One of Pope Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility, as seen in his decisions to live in a Vatican guesthouse and carry his own briefcase onto ...

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It should be noted that the pope gets up every morning around this time. This is the second time that Francis, now 88, has fallen in Santa Marta. He has mobility problems and uses a walker or ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of ... disguised as a Catholic association,” he said. “With time the current Sodalits will understand this, they will realize that ...

the future pope had to grow up quickly and care for his siblings. 3. He made a vow not to watch TV and hasn't really cheated. Reporters who cover the Vatican have heard for years that Francis ...

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The president may not have approved of Mariann Edgar Budde’s homily at the National Cathedral. But the bishop answered to a ...

Today, Andrew and Anne and their baby boy live on their 65-acre farm in western Pennsylvania, purchased a year ago, and have ...

The legend of Pope Francis seems to grow with each new news ... secretary — recounted John Paul II's reaction the first time they successfully evaded the Swiss Guards: A joyful "We did it!" ...

Retired Pope ... magazine Klerusblatt, the 5,500-word letter is divided into three parts. The first part presents the “wider social context of the question”, lamenting the 1960s as a time ...

Pope Francis has denounced the provisional plans of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to carry out a massive deportation of ...

Pope Francis ... at the right time for the right reasons while so many other “leaders” in Europe and beyond have armed an apartheid regime with the weapons and diplomatic cover to engineer ...