Mormon President and Pope Francis meet for the first time, after decades of hidden diplomacy
The two leaders met for 33 minutes at the Vatican and exchanged gifts, the day before Russell M. Nelson was due to dedicate the first Mormon temple in Rome The head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met with a pope for the first time on Saturday, an event that reportedly followed […]
RABBIS PRAISE TOLERANCE AT UAE INTERFAITH CONFERENCE
Pope and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar meet in Abu Dhabi as 700 religious leaders gather for Conference of Human Fraternity. Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich, said that Jews and Muslims have lived together for thousands of years, in comments on the sidelines of a major interfaith gathering in Abu Dhabi. He is one of […]
POPE ‘WORRIES’ ABOUT HOMOSEXUAL CLERGY
Pope Francis is quoted in a new published book saying that having gays in the clergy “is something that worries me” and remarking that some societies are considering homosexuality a “fashionable” lifestyle. “In consecrated life and priestly life, there is no place for this kind of affection,” he is quoted as saying in the Spanish-language […]
Vatican defends pope against ‘blasphemous’ cover-up claims
A top Vatican cardinal issued a scathing rebuke Sunday of the ambassador who accused Pope Francis of covering up the sexual misconduct of a prominent American cardinal, saying his claims were a “blasphemous” political hit job. Six weeks after Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano threw the papacy into turmoil over his claims about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, […]
Pope Francis tells gay man: ‘God made you like that’
Rome (CNN) A victim of clerical sexual abuse has said that Pope Francis told him that God made him gay and that his sexuality “does not matter.” Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse, spent three days with Pope Francis at the Vatican in April, in which he discussed his sexuality and the abuse […]
Pope Francis with the University students
The University of Bologna has been a laboratory of humanism for almost a thousand years said Pope Francis speaking to the students during his short visit to Bologna on Sunday.The word Universitas which entails the idea of a ‘whole’ includes students from Italy, many European countries and even from South America, who work on two […]
Pope ‘Heresy’ Corrected Dramatically by Conservative Catholics
Pope Francis has been accused of spreading heresy by a group of conservative Catholics who have taken issue with the pontiff’s views on marriage, the Eucharist, and moral life to the extreme of “correcting” him. Conservative Catholics said they gave the pope on Aug. 11 what is called a “filial correction,” something that had not been […]
POPE BLASTS CLIMATE CHANGE DOUBTERS: CITES MORAL DUTY TO ACT
Pope Francis has sharply criticized climate change doubters, saying history will judge those who failed to take the necessary decisions to curb heat-trapping emissions blamed for the warming of the Earth. Francis was asked about climate change and the spate of hurricanes that have pummeled the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean recently as his […]
Pope Francis Urges World Leaders to ‘Hear the Cry of the Earth’
In a joint statement with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for the World Day of Prayer for Creation, the Pope decries mankind’s “propensity to interrupt the world’s delicate and balanced ecosystems,” along with our insatiable desire to manipulate and control the planet’s limited resources, and our greed for limitless profit in markets.” The history of the world […]
Pope and Orthodox Christian leader issue unprecedented appeal for the environment
Pope Francis and Orthodox Christian leader Patriarch Bartholomew have released a passionate joint appeal to protect the environment, marking the first time that a pope and the ecumenical patriarch have joined forces in such a way. They made their appeal for the Earth, a major theme of Francis’ papacy, on Friday (Sept. 1), as Texans […]