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Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane during an in-flight press conference on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, on his return from his nearly two-week tour of Southeast Asia.

Pope Francis: U.S. presidential election a choice between ‘the lesser evil’

Sep 13, 2024

By Courtney Mares

Speaking aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis encouraged U.S. Catholics to vote with their conscience in the upcoming Nov. 5... Read more

Pope Francis responds to questions from the press aboard the return flight to Rome from Mongolia.

What Pope Francis had to say about the Synod on Synodality in the in-flight press conference

Sep 4, 2023

By Courtney Mares

“In the synod, there is no place for ideology,” Pope Francis told journalists on the flight from Mongolia to Rome. Read more

Pope Francis addresses reporters on Aug. 6, 2023 aboard the papal flight on his return to Rome from his five-day trip to Portugal and World Youth Day.

Pope Francis explains why he skipped Fatima prayer for peace

Aug 6, 2023

By Courtney Mares, Hannah Brockhaus, Daniel Ibañez

During his in-flight press conference, the pope also spoke about his health, youth suicide, and access to the sacraments. Read more

Discussing on the flight from Kazakhstan to Italy on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, the moral degradation of the West, particularly in relation to the advance of legal euthanasia, Pope Francis said the region has taken the wrong path, and that killing should be left “to the animals.”

Pope Francis: ‘The West has taken the wrong paths’

Sep 15, 2022

On the flight from Kazakhstan to Italy on Thursday, Pope Francis discussed the moral degradation of the West, particularly in... Read more

Pope Francis & Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti aboard the papal plane Jan. 28, 2019.

Pope Francis outlines key priorities for February sex abuse summit

Jan 28, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Speaking on the papal flight returning from Panama, the pope said he wanted the world’s bishops to receive a “catechesis”... Read more

Pope Francis on the return flight from his trip to Geneva, Switzerland, June 21, 2018.

Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight press conference from Geneva

Jun 21, 2018

In a June 21 conversation with journalists on the way back from a trip to Geneva, Pope Francis touched on... Read more

Pope Francis speaks aboard the papal plane from Lima, Peru to Rome Jan. 22, 2018.

Full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Peru

Jan 22, 2018

In a conversation with journalists on his return flight from Peru to Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis discussed the people... Read more