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LIVE | Pope Francis in D. R. Congo | Meeting with young people & catechists

LIVE | Pope Francis’ Meeting with the young people and catechists in the Martyrs Stadium of Kinshasa, Democratic
Pope Francis celebrated Mass with around 1 million people in Kinshasa, DRC, on Feb. 1, 2023. | Vatican Media

1 million attend Mass with Pope Francis in Democratic Republic of Congo

Catholics danced and sang songs, including a chant of “Maman Maria,” which means “Mama Mary” in French, as

What will be Pope Francis’ next trips in 2023? Between certainties and possibilities

2023 will likely be a year of many trips for Pope Francis.   From January 31st to February 5th,

LIVE | Pope Francis in Congo | Meeting Eastern Victims & Charity Workers

LIVE | Pope Francis’ Meeting with Victims of the Eastern part of Congo and with representatives from some
Pope Francis is greeted at the N’Dolo Airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Jan. 31, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

‘Hands off Africa!’ Pope Francis says in Democratic Republic of Congo

Pope Francis urged the international community to give the central African country its autonomy while not turning a

LIVE | Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Holy Mass

LIVE | Pope Francis’ Holy Mass from the Ndolo Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. 
Pope Francis with refugees in the Vatican. Credit: Astalli Center

Pope Francis meets with these refugees ahead of his trip to Africa

Before beginning his apostolic journey to Africa, Pope Francis met with migrants and refugees from the Democratic Republic
Bishop Carlassare | | Vatican News

Bishop Christian Carlassare on the Pope’s trip to South Sudan

Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and Pastor Iain Greenshields,

Pope Francis begins his new apostolic journey to Africa

Pope Francis is flying to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, beginning his 40th Apostolic Journey. It

LIVE | Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Welcome Ceremony

LIVE | The Welcome Ceremony for Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo at N’djili International Airport,

German bishops’ president rebukes Pope Francis for criticism of Synodal Way

Bishop Georg Bätzing has criticized Pope Francis and dismissed the pope’s recent words that the controversial German Synodal

Vatican: a U.S. missionary bishop is the new Prefect for Bishops

Pope Francis continued the generational turnover in the Roman Curia and appointed an American missionary bishop as the

Pope Francis announced an Ecumenical Prayer for the Synod on Synodality

On September 30 an ecumenical prayer vigil will take place in St. Peter’s Square as part of the
Pope Francis. Credit: Vatican Media

Democratic Republic of Congo: Pope Francis visits a troubled country

Pope Francis’s trip this week to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which will be followed by a visit
Pope Francis greets the crowd at his Sunday Angelus address on Jan. 29, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis decries culture that ‘throws away’ unborn children, elderly, poor

In his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis decried a culture that “throws away” unborn children, the elderly, and
Pope Francis prayed for peace in the Holy Land at the end of his Angelus address on Jan. 29, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis expresses sorrow over ‘spiral of death’ in the Holy Land

In his Sunday Angelus address, the pope expressed “great sorrow” for the death of Palestinians killed in an
Pope Francis speaks at his general audience in Paul VI Hall on Jan. 18, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis clarifies comments on sin and homosexuality

“I should have said ‘It is a sin, as is any sexual act outside of marriage,’” the pope
Pope Francis greets spouses / Reference image. Credit: ACI Prensa

Pope Francis gives this advice to those in difficult marriages

Pope Francis encouraged the faithful “not to idealize marriage” this Friday and assured them that “fragility, which always
Reference image of the Vatican. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa

Vatican dissociates itself from the controversy over the 5 million euro altar for WYD

The Vatican clarified that it did not make any decision regarding the construction of a controversial altar valued
Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez / ACI Prensa

Pope Francis accepts the resignation of Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga as Archbishop of Tegucigalpa

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga as Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and appointed

First female Korean Ambassador to the Holy See appointed

Korea has a new ambassador to the Holy See. Hyunjoo Oh comes to the Vatican from the United
The makeshift memorial outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, on Jan. 23, 2023. | Photo by Zedembee via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Pope Francis offers condolences for Monterey Park shooting

The pope sent a telegram to L.A. Archbishop José Gomez on Jan. 25 expressing his sadness and assuring
Father Marko Rupnik, SJ, in an interview with EWTN in 2020. | EWTN

Pope Francis: ‘I had nothing to do’ with Father Marko Rupnik case

For the first time, Pope Francis has commented publicly about the scandal surrounding Jesuit artist Father Marko Rupnik.
Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict embrace each other at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, June 30, 2015. | L'Osservatore Romano.

‘I lost a dad’: Pope Francis speaks about losing Benedict XVI

In an interview with the AP, Pope Francis spoke about his relationship with his predecessor, Benedict XVI. In

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