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Pope calls for investigation into whether Israel's actions constitute genocide

5:58pm November 18, 2024

Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel's military attacks on Gaza constitute genocide. It's the first time he's publicly suggested that Israel may be engaged in genocide.

Pope Francis and Indonesia’s top imam make a joint call for religious harmony

8:35am September 05, 2024

The pope’s meeting with the Muslim leader in Jakarta comes during the first leg of an intense 11-day, four-nation tour in Asia and Oceania.

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Pope opens Asia odyssey in Indonesia to rally Catholics, hail religious tolerance

2:57am September 03, 2024

The pope's arrival in Indonesia launches an 11-day voyage zigzagging across time zones that will also take him to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.

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.

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G7 summit opens with deal to use Russian assets for Ukraine

2:23am June 13, 2024

by The Associated Press

With the U.S., Great Britain and France facing elections in coming months and a rightward shift in European parliamentary elections, there is pressure for leaders to act while the status quo lasts.

Why G7 leaders are turning to a special guest — Pope Francis — for advice on AI

9:15pm June 12, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

G7 leaders are meeting in Italy, where Pope Francis will join them to talk about the ethics of artificial intelligence.

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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.

Pope Francis arrives as he celebrates Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2024.

Pope Francis appeals for peace in Gaza and Ukraine at Easter Mass

11:00pm March 31, 2024

by The Associated Press

Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass, leading tens of thousands of people in a flower-decked St. Peter's Square.

A same-sex couple receives a blessing in front of Germany's Cologne Cathedral in September 2023, a few months before Pope Francis officially declared such blessings allowable.

Catholic Church works to explain what same-sex blessings are and are not

5:01am February 14, 2024

by Jason DeRose

Now that Pope Francis has OK'd priests blessing same-sex couples, LGBTQ+ Catholics are figuring out how to ask for these blessings and whether they want them.

Pope Francis presides over Christmas eve Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday Dec. 24, 2023.

Pope Francis mourns the rejection of peace and "futile logic of war" this Christmas

6:40pm December 24, 2023

by Dustin Jones

In his Christmas Mass address Sunday, he said the word of God is being drowned out by the violence in Gaza. Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire multiple times since the war started on Oct. 7.