Now think about this. The Vatican has observer status at the United Nations. When the UN was established in 1945, the Papacy did not have the advantage it has now with a neutered Protestantism through the ecumenical movement, and a…

Pope Francis met with Mauricio Macri the President of Argentina along with his wife Juliana Awada and their little girl in an audience in the Vatican. Argentina is the home country of Pope Francis. The Holy See Press Office described…

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On yet another Friday audience with a tech executive, Pope Francis met with the CEO and co-founder of Instagram, Kevin Systrom at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. The audience is the latest move by Instagram to become the dominant platform for…

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Pope Francis and the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haydar al-Abadi, met in private audience on February 16, 2016. The friendly meeting referenced the “good state of bilateral relations,” and the state of Christian and ethnic minorities living in the country…

Pope Francis is expected to visit St. Andrews, Scotland to sign a charter against extremism in September 2016. Leaders from different religions, diplomatic and community leaders will gather to sign a 10-point declaration calling on all faiths to unite against…

Pope Francis was prepared to do everything he could to get a climate change agreement signed in Paris. But Cardinal Peter Turkson, who helped draft the papal encyclical on climate said Pope Francis has “deep trust” that negotiators in Paris…

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, the president of the Republic of Togo met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on January 28. He then met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard. A Vatican statement said, “During the…

In an effort to deepen unity, Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church’s mistreatment of other Christians, and called on Catholics to forgive followers of those traditions for any offenses of “today and in the past.” Rome increasingly covers her…

The Holy See has diplomatic relations with 180 nations, and its diplomatic corps is the oldest of all, going all the way back in some cases to the 5th century, and more formally since the 15th century. Today, the Vatican’s…