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June 11, 2015

Pope Francis to open 30-bed homeless shelter a few steps from Vatican walls

A homeless woman sits with her belongings as she waits for a friend leaving the Vatican following a March 26 visit.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will open a homeless shelter on the edge of Vatican City, the latest move by the pontiff to help poor people in Rome.

Published in Vatican
June 10, 2015

Pope Francis meets Putin for a diplomatically difficult talk

Pope Francis greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives for a private meeting at the Vatican June 10. At center is Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household.

A serious-looking Pope Francis on Wednesday (June 10) spoke with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, in a meeting focused on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East that pose complex and contrasting diplomatic challenges for the two leaders.

Published in International
June 10, 2015

Pope OKs plan to investigate, judge bishops who fail to act on abuse

Pope Francis gestures as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 10.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has approved new procedures for the Vatican to investigate and judge claims of "abuse of office" by bishops who allegedly failed to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sex abuse.

Published in Vatican
June 10, 2015

Call for papal apology problematic

Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast said maybe the Pope can Skype about Indian Residential Schools, but said the TRC asking for a personal apology from Pope Francis is “reaching for the moon.”

OTTAWA - Calls for Pope Francis to come to Canada and personally apologize for abuses at Indian Residential Schools are “reaching for the moon,” said Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.

Published in Canada
June 9, 2015

Climate encyclical expected to send strong moral message to the world

A View of the Jaguari dam in Brazil shows low water levels in early January. The drought in the region is the worst in 80 years, according to reports, as only a third of the usual rainfall occurred during the wet season from December to February.

LIMA, Peru - Pope Francis' upcoming encyclical on ecology and climate is expected to send a strong moral message -- one message that could make some readers uncomfortable, some observers say.

Published in International
June 8, 2015

Fight conflict, cruelty with tenderness, sacrifice, Pope tells Catholics

Pope Francis greets a young man during a meeting with youth at the diocesan John Paul II Youth Center in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, June 6. The pope made a one-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to encourage the minority Catholic community in the faith and to foster dialogue and peace in a nation still largely divided along ethnic lines.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Conflict and cruelty must be fought with tenderness, forgiveness and bearing Christ's cross, Pope Francis said.

Published in International
June 8, 2015

Peace demands passion, patience, hard work, Pope tells Balkan nation

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives to celebrate Mass at Kosevo stadium in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, June 6. Also in the popemobile is Bosnian Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo. The pope was making a one-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to encourage a minority Catholic community in the faith, and to foster dialogue and peace in a nation still largely divided along ethnic lines.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - To overcome fear, discrimination and conflict, people must have a deep desire to open themselves up to God and his mercy, and work actively for peace every day, Pope Francis said.

Published in International
June 8, 2015

Vatican ready to announce decision, guidelines on Medjugorje, Pope says

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard his flight from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, to Rome June 6. At left is Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman. The pope announced on the return flight that a decision soon will be announced conc erning alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Pope Francis said the Vatican was ready to make an announcement concerning the alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Published in International
June 5, 2015

Pope Francis meets Chilean president amid debate over easing tough abortion law

Pope Francis and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet laugh during a private audience at the Vatican June 5.

Pope Francis met Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, while outside in St. Peter’s Square anti-abortion protesters drew attention to one of the most controversial topics up for discussion between the two leaders June 5.

Published in International
June 5, 2015

Pope Francis warns mission societies against becoming NGOs

Pope Francis elevates the Eucharist during Mass outside the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome June 4. Pope Francis reminded the work of mission societies belongs to Jesus and reducing a group to functionalism will lead to ruin.

VATICAN CITY - The mission-oriented agencies of the Church must guard against operating like nongovernmental organizations, empty of Christ's presence, Pope Francis said.

Published in Vatican
June 5, 2015

Putin to visit Pope Francis amid global tensions

Pope Francis smiles alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin during a private audience at the Vatican Nov. 25, 2013.

VATICAN CITY - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Pope Francis on June 10, with pressure on the pontiff to speak up about the Kremlin’s role in the Ukraine conflict.

Published in International
June 4, 2015

Pope helps homeless, poor in Rome make pilgrimage to Shroud of Turin

The Shroud of Turin is displayed during a preview for journalists at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, April 18. A public exposition of the shroud, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus, runs from April 19 through June 24, 2015.

VATICAN CITY - With financial assistance from Pope Francis, a Rome parish led 50 homeless and poor people on a pilgrimage to see the Shroud of Turin June 4 and has provided the money needed for another Rome parish to do the same a week later.

Published in Vatican
May 28, 2015

Papal visits have brought hope to divided Bosnia, cardinal says

Bosnian woodcarver-sculptor Edin Hajderovac works on a chair for Pope Francis at his workshop in Zavidovici, Bosnia- Herzegovina, May 25. He and his father, Salem Hajderovac, are putting the finishing touches to the chair made from walnut trees, which Po pe Francis will use during his visit to Sarajevo. The father and son, both devoted Muslims, initiated the project in the belief that it will reflect the message of peace that the Catholic Church's top leader will bring to Bosnia.

VATICAN CITY - A papal visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina brings hope, joy and some "soul" to this ethnically divided, Catholic-minority Balkan nation, the country's cardinal said.

Published in Vatican
May 27, 2015

Dufferin-Peel school first in GTA to be named after Pope Francis

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic district school board is the first board in the Greater Toronto Area to name a school after the Holy Father.

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Brampton, Ont., will be home to the first Catholic school in the Greater Toronto Area named after Pope Francis.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
May 26, 2015

Pope, in interview, talks about his daily habits, hopes, concerns

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 24.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said he wants to be remembered as "a good person who tried to do good. I cannot ask for anything more than that."

Published in Faith
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