House of Mercy in Ulaanbaatar, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023.

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Francis opens a homeless clinic on the 1st papal visit to Mongolia

1:54am September 04, 2023

by The Associated Press

Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty.