World Oct 06 Pope names 21 new cardinals, expanding pool of electors who will one day pick his successor Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals and further cementing his mark on the group of prelates who will one day elect his successor.
World Sep 29 Wrapping up Belgium visit, Pope doubles down on his views and calls abortion doctors ‘hitmen’ Pope Francis revisited thorny topics of his trip to Belgium during his in-flight press conference coming home, praising Belgium’s late King Baudouin as a “saint” for having abdicated for a day in 1990 rather than sign legislation legalizing abortion.
World Sep 09 Pope acknowledges bishop’s abuse scandal while celebrating East Timor’s recovery Pope Francis has indirectly acknowledged the abuse scandal in East Timor involving its bishop and Nobel Peace Prize-winning independence hero.
World Sep 06 Pope Francis visits Papua New Guinea after overflowing Indonesia Mass Pope Francis has arrived in Papua New Guinea for the second leg of his four-nation trip through Southeast Asia and Oceania.
World Sep 01 Pope Francis is embarking on his longest and most challenging trip to Asia yet. Here’s what to expect Francis will clock 20,390 miles by air during his Sept. 2-13 visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore, far surpassing any of his previous 44 foreign trips and notching one of the longest papal trips ever, both…
World Aug 28 Pope Francis to visit East Timor as church sex abuse scandals there are met by silence Pope Francis will come face to face with the Timorese faithful on his first trip to the country but so far, there is no indication he will meet with any victims or even mention the abuse directly.
World Aug 21 2 still missing after divers find 4 bodies during search of superyacht wreckage after it sank off Sicily Divers and rescue crews unloaded two body bags Wednesday from rescue vessels that pulled into port at Porticello. Two other bodies were also found in the wreckage, the head of the Sicily civil protection agency said.
World Aug 20 6 missing after superyacht sank off Sicily, including tech magnate celebrating recent acquittal Police divers resumed searching Tuesday for six people believed trapped in the hull of a superyacht that sank in deep seas off Sicily, including a British tech magnate who was celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges.
World Aug 19 After luxury superyacht sinks off Sicily, British tech magnate Mike Lynch among those missing Lynch’s wife and 14 other people survived. Authorities said Monday that one body was found, six people remain missing and 15 people were rescued. The vessel had overturned around 5 a.m. off the port of Porticello.
World Jul 05 Vatican excommunicates former ambassador to the U.S., declaring him guilty of schism The Vatican on Friday excommunicated its former ambassador to Washington after finding him guilty of schism, an inevitable outcome for Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. The conservative had became one of Pope Francis' most ardent critics and a symbol of the polarized Catholic…