Pope Francis Latest News

These are the latest news about Pope Francis, the Vatican, and the Catholic Church, provided by the Vatican staff of Catholic News Agency, a service of EWTN News.

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Pope Francis: Canon law revision project is concluding

Feb 21, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis said on Friday that canon law can be like medicine, because justice is healing for the entire Church.... Read more

Pope Francis prays during the Good Friday Via Crucis in Rome April 19, 2019.

Pope Francis prays for victims of German shooting

Feb 21, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis prayed Friday for the victims of a shooting in Germany that killed nine people at two hookah bars.  Read more

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, meets with Wang Yi, China's foreign minister, in Munich, Feb. 14, 2020.

Chinese media: Recent meeting of Sino-Vatican diplomats was pope's idea

Feb 19, 2020

The Vatican secretary for relations with states, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, met with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in Paul VI Hall Jan. 22, 2020.

Pope Francis: The meek are not pushovers

Feb 19, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis said Wednesday that a meek Christian is not weak, but defends his faith and controls his temper.  Read more

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In new series, Pope Francis offers insights on the Nicene Creed

Feb 17, 2020

An Italian television station released on Monday the first in an eight part series of interviews designed to highlight reflections... Read more

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun departs the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome on Nov. 18, 2014_

'The Vatican lost everything, got nothing': An interview with Cardinal Zen

Feb 15, 2020

By Matt Hadro

Cardinal Joseph Zen gave an exclusive interview to CNA in which he discussed the Church in China and his relationship with Pope... Read more

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US bishops praise pope's 'clarion call' for nuclear disarmament

Feb 14, 2020

The bishops of the United States released a statement on Friday, calling for the United States and other nuclear powers to... Read more

Cardinal Reinhard Marx at the Vatican Press Office on Oct. 17, 2014.

Analysis: 'Querida Amazonia' and the German synod

Feb 14, 2020

By Ed Condon

Following the German reaction to Querida Amazonia, it is not clear what, if anything, could bring their synodal discussions to... Read more

Cardinal Reinhard Marx and Cardinal Gerhard Müller.

‘A lack of courage’: Germans divided over Pope Francis’ Amazonian exhortation

Feb 12, 2020

German Church leaders have offered markedly distinct responses to Querida Amazonia, the apostolic exhortation on the Amazon region released by... Read more

Vatican officials at a Feb. 12 press conference.

Vatican officials: 'Querida Amazonia' is magisterium, Amazon synod's final doc is not

Feb 12, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis' post-synodal exhortation on the Amazon is part of ordinary magisterium -- that is official Church teaching -- while... Read more

Pope Francis leads the opening procession for the Amazon synod in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 7, 2019.

Inculturation is a 'necessary process' in the Amazon, Pope Francis says

Feb 12, 2020

Pope Francis has highlighted the need for spiritual inculturation in the Amazon region, and praised indigenous expressions of religiosity, while... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates the closing Mass of Amazon synod October 27, 2019.

Pope Francis' Amazon exhortation calls for holiness, not married priests

Feb 12, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis published his response to the Vatican’s 2019 Amazon synod in an apostolic exhortation Wednesday. Despite widespread speculation following... Read more

Pope Francis at a Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 17, 2015.

Pope Francis will travel to Malta in May

Feb 10, 2020

By Courtney Mares

The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will visit the islands of Malta and Gozo on May 31. Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on March 14, 2018.

Pope Francis appeals for displaced women and children in Syria

Feb 9, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis appealed Sunday for the protection of women and children fleeing violence in northwestern Syria as more than half... Read more

Theodore McCarrick arrives at the Vatican on March 5, 2013.

Parolin: On McCarrick report release, Pope Francis has 'final word'

Feb 6, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis will make the final decision on when to publish a highly-anticipated report on former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Vatican... Read more

Pope Francis talks with Tim Tebow Feb. 5 at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.

What Pope Francis told Tim Tebow

Feb 6, 2020

When he met Pope Francis at the Vatican Feb. 5, Tebow talked with the pope about his faith, and especially... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter Square, Feb. 22, 2017.

Pope Francis to financial leaders: Ending poverty is our duty 

Feb 5, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis called on global financial leaders and economists to end economic inequality Wednesday, saying that modern resources make ending... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience on March 18, 2015.

Pope Francis: Poverty of spirit does not hide shortcomings from the world

Feb 5, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis said Wednesday that a focus on achieving fame or having a perfect image in the eyes of the... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on January 31, 2018.

One year after declaration on fraternity, pope calls for end to terrorism

Feb 4, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the joint signing of the Abu Dhabi document on human fraternity with... Read more

Pope Francis received Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, in a private audience at the Vatican on May 27, 2019.

Analysis: Pope Francis and the Germans

Jan 31, 2020

By Ed Condon

Whether he turns his attention to the furthest corner of the Amazon, or to reforming his own curia in Rome,... Read more