Pope
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World
Stephen Colbert and Whoopi Goldberg Met the Pope in the Vatican. No Joke.
Francis hosted an audience with over 100 comic entertainers, also including Chris Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Conan O’Brien. He said…
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World
In a First, Pope Plans to Attend G7 Summit
As leaders from the Group of 7 nations gather this week in southern Italy, they will be joined by representatives…
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World
Hochul Meets the Pope, and Reflects on Her Father and Irish Catholicism
At a climate change summit at the Vatican, Gov. Kathy Hochul positioned New York State as a leader in pursuing…
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World
What Pope Francis Said to Mayor Eric Adams in Rome
The meeting was a highlight for the mayor, who is in Rome to speak at a conference about world peace…
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Opinion
Why Conservative and Liberal Catholics Can’t Escape One Another
Before Pope Francis was elected, conservative Catholics had fallen into a habit of dismissing the more liberal form of Catholicism…
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World
Four Takeaways From the Vatican’s Document on Human Dignity
The document restated the Roman Catholic Church’s rejection of abortion, gender fluidity and transition surgery.
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Opinion
Pope Francis Tries to Settle Accounts
For years now, Pope Francis’s governance of the Roman Catholic Church has been seemingly designed to drive the church’s conservative…
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World
Reports Say Pope Francis Is Evicting U.S. Cardinal From His Vatican Home
Word of the action against Cardinal Raymond Burke came after the prelate’s increasingly pointed critiques of the reform-minded pope.
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World
Pope Francis Cancels Trip to U.N. Climate Summit on Doctor’s Orders
Days after the pontiff was forced to slow down because of a flu, his doctors advised him to not travel…
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US
As Catholic Leaders Met, Fired Bishop Took His Message to the Street
The meeting opened with a call for unity, but clerics are navigating a contentious relationship between Pope Francis and conservative…