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Pope Francis, starting Vatican summit, tells delegates not to impose pet agendas

The critics expressed particular concern about plans to discuss blessings for same-sex couples and to allow women to be deacons -- Church ministers who are ordained like priests but cannot celebrate Mass.

02 October 2024, 10:41 IST

Pope Francis, starting Vatican summit, tells delegates not to impose pet agendas

Pope Francis, starting Vatican summit, tells delegates not to impose pet agendas

Pope Francis, starting Vatican summit, tells delegates not to impose pet agendas

02 October 2024, 10:41 IST

Pope Francis, back from flu, calls airstrikes on Lebanon 'unacceptable'

Francis did not specifically identify Israel, but said he was 'saddened by news from Lebanon in recent days that bombardments have caused much destruction and many victims'.

25 September 2024, 10:33 IST

Pope Francis, back from flu, calls airstrikes on Lebanon 'unacceptable'

Pope Francis, back from flu, calls airstrikes on Lebanon 'unacceptable'

Pope Francis, back from flu, calls airstrikes on Lebanon 'unacceptable'

25 September 2024, 10:33 IST

Albania is planning a new Vatican-style Muslim state inside its capital

The Muslim state in Tirana, Albania's capital, will be a Vatican-style sovereign enclave controlling territory about the size of five New York City blocks, and it will allow alcohol, let women wear what they want and impose no lifestyle rules.

23 September 2024, 03:43 IST

Albania is planning a new Vatican-style Muslim state inside its capital

Albania is planning a new Vatican-style Muslim state inside its capital

Albania is planning a new Vatican-style Muslim state inside its capital

23 September 2024, 03:43 IST

Pope Francis offers prayers for 'noble, courageous' Chinese people

Relations with communist China have historically been fraught, but Francis has made it a priority to normalise them, building on a landmark 2018 pact on appointing bishops.

19 June 2024, 10:49 IST

Pope Francis offers prayers for 'noble, courageous' Chinese people

Pope Francis offers prayers for 'noble, courageous' Chinese people

Pope Francis offers prayers for 'noble, courageous' Chinese people

19 June 2024, 10:49 IST

A papal faux pas: Pope's friends, observers try to make sense of homophobic PR disaster

The Vatican issued an apology, but after that, other Italian reports attributed more gay slurs to the pope, as well as chauvinist language associating women with gossip, in a separate meeting with Roman priests.

06 June 2024, 09:23 IST

A papal faux pas: Pope's friends, observers try to make sense of homophobic PR disaster

A papal faux pas: Pope's friends, observers try to make sense of homophobic PR disaster

A papal faux pas: Pope's friends, observers try to make sense of homophobic PR disaster

06 June 2024, 09:23 IST

Pope Francis says priesthood colleges are full of 'faggotness': Report

Francis, who is 87, has so far been credited with leading the Roman Catholic Church into taking a more welcoming approach towards the LGBT community.

28 May 2024, 03:02 IST

Pope Francis says priesthood colleges are full of 'faggotness', in anti LGBT remark: Report

Pope Francis says priesthood colleges are full of 'faggotness', in anti LGBT remark: Report

Pope Francis says priesthood colleges are full of 'faggotness': Report

28 May 2024, 03:02 IST

Italian teenager to become first millennial saint

Carlo’s journey to canonization began in 2020, after the Diocese of Assisi, where his family owned property, petitioned the Vatican to recognize him as a saint.

24 May 2024, 03:52 IST

Italian teenager to become first millennial saint

Italian teenager to become first millennial saint

Italian teenager to become first millennial saint

24 May 2024, 03:52 IST

Pope leads Good Friday service ahead of Colosseum procession

Good Friday leads on Sunday to Easter, the most important and joyous date in the Church's liturgical calendar - commemorating the day Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead.

29 March 2024, 17:17 IST

Pope leads Good Friday service ahead of Colosseum procession

Pope leads Good Friday service ahead of Colosseum procession

Pope leads Good Friday service ahead of Colosseum procession

29 March 2024, 17:17 IST

Pope says "all efforts" must be made to end wars in Ukraine, Middle East

'We should never forget that war is always a defeat, we cannot continue in war, we should make all efforts to mediate, to negotiate an end to the war, let’s pray for this,' Pope Francis said in brief remarks at the end of the audience, citing "martyred" Ukraine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

20 March 2024, 09:56 IST

Pope says "all efforts" must be made to end wars in Ukraine, Middle East

Pope says "all efforts" must be made to end wars in Ukraine, Middle East

Pope says "all efforts" must be made to end wars in Ukraine, Middle East

20 March 2024, 09:56 IST

Pope Francis returns to Vatican after hospital check

Pope Francis, 87, has returned to the Vatican after a brief trip to a Roman hospital for a medical check-up, Italian media reported on Wednesday.

28 February 2024, 11:32 IST

Pope Francis returns to Vatican after hospital check

Pope Francis returns to Vatican after hospital check

Pope Francis returns to Vatican after hospital check

28 February 2024, 11:32 IST