President Obama wants American Christians to “act a lot more like Pope Francis,” and that fighting poverty should be their emphasis. President Obama was speaking at Georgetown University, the oldest Jesuit University in America, at the ecumenical Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit…

Cuban President Raul Castro visited Pope Francis on Sunday, May 10, 2015 and said that if Pope Francis keeps going the way he is, he will return to praying and to the church. They met for an hour, which is…

Pope Francis will make an Apostolic visit to South American countries Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay in July. The pope had confirmed a visit to Latin America in January. “The three Latin American countries that are foreseen for this year are:…

Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Visit to Sarrajevo in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 6, 2015. During his packed schedule he will visit the President of the Republic at the Presidential Palace, address authorities, conduct a…

On his way to the United States this coming September, Pope Francis will visit the Island nation of Cuba, the Holy See Press Office confirmed. The pope will also meet with President Barack Obama at the White House and will…

On Monday, April 20, 2015, Pope Francis met with a delegation from the Conference of European Rabbis at the Vatican. No pope has ever met with the conference before. “Anti-Semitic trends in Europe,” the pope said at the historic meeting,…

The Waldensian Methodist Church of Italy has announced that the date is set and the program is organized for Pope Francis to make an official visit to the Waldensian Temple of Turin. There he will meet with the world’s oldest…

“We must prepare for a new age of political audacity for the Holy See,” said Marco Impagliazzo, president of the Rome-based Community of Sant’ Egidio during an interview in 2014. Some believe that Pope Francis is more important politically than…

Last year he was first on the list of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Greatest World Leaders. This year, in its second published list, he is still there as number four of the “extraordinary men and women who are transforming business, government,…

Pope Francis has added a stop to his trip to the United States this coming September – The White House. U.S. officials have confirmed the meeting on September 23 with an official opening ceremony at the presidential residence. The pope…

Former Vice President Al Gore called for punishment on climate-change deniers. He said politicians should pay a price for rejecting “accepted science.” Referring to a federal cap-and-trade system, Gore said, “We need to put a price on carbon to accelerate…

Pope Francis has continued to become more popular in the United States. A recent Pew Research Study (February 2015) indicates that a strikingly 90 percent of all U.S. Catholics view the pope favorably and nearly 60 percent have a “very…