Vaticano: Francis' year: keeping pace with the Pope

Kertzer, a 74 - year - old historian. Moments later he cut through a crowd lined up to see Pope Francis, showed his credentials to the Swiss Guards and entered the archives of the former headquarters ...

... left the company to the Church upon his death, receiving around 100 million a year in dividends. ... the direction of the Italian episcopate is now firmly in the hands of Pope Francis. It's a decisive ...

That the 85 - year - old pope will be limited by his age and his health is hardly a surprise, but it is also an advantage an aspect of Pope Francis' spiritual power to heal. For Indigenous Canadians, ...

..." Francis said on Wednesday, during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. In the attack, 19 students and two adults died. The 18 - year - old gunman, who lived in Uvalde, ...

A secretive deal between the Vatican and Beijing is up for renewal later this year as concerns grow about China's rights record and its tightening grip on churches and clergy. Pope Francis led a years - long effort to build ties with authoritarian China and in 2018 the Holy See ...

...of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical letter 'Laudato si': On Care For Our Common Home.' Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, said this year's ...

...but making no mention of a 90 - year - old cardinal who was recently arrested in Hong Kong. Addressing the public gathered in St. Peter's Square for the pontiff's traditional Sunday remarks, Francis ...

... the leader of the Moscow - based Russian Orthodox Church, had an awkward Zoom meeting with Pope Francis. The two religious leaders had previously worked together to bridge a 1,000 - year - old ...

The prophetic words of Pope Francis have come true this year: We are living not only in an era of change, but in an age - changing epoch. Pope Francis has long spoken of our time as a 'piecemeal third world war.' Now even ...