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Pope Francis is opening a holy door at a prison, which would happen for the first time during an ordinary Jubilee Year, though opened one during the 2015 Jubilee Year of Mercy, according to Denver ...
On the day before his inauguration as pope, Bergoglio, now Francis, had a private meeting with Kirchner where they exchanged gifts and lunched together. This was the new pope's first meeting with a head of state, and there was speculation that the two were mending their relations.
The electors are now limited to those who have not reached 80 on the day before the death or resignation of a pope. [109] The pope does not need to be a cardinal elector or indeed a cardinal; since the pope is the bishop of Rome, only those who can be ordained a bishop can be elected, which means that any male baptized Catholic is eligible.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who is suffering from lung inflammation, is in "good and stable" condition, receiving antibiotic therapy intravenously, and will limit his activities for the ...
The New York Times reports that even though the church officially broke with the age-old practice -- you do something good, and the Church will help absolve you -- in 1960, the Pope has quietly ...
A pope who demonstrates that he is a man with his feet on the ground. [57] The washing of the feet angered many Catholic traditionalists. [58] Pope Francis had performed the Lenten washing of the feet, traditionally at Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, at a juvenile detention home and included two girls and two Muslims. He stated that he ...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis said the story of Jesus' birth as a poor carpenter's son should instil hope that all people can make an impact on the world, as the pontiff on Tuesday led the ...
In an article for The Guardian, British Catholic historian Catherine Pepinster gave the book a mixed review. Pepinster praised the insight the pope provided, but also noted how he skated over scandals such as his decision to hold a mass in Chile in 2018 with a bishop who was accused of covering up sex abuse, his claim that he was unaware of reports regarded sexual abuse committed by former ...