Pope Francis

Pope Francis had aide read prepared text to his weekly general audience due to ‘mild flu-symptoms’

02/28/2024 at 10:15 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Services/ The Dialogue, February 28, 2024 VATICAN CITY — Arriving in a wheelchair instead of walking with his cane, Pope Francis began his weekly general audience by telling visitors and pilgrims, “I’m still a bit sick,” so an aide would read his prepared... read more

Pope Francis cancels Monday audiences due to persisting ‘mild flu’ symptoms

02/25/2024 at 7:06 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Matthew Santucci, Catholic News Service, Rome Newsroom, February 26, 2024 The Holy See Press Office on Monday announced that Pope Francis’s audiences for the day had been suspended as a precautionary measure due to the Holy Father’s persisting flu symptoms.  The Monday... read more

Pope Francis cancels Saturday audiences due to a mild flu, Vatican says

02/24/2024 at 12:25 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Courtney Mares, CNA, February 24, 2024 Pope Francis canceled his public appearances on Saturday due to a mild flu, the Vatican has said. The Holy See Press Office released a short statement announcing the cancellation on Saturday morning without further details. “Due to a mild... read more

Pope Francis cancels meeting with Rome deacons due to mild flu, Vatican says

02/24/2024 at 12:02 AM By Kevin Edward White
When asked about his health in a recent television interview, Francis quipped what has become his standard line: “Still alive, you know.” By Associated Press, February 24, 2024 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has canceled an audience scheduled for Saturday as a precaution after coming down... read more

Cynical Catholics and the negativity towards Pope Francis

02/15/2024 at 11:17 AM By Kevin Edward White
Fear of change, a superior sense of already knowing what it means to be Catholic, and a changing cultural context, have helped fuel opposition and bad faith towards the current pope By Massimo Faggioli, LaCroix International, February 15, 2024 In these past eleven years since Pope Francis... read more

Filial Appeal to All Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church

02/02/2024 at 12:40 PM By Kevin Edward White
Crisis Magazine We ask all Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church to forbid the application of Fiducia Supplicans in their dioceses. Your Eminencies, Your Excellencies: We, the undersigned Catholic priests, scholars, and authors, write to you on the occasion of the latest... read more

On the ‘Cobra Effect’ and Congo’s Ambongo as an emerging papal candidate

01/31/2024 at 4:39 PM By Kevin Edward White
By John L. Allen, Crux, January 31, 2024 ROME – Though it’s likely apocryphal, the story goes that during British rule of India, colonial officials became concerned about poisonous cobras in the city of Delhi and decided to offer a bounty for every dead snake. Enterprising locals,... read more

Pope Francis ‘amplifies’ the raucous debate over Fiducia Supplicans

01/28/2024 at 10:19 AM By Kevin Edward White
By John Allen, Crux, January 28, 2024 ROME – To be honest, sometimes the conversations we journalists have about breaking news stories can be almost self-parodying. Often, for instance, that’s because we’re more focused on how to package something rather than on the significance of... read more

Amid furor over Vatican doc, Pope says aim is to bless people, not same-sex unions

01/27/2024 at 8:00 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Mary Allen, Crux Now, January 27, 2024 ROME – Amid the ongoing furor over a recent Vatican declaration on the blessing of same-sex couples, Pope Francis on Friday appeared to try to rein in certain interpretations of the document, insisting that what’s at issue is a pastoral gesture... read more

What Is the Occupancy of Hell?

01/26/2024 at 9:02 PM By Kevin Edward White
COMMENTARY: The Pope’s recent off-the-cuff remarks have provided a teaching moment on universalism and reality. By Ralph Martin, National Catholic Register, January 26, 2024 Pope Francis stirred up controversy with an informal remark concerning hell that he made Jan. 14 in an... read more

Cardinal Zen warns of ‘error’ in Fiducia Supplicans, calls for Cdl. Fernández to resign

01/24/2024 at 9:11 AM By Kevin Edward White
Cardinal Zen asked: 'If the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is committing a heresy by claiming a serious sin as ‘good,’ then shouldn't the Prefect resign or be dismissed?' Tue Jan 23, 2024 - 10:53 am ES By Michael Haynes, LifeSite, January 24, 2024 HONG KONG... read more

Marking One Month of ‘Fiducia Supplicans’: Opposition Shows No Signs of Abating

01/21/2024 at 5:02 PM By Kevin Edward White

Cdl. Fernández says Pope Francis knew about his orgasms book before making him doctrine chief

01/21/2024 at 3:13 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope to priests of Rome: We are in a missionary land

01/13/2024 at 1:18 PM By Kevin Edward White

Francis Urges Ban on Surrogacy, Calling It ‘Despicable’

01/08/2024 at 1:25 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope’s January prayer intention: For gift of diversity in the Church

01/02/2024 at 11:06 AM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Burke amid salary, apartment controversy

12/29/2023 at 4:21 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis Condemns Abortion in Christmas Message, Calls Killing Babies the “Slaughtering” of Innocents

12/26/2023 at 3:21 PM By Kevin Edward White

Hearing the Pope’s Confession: Vatican Confessor Reflects on Sacrament

12/10/2023 at 10:06 PM By Kevin Edward White

Bishop Strickland barred from saying Mass in Diocese of Tyler, Texas

12/07/2023 at 8:16 AM By Kevin Edward White