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 at the general audience April 20, 2016.

Only God loves perfectly, Pope Francis says

Feb 20, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

Despite the best efforts of human beings, it is only God the Father who will never fall short in loving... Read more

October 3, 2018 - Vatican City: The 15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.

Analysis: What can the Vatican sex abuse summit deliver?

Feb 18, 2019

By Ed Condon

The wider purpose of the three-day meeting is to impress the seriousness of the child abuse crisis on bishops from... Read more

Cardinal Luis Tagle visits Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, Dec. 3, 2018.

Report: Children living in the shadow of war

Feb 18, 2019

A new report commissioned by an international children’s charity has revealed that 420 million children, or nearly one in five... Read more

Bishops at the 2015 Synod on the Family in Rome.

A look ahead at this week's Vatican sex abuse meeting

Feb 18, 2019

By Courtney Mares

The Vatican has released the schedule, speakers, and a new website for this week’s much-anticipated sex abuse summit, which will... Read more

Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family, Washington, D.C.

New archbishop announced for Ukrainian archeparchy in US

Feb 18, 2019

The Vatican announced on Monday that Bishop Boris Gudziak has been named as the new Archbishop of the Ukrainian Archeparchy... Read more

Pope Francis walks in St. Peter's Square Sept. 12, 2018.

Pope Francis asks for prayers ahead of Vatican abuse summit

Feb 17, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis Sunday asked for prayers for a meeting of the presidents of bishops’ conferences around the world slated to... Read more

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela.

Analysis: Pope Francis' position on Venezuela

Feb 16, 2019

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Pope Francis’ recent letter to Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro confirmed the Holy See’s position on the Venezuelan crisis, while demonstrating that... Read more

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

Analysis: After McCarrick sex abuse verdict, money and power questions remain

Feb 16, 2019

By Ed Condon

McCarrick’s laicization answers few of the questions raised by his case, the most pressing of which being how a man... Read more

Theodore McCarrick.

McCarrick laicized by Pope Francis

Feb 16, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ordered this week the laicization of Theodore McCarrick, a... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on Nov. 8, 2017.

Pope Francis: Be not afraid of migrants

Feb 15, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis said Friday that people need to overcome their fear of migrants and refugees, and look for the face... Read more

Pope Francis at the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development in Rome Feb. 14, 2019.

Pope Francis: 'Inequality is disastrous for the future of humanity'

Feb 15, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis spoke out about inequality, the environment, sustainable development and the elimination of poverty during his visit to the... Read more

Pope Francis addresses participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Divine Worship in the auletta of the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, Feb. 14, 2019.

Liturgy is not 'styles, recipes, trends,' pope tells Divine Worship congregation

Feb 14, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

The liturgy, Pope Francis said Thursday, cannot be reduced to a matter of taste, becoming the subject of ideological polarization,... Read more

A woman holds a cartoon of Nicolas Maduro during opposition rally.

In leaked letter to 'Mr. Maduro,' Pope Francis reiterates call for peace

Feb 13, 2019

By Courtney Mares

On Feb. 13, the Milan daily newspaper Corriere Della Sera published a report saying that the pope had written to... Read more

Pope Francis prays at his Wednesday general audience Feb. 13, 2019.

Pope Francis: There is no 'I' in the 'Our Father'

Feb 13, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis said Wednesday that one’s prayer should always be a dialogue with God with charitable consideration for others’ needs.  Read more

Church of San Gregorio Armeno in Naples, Italy,

Pope Francis to discuss 'Veritatis Gaudium' in Naples

Feb 11, 2019

By Courtney Mares

The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will travel to Naples in June to discuss the impact of the apostolic... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on Nov. 8, 2017.

Pope Francis highlights virtue of justice in healthy society

Feb 10, 2019

Pope Francis on Saturday called on Italian judges to better society through their work, emphasizing the virtue of justice in... Read more

Josephine Bakhita.

Pope Francis: Pray with St. Bakhita for the end of human trafficking

Feb 10, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis called Sunday for an end to human trafficking, encouraging Catholics to pray for the intercession of St. Josephine... Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, March 14, 2018.

Analysis: Archbishop McCarrick, Bishop Zanchetta, Pope Francis, and the Vatican abuse summit

Feb 8, 2019

By JD Flynn

A long-awaited summit on sexual abuse will take place at the Vatican two weeks from now.  Read more

Pope Francis speaks with personnel from the “Regina Coeli” prison Feb. 7, 2019.

Treat inmates with compassion, Pope Francis urges prison staff

Feb 7, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

Often spaces of suffering, prisons should be places of hope and the possibility of redemption, Pope Francis told prison personnel... Read more

Pope Francis aboard the papal plane in 2017.

Vatican clarifies pope’s comments on sexual abuse of women religious

Feb 6, 2019

The Vatican clarified Wednesday Pope Francis’ comments on the sexual abuse of women religious made during his in-flight press conference... Read more