Pope Francis has arrived in Kenya for a three-nation African tour – his first to the continent as pontiff. President Uhuru Kenyatta and ululating crowds welcomed him at the airport in the capital, Nairobi. An atheist group says it will challenge in court a government decision to declare Thursday aContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis said today that the doors of Catholic churches around the world must remain open, despite increased security fears in the aftermath of the Paris attacks. “Please, no armoured doors in the Church, everything open,” the 78-year-old pontiff told pilgrims in St Peter’s square, Italy’s AGI newsContinue Reading
The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis will soon become the third-ever Roman Pontiff to visit the Great Synagogue in Rome, following in the footsteps of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI. “Following the invitation from the Chief Rabbi and Jewish Community of Rome, Pope Francis will pay a visit toContinue Reading
Pope Francis is known to use technology, but in a recent article on the Los Angles Times, he has been quoted saying that kids should put away their phones while they are on the dinner table. He said this in an address to the masses on St Peter’s square inContinue Reading
Friday’s terror attacks in France were “not human,” according to Pope Francis, who said he was “moved and saddened” by the attacks. Francis, however, confessed that “I don’t understand these things. They are difficult to understand, carried out by human beings.” The pope, speaking in a heavy and measured voice,Continue Reading
‘Homilies should be the transmission of God’s grace,’ Holy Father says as he ordains new auxiliary bishop of RomeContinue Reading
Rome: Inmates at Italy’s largest women’s prison gathered in the jail yard Thursday to shake their hips in a flashmob dance — in honour of Pope Francis. The women performed a zumba-style routine of spins, funky steps and arm swings to “Pope is Pop”, a song written about the pontiffContinue Reading
Mandela took the lead with nearly 4 percent more votes than runner up Pope FrancisContinue Reading
Pope Francis holds up Bishop Devprasad Ganawa of Udaipur as an exampleContinue Reading
Reflection on Pope’s synodal speechContinue Reading
