Pope Francis apologises for using homophobic slur
Pope Francis issued an extraordinary apology on Tuesday over his reported use of a gay slur in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops last week.
Pope Francis issued an extraordinary apology on Tuesday over his reported use of a gay slur in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops last week.
The pontiff, 87, did not intend to use homophobic language, the Vatican said on Tuesday after Italian media quoted him as having said there was 'an air of f*****ry' in the church
The Pope (pictured today at a World Children's Day event in Rome) has not broken his silence after reports claimed he denounced the 'air of f*****ry' in the church
The remark was met with 'incredulous laughter', bishops told Italian media. They suggested it was a mistake by the Pope and that he did not know how offensive the word was.
Antonia Salzano has said the birth of her twins following the death of her son millenial saint Carlo Acutis in 2006 was in itself a miracle.
Carlo Acutis was just 15 when he died of leukaemia, but had already carried out a lifetime of good deeds as a devoted Christian.
A London-born boy who was born in 1991 and died at the age of 15 from leukaemia is set to be the Catholic Church's first ever millennial saint.
Carlo Acutis was just 15 when he died of leukaemia, but had already carried out a lifetime of good deeds as a devoted Christian.
Carlo Acutis was just 15 when he died of leukaemia, but had already carried out a lifetime of good deeds as a devoted Christian.
A London-born boy who was born in 1991 and died at the age of 15 from leukaemia is set to be the Catholic Church's first ever millennial saint.
The pontiff, 87, described anti-Semitism as 'bad ideology' while also calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and slammed the worldwide indifference to suffering.
Faithful claim to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, of statues that purportedly wept blood tears and stigmata that erupted on hands mimicking the wounds of Christ
The head of the Catholic Church appeared in good spirits in the Italian city on Sunday as he was welcomed to the city by roaring crowds of people.
Pope Francis on Sunday visited a prison for women in Venice ahead of a mass in the watery city representing the 87-year-old pontiff's first trip outside Rome for seven months.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Pope Francis urged stakeholders in the Middle East on Sunday to reject war and vengeance and opt for the path of dialogue and diplomacy.
The Vatican's doctrinal office in a landmark document ruled against sex changes procedures, radical gender theory, surrogate parenthood, abortions, and euthanasia.
In its most eagerly anticipated section, the Vatican repeated its rejection of 'gender theory,' or the idea that one's gender can be changed.
The ailing 87-year-old leader of the Catholic Church said: 'May the peace of Christ also come to those places where he is most in need, to people torn by war, by hunger, by all forms of oppression.'
The 87-year-old Pontiff presided over the mass this morning as tens of thousands of Catholics gathered in the square to mark the resurrection of Jesus.
Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in an Easter Sunday address that marked the most important day on the Christian calendar by deploring the suffering caused by wars.
The 87-year-old Pontiff presided over the mass this morning as tens of thousands of Catholics gathered in the square to mark the resurrection of Jesus.