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Pope health in focus ahead of global Catholic festival in Lisbon

by Clément Melki - August 2, 2023 - 12:03pm

Pope Francis heads to Lisbon Wednesday, where a million youngsters from across the world are expected for a major Catholic festival, held as the Church reflects on its future.

World Youth Day, the biggest event in the Catholic Church

by Clément Melki - July 30, 2023 - 11:02am

World Youth Day, which takes place next week in Lisbon in the presence of Pope Francis and an expected one million pilgrims, is the largest Catholic event in the world.

Pope making steady progress after hernia operation — Vatican

by Clément Melki - June 9, 2023 - 6:21pm

Pope Francis, 86, on Thursday began several days of convalescence a day after a hernia operation, as questions resurfaced about his health.

Pope making steady progress after hernia operation: Vatican

by Clément Melki - June 9, 2023 - 7:52am

Pope Francis, 86, on Thursday began several days of convalescence a day after a hernia operation, as questions resurfaced about his health.

Porn, sex abuse, gender: Pope Francis tackles thorny issues in youth Q&A

by Clément Melki - April 6, 2023 - 9:22am

Confronting intimate accounts of abortion, gender identity and paedophilia, Pope Francis gamely takes part in a no-holds-barred encounter with young adults in a new film released Wednesday, accepting both...

Pope Francis in hospital for respiratory infection

by Clément Melki - March 30, 2023 - 8:25am

Pope Francis, 86, was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Wednesday with a respiratory infection that will require a stay of a few days, the Vatican said.

Popular but facing opposition, Francis marks 10 years as pope

by Clément Melki - March 10, 2023 - 12:30pm

Pope Francis marks 10 years as head of the Catholic Church on Monday, hugely popular but facing internal dissent after a decade of reform, even if he has left basic doctrine intact.

Pope urges end to ethnic hatred in historic South Sudan visit

by Clément Melki - February 6, 2023 - 7:48am

Pope Francis flew home Sunday with the leaders of the Anglican and Scottish churches after a joint trip to violence-plagued South Sudan, where he appealed at a final mass for people to lay down their "weapons of...

Pope Francis to lead ex-pontiff Benedict's funeral

by Clément Melki - January 5, 2023 - 10:17am

Pope Francis will preside over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI at the Vatican, an unprecedented event in modern times expected to draw tens of thousands of people.

Tens of thousands queue to pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict

by Clément Melki - January 3, 2023 - 9:19am

Tens of thousands of people paid their respects on Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state in St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.

Pope Francis to beatify 'Smiling' John Paul I

by Clément Melki - September 3, 2022 - 2:49pm

Pope Francis will preside over the beatification of John Paul I, the so-called "Smiling Pope" who led the Catholic Church for just 33 days before dying in contested circumstances.

Pope creates new cardinals who may choose successor

by Clément Melki - August 27, 2022 - 3:40pm

Pope Francis will on Saturday create 20 new cardinals picked from the four corners of the world, most of whom could one day end up choosing the pontiff's successor.

Pope Francis denounces 'ideological colonization' on Canada visit

by Clément Melki - July 28, 2022 - 8:53am

Pope Francis decried "ideological colonization" Wednesday and renewed his apology to Indigenous peoples for decades of abuse in a speech to Canada's top officials, who invited him to take further action leading to...

Pope arrives in Canada to make amends for Indigenous school abuse

by Clément Melki - July 25, 2022 - 9:16am

The 85-year-old pontiff's Canada visit is primarily to apologize to survivors for the Church's role in the scandal that a national truth and reconciliation commission has called "cultural genocide."

COVID-19 clouds Christmas celebrations for second year

by Clément Melki - December 25, 2021 - 11:47am

Pope Francis called for more solidarity with those living in poverty as he celebrated mass in Rome in front of a masked congregation of around 2,000 people, while billions around the world again marked Christmas...