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Pope Francis allegedly used derogatory Italian term towards LGBT community: Reports

Vatican City: Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term to refer to members of the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests, according to multiple reports in the Italian media. Pope Francis has so far been credited with leading the Roman Catholic Church into taking …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Pope Presides Over Easter Vigil, Delivers 10-Minute Homily After Skipping Good Friday At Last Minute

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LOADING ERROR LOADING ROME — Pope Francis presided over the Vatican’s somber Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, delivering a 10-minute homily and baptizing eight people, a day after suddenly skipping the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution. The Vatican had said Francis skipped the Good Friday procession to ensure his participation in both the vigil …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Pope presides over Easter Vigil, delivers 10-minute homily after skipping Good Friday at last minute

Associated Press

ROME — Pope Francis presided over the Vatican’s somber Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, delivering a 10-minute homily and baptizing eight people, a day after suddenly skipping the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution. The Vatican had said Francis skipped the Good Friday procession to ensure his participation in both the vigil service Saturday night, …

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9 months ago

Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy Week that will test his health

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ROME — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his increasingly frail health. The Vatican press office later said the homily was replaced by “a moment of silence and prayer.” Francis though did …

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9 months ago

Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy Week that will test his health

LA Times

Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his increasingly frail health. The Vatican press office later said the homily was replaced by “a moment of silence and prayer.” Francis though did pronounce prayers …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Pope Francis baptizes babies one by one in an annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis baptized 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition near the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican. That didn’t happen at this year’s ceremony, and the infants largely stayed quiet as they sucked on pacifiers or were gently rocked …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Pope Francis warns against ideological splits in the Church, says focus on the poor, not ‘theory’

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Amid resistance to some Vatican policy by more conservative factions of the Catholic church, Pope Francis on Saturday cautioned the faithful against fracturing into groups “based on our own ideas.” He issued the call to abandon “ecclesiastical ideologies” in his homily in St. Peter’s Basilica during Epiphany Day Mass, the last major Christmas season holiday. Francis also …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Pope Francis opens a big Vatican meeting on the church’s future and says ‘everyone’ is welcome

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said the Catholic Church needed to be rebuilt to make it a place of welcome for “everyone, everyone, everyone,” as he opened a divisive meeting on the future of the church that has sparked hope among progressives and alarm among conservatives. “And if God’s holy people with their shepherds from all over the world have …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Saying ‘everyone’ is welcome, pope opens big Vatican meeting on church’s future

LA Times

Pope Francis has opened a major meeting of bishops that has sparked hope among progressives and alarm among conservatives for the church’s future. Pope Francis said the Roman Catholic Church was in need of repair to make it a place of welcome for “everyone, everyone, everyone,” as he opened a big meeting on the future of the faith that has …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Pope in final Mass in Budapest urges Hungary to open doors

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Pope Francis urged Hungarians to open their doors to others on Sunday, as he wrapped up a weekend visit with a plea for Europe to welcome migrants and the poor and for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. In a final prayer at the end of the Mass, Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and “a …

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1 year, 7 months ago

‘One of a kind’: Family, civic leaders mourn Richard Riordan at cathedral he championed

LA Times

An LAPD color guard folds the American flag during the memorial Mass Friday for former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, who died April 19 at the age of 92. In a concrete cathedral at the edge of a freeway, several generations of Los Angeles civic leaders mourned former Mayor Richard J. Riordan at a Friday afternoon Mass. That “healthy and …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Pope washes feet in Holy Thursday rite at Rome youth prison

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — In a Holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and dried the feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity and telling them “any of us” can fall into sin. Jesus “washes all our feet,” Francis told several dozen residents assembled in the prison chapel. Francis explained that the …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Pope leads Holy Thursday service in Vatican basilica

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pope Francis led the first …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Pope Francis has marked Palm Sunday in the Vatican square following his hospital stay

NPR

Pope Francis has marked Palm Sunday in the Vatican square following his hospital stay Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP Andrew Medichini/AP VATICAN CITY — Bundled in a long, white coat and battling a hoarse voice, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter's Square before tens of thousands of faithful on Palm Sunday, a day after he left …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Pope Francis leads Catholics in bidding farewell to ex Pope Benedict

India Today

Pope Francis presided at the funeral of former Pope Benedict on Thursday, delivering a homily comparing his predecessor to Jesus before tens of thousands of mourners in St. Peter's square. Francis also referred to Benedict indirectly in paraphrases of other Biblical references to Jesus, including "love means being ready to suffer" and that the congregation was "commending our brother into …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Pope on Christmas: Jesus was poor, so don't be power-hungry

Hindustan Times

Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those “ravenous” for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable, including children, in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war, poverty and greedy consumerism. “Do not allow yourself to be overcome by fear, resignation or discouragement.” Jesus’ lying in a manger shows where “the true riches in life are to …

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2 years ago

Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon a ‘national hero’, funeral hears

The Independent

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2 years, 1 month ago

Rishi Sunak has built his leadership on ‘integrity’. How’s that going, prime minister?

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2 years, 11 months ago

Pope Suggests Getting COVID Vaccine Is A 'Moral Obligation'

Huff Post

Pope Francis holds his homily during a Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany at St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 6 in Vatican City, Vatican. Vatican Pool via Getty Images ROME — Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a “moral obligation” and denounced how people had been swayed by “baseless information” to refuse one of …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Pope Francis gives an early Christmas Eve homily with a pointed message on humility

NPR

Pope Francis gives an early Christmas Eve homily with a pointed message on humility SCOTT SIMON, HOST: With COVID cases surging in Italy, Pope Francis led Christmas Eve mass in St. Peter's Basilica hours earlier than normal. POGGIOLI: Pope Francis, who turned 85 last week and who underwent intestinal surgery five months ago, appeared in good health, although he seemed …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Pulpit polemics: Bishop’s homily on ‘narcotic jehad’ catches Kerala by surprise

The Hindu

It was with a sense of relief that Kerala realised that the strongest condemnation against the highly divisive, volatile message delivered by an influential bishop of the Syro-Malabar Church during his homily at a church in Kottayam district on September 8 came immediately from within the Christian community itself, especially from some prominent members of the bishop’s own congregation. George …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Pharrell Williams, others honor Virginia man shot by police

Associated Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Grammy-winning musician Pharrell Williams and the Rev. Donovon Lynch, 25, was killed in the early morning hours of March 27 along the city’s popular oceanfront strip of hotels and restaurants shortly after two other shootings unleashed chaos. Barber, a North Carolina pastor who gave the homily at President Joe Biden’s inaugural prayer service, said Lynch’s death …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Biden Attends Mass Before His Swearing In As Nation's 2nd Roman Catholic President

NPR

Biden Attends Mass Before His Swearing In As Nation's 2nd Roman Catholic President Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP President-elect Joe Biden, who will become the nation's second Roman Catholic president, is attending Mass this morning, along with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and congressional leaders at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. It's …

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Pope Francis allegedly used derogatory Italian term towards LGBT community: Reports

Pope Presides Over Easter Vigil, Delivers 10-Minute Homily After Skipping Good Friday At Last Minute

Pope presides over Easter Vigil, delivers 10-minute homily after skipping Good Friday at last minute

Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy Week that will test his health

Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy Week that will test his health

Pope Francis baptizes babies one by one in an annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel

Pope Francis warns against ideological splits in the Church, says focus on the poor, not ‘theory’

Pope Francis opens a big Vatican meeting on the church’s future and says ‘everyone’ is welcome

Saying ‘everyone’ is welcome, pope opens big Vatican meeting on church’s future

Pope in final Mass in Budapest urges Hungary to open doors

‘One of a kind’: Family, civic leaders mourn Richard Riordan at cathedral he championed

Pope washes feet in Holy Thursday rite at Rome youth prison

Pope leads Holy Thursday service in Vatican basilica

Pope Francis has marked Palm Sunday in the Vatican square following his hospital stay

Pope Francis leads Catholics in bidding farewell to ex Pope Benedict

Pope on Christmas: Jesus was poor, so don't be power-hungry

Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon a ‘national hero’, funeral hears

Rishi Sunak has built his leadership on ‘integrity’. How’s that going, prime minister?

Pope Suggests Getting COVID Vaccine Is A 'Moral Obligation'

Pope Francis gives an early Christmas Eve homily with a pointed message on humility

Pulpit polemics: Bishop’s homily on ‘narcotic jehad’ catches Kerala by surprise

Pharrell Williams, others honor Virginia man shot by police

Biden Attends Mass Before His Swearing In As Nation's 2nd Roman Catholic President