Zenit, by Marina Droujinina: As the end of the year approaches, Pope Francis had a telephone conversation with the President of the State of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, reported the Italian Agency SIR on December 15, 2020. The exchange took place…

Zenit, by Deborah Castellano Lubov: Pope Francis received President of the Republic of Slovakia, Mrs. Zuzana Čaputová, today, Dec. 14, 2020. According to a Vatican statement, the discussions were cordial and highlighted the good existing bilateral relations between the States,…

Reason, by Steven Greenhut: A friend of mine, who had spent many years establishing a successful printing business in the Midwest, opened his local newspaper to find a story about a fancy redevelopment project that the city had proposed in…

NBC News, by Haley Messenger: The Pope means business. Capitalism met Catholicism on Tuesday, as some of the world’s biggest business leaders announced a new partnership with Pope Francis. The alliance, known as the Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the…

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Washington Post, by Chico Harlan, Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey: Pope Francis has called in a new documentary for the creation of civil union laws, giving his clearest support to date for the rights of same-sex couples while breaking…

AP News, by Nicole Winfield: Pope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions in comments for a documentary that premiered Wednesday, sparking cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives, given the Vatican’s official teaching…

Life Site News: A decade ago, journalists could barely contain themselves when news of misbehaving clergy came across their desk. Almost every time Pope Benedict said something publicly about homosexuality or abortion, the media pounced, immediately reminding their viewers that…

LifeSiteNews, by Paul Smeaton: Pope Francis and Italian Bishop Domenico Sorrentino have taken part in an interreligious video project which describes borders as “more and more irrelevant” and calls on all people to come together in response to the coronavirus….

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The Christian Post, by Michael Gryboski: Pope Francis called on Christians worldwide to recite the Lord’s Prayer, also known as the Our Father, at noon Wednesday [March 25th] in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The head of the Roman Catholic…

BBC News: Pope Francis has called for global solidarity to fight the coronavirus crisis in his Easter message read to an empty St Peter’s Basilica. “This is not a time for indifference. Because the whole world is suffering and needs…