Pope Francis

Giro d'Italia Winner Egan Bernal Presents Pope Francis With Bicycle

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 16, 2021

Giro d'Italia winner Egan Bernal on Wednesday presented Pope Francis with a bicycle following an audience in the Vatican.

"We're All Pained": Canada Indigenous Leaders Dismiss Pope Francis' Remarks

World News | Reuters | Monday June 7, 2021

Indigenous leaders and school survivors on Sunday dismissed Pope Francis' expressions of pain at the discovery of 215 children's remains at a former Catholic residential school in Canada, saying the church needed to do much more.

Pope Francis Updates Canon Law To Address Paedophilia By Priests

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday June 1, 2021

Pope Francis updated the Catholic Church's criminal code Tuesday, adding directives on punishing sexual abuse crimes of minors by priests that have long been sought by activists against paedophilia.

Pope Francis to Get a Pure Electric ‘Popemobile’ from US Automaker Fisker

Reuters | Saturday May 22, 2021

Pope Francis will soon get an all-electric car featuring a solar panel roof and interiors made out of recycled ocean plastic from US automaker and Tesla competitor Fisker.

Pope Francis To Get First Electric Popemobile From U.S. Firm Fisker

Written by Reuters | Saturday May 22, 2021

Fisker will convert its all-electric Ocean sport utility vehicle for use by the pope, providing a retractable glass cupola and sustainable interior materials, such as the carpets.

Pope Francis Backs Waiving Patents On Coronavirus Vaccines

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 9, 2021

Pope Francis offered his support Saturday for waiving coronavirus vaccine patents to boost supply to poorer countries, in a video message to the "Vax Live" concert.

Pope Hails "Tireless" Work Of Indian Medics, Urges Them To Stay Strong

India News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 6, 2021

Pope Francis hailed Thursday the "tireless" work of medics in India and urged them to stay strong, in a message of support for the coronavirus-plagued country.

Pope Francis Appeals For Climate Change, Urges People To Protect "Common Home"

World News | Reuters | Tuesday March 30, 2021

Pope Francis adapted Shakespeare's famous Hamlet quote in an appeal to people not to remain blind to the destruction of climate change and the mass migration it may cause, writing: "To see or not to see, that is the question."

"Even I Kneel On Streets Of Myanmar And Say 'Stop The Violence'": Pope

World News | Reuters | Wednesday March 17, 2021

Pope Francis appealed on Wednesday for an end to bloodshed in Myanmar, saying: "Even I kneel on the streets of Myanmar and say 'stop the violence'".

Pope Francis Departs Iraq After Historic Trip: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday March 8, 2021

Pope Francis concluded on Monday the first-ever papal trip to Iraq, which went off without a hitch despite security worries and a second wave of coronavirus cases in the country.

Pope Francis Meets Father Of Alan Kurdi, Drowned Syrian Toddler

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday March 8, 2021

Pope Francis on his last night in Iraq Sunday met the father of Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian Kurdish toddler who became a symbol of the plight of migrants.

Pope, Top Shiite Cleric Plead For "Peace" In Historic Iraq Encounter

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 7, 2021

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, one of Shiite Islam's top clerics, told Pope Francis in a historic meeting in Iraq on Saturday that the country's Christians should live in "peace".

Pope Francis Expects To Spend His Final Days In Rome, Reveals New Book

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday February 28, 2021

Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, still the Catholic pontiff, without returning to spend his final days in his native Argentina, according to a new book titled "The Health of Popes."

Breaking From Tradition, Pope Elects First Woman To Senior Church Post

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday February 7, 2021

Pope Francis has broken with Catholic tradition to appoint a woman as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the first to hold the post with voting rights in a body that studies major questions of doctrine.

In A First, Pope Francis Appoints Woman In Senior Synod Post

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday February 7, 2021

Breaking with tradition, Pope Francis Saturday appointed Frenchwoman Nathalie Becquart as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the first woman to hold the post and have voting rights.