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Europe is experiencing a crisis evidenced by a “wave of populism” that threatens European universality, Pope Francis warned Saturday.

Pope Francis prayed Sunday for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a topic he has returned to on numerous occasions.

The Vatican said this weekend it was “saddened” by the drag queen parody of the Last Supper on display during the July 26 opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, after critics complained loudly over the Vatican’s silence on the matter.

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire to armed conflicts to mark the Olympic Games that begin in Paris this week.

The Vatican condemned Saturday’s assassination attempt against former U.S. President Donald Trump, calling the assault a “wound” to democracy.

Pope Francis released a statement Tuesday denouncing military attacks in Kyiv and Gaza while calling for an end to both conflicts.

ROME — Pope Francis warned Sunday democracy is in “crisis” around the world, likely with an eye to a rise in right-wing parties across Italy, Austria, Argentina, Netherlands, and Germany.

ROME — San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has thrown his support behind a petition for mercy on the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) launched by a group of prominent UK personages.

UK cultural and political bigwigs have written an open letter petitioning the Vatican not to ban the Traditional Latin Mass.

The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will canonize eleven Christians hacked to pieces by radical Muslims in 1860 rather than renounce their faith in Jesus.

Former Vatican emissary Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano has refused to obey a summons to the Vatican to face charges of schism, restating he does not recognize Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis asserted this week that Christians, Jews and Muslims, all worship the one God and are “brothers and sisters.”

Vatican representatives stoked fears of a climate emergency Thursday, insisting global warming is “bringing humanity to its knees.”

Pope Francis has denounced the arrogance of those who seek dominion over nature, which leads to the degradation of the environment.

Pope Francis pulled no punches in his condemnation of drug dealers, calling them “murderers” and drug liberalization laws a “fantasy.”

A gay Filipino student publicly chided Pope Francis Thursday, telling the 87-year-old pontiff to stop using offensive slurs against homosexuals.

The Vatican has summoned Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former papal nuncio to the United States, to undergo an extrajudicial penal trial for the crime of schism and having denied the legitimacy of Pope Francis and the Second Vatican Council.

In preparation for World Refugee Day, Pope Francis declared Wednesday that all of us are “required” to welcome anyone who knocks on our door.

Pope Francis met with more than 100 comedians in the Vatican Friday, including Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, and Whoopi Goldberg, praising their “ability to speak to all types of people.”

Pope Francis has again decried an atmosphere of “faggotry” in the Vatican, doubling down after similar controversial comments two weeks ago.

Pope Francis has written a glowing forward to a new book by gay rights activist Father James Martin, calling him a “person who has fallen in love with the Word of God.”

Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny downplayed the immigration issue prior to European elections, insisting that it is “false” to speak of a global immigration crisis.

Modern migrants share many similarities with the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land, Pope Francis asserts in his message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2024.

Pope Francis appointed three prelates, known for their support for homosexuality, to the Vatican’s doctrinal office Saturday, just as LGBT groups were kicking off gay pride month.

Pope Francis berated a group of young priests from Rome this week, accusing them of gossiping about him and acting like women.

Pro-LGBTQ+ Jesuit Father James Martin said Wednesday that he has known “hundreds” of gay priests in his life as a Jesuit.

Pope Francis complained that Catholic seminaries are too full of “faggotry” in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops last week, local media report.

Pope Francis received a group of some 30 “Palestinian and Ukrainian children” in the Vatican this weekend, the Vatican reported.

Pope Francis recognized a miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, clearing him to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint.

The Vatican offered a speaking platform this week to Shanghai Bishop Joseph Shen Bin who used the occasion to promote the “Sinicization” of the Catholic Church in China.

Pope Francis expressed his condolences for the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Pope Francis has added to the confusion regarding the blessing of same-sex couples, now insisting that only the individuals may be blessed and not the couple itself.

Pope Francis told CBS that conservatives are willfully blind and manifest a “suicidal attitude” in their narrowmindedness.

Pope Francis warned Thursday that climate change has become a “planetary crisis,” and billions face “an extremely high risk of climate-related devastation.”

Pope Francis has denounced “arguing” about liturgical details after drastically restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass.

Climate change has brought the world to the “breaking point,” Pope Francis asserts in his introduction to a 3-day climate summit to be held in the Vatican in May.