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Religious leaders may be key to breaking climate action gridlock, poll suggests
Pope Francis has said that climate change is increasingly evident.
‘Spirit of global responsibility’: Pope discusses pandemic, war in Easter address
Pope Francis sounded a note of indignation at the start of his address, decrying that there has been no shortage of war and conflict during the world's worst health crisis in a century.
Pope Francis vows ‘wrath of God’ for clergy sex abusers, closes landmark summit
The pontiff's failure to offer a concrete action plan to hold bishops accountable when they failed to protect their flocks from predators disappointed survivors, who had expected more from the first-ever global Catholic summit of its kind.
Pope Francis defrocks former Cardinal over sex crimes
McCarrick, 88, is the highest-ranking Catholic churchman to be laicized, as the process is called. It means he can no longer celebrate Mass or other sacraments, wear clerical vestments or be addressed by any religious title.
Pope Francis tells child abusers: turn yourself in, prepare for divine justice
The pope said, "Let it be clear that before these abominations the church will spare no effort to do all that is necessary to bring to justice whosoever has committed such crimes. The church will never seek to hush up or not take seriously any case."
Pope Francis condemns child sexual abuse, begs forgiveness from victims
Pope Francis condemned child sexual abuse.
Is the death penalty ever acceptable? Pope Francis says no
Francis approved a change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church -- the compilation of official Catholic teaching -- to say that capital punishment constitutes an "attack" on human dignity.
LGBT community cheers pope's 'God made you like this' remark
Pope Francis' reported comments to a gay man that "God made you like this" have been embraced by the LGBT community as another sign of Francis' desire to make gay people feel welcomed and loved in the Catholic Church.
The pope's fake news guide couldn't be more different from Trump's
A writer in the New York Times once called Pope Francis "the anti-Trump," which we guess would make President Donald Trump something like the antipope.
Pope spontaneously marries couple he just met on papal plane in Chile
Pope Francis celebrated the first-ever airborne papal wedding on Thursday, marrying two flight attendants from Chile's flagship airline at 36,000 feet during a flight from Santiago.
'We can use peace': Donald Trump and Pope Francis meet
President Donald Trump and Pope Francis, two leaders with contrasting styles and differing worldviews, met at the Vatican on Wednesday, setting aside their previous clashes to broadcast a tone of peace for an audience around the globe.
Jim Harbaugh's gifts to Pope Francis: A pair of Jordans, Michigan helmet
If you're Harbaugh and you're meeting the pope, you come bearing gifts of a Michigan football helmet and some Maize-and-blue size-10 Jordan shoes (Retro 5 model, if you're particular about that kind of thing).