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Two priests from the Vatican Observatory have made further progress in developing a new mathematical method to understand the Big Bang theory.
Pope Francis said Sunday that God’s glory and our true happiness are not found in success, fame, or popularity but in loving and forgiving others.
Pope Francis addressed his remarks to participants of the conference “Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge and the Sciences” at the Vatican on March 14.
Pope Francis has no plans to resign from office according to excerpts from his forthcoming memoir — though he says some in the Church wish he would.
Church experts will meet in study groups to examine the question of women deacons and other key topics through June 2025.
Were a conclave to begin today, there would be 94 cardinal-electors created by Pope Francis, 27 created by Benedict XVI, and eight made by John Paul II.
Pope Francis is the 266th successor of St. Peter. Here is a timeline of key events during his papacy.
The Vatican is drafting the guidelines with the goal of providing a valuable resource for individuals, organizations, and communities within and beyond the Church.
Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical series on vices and virtues.
The Vatican has overseen the Pontifical Collection for the Holy Land since 1974. Last year it raised more than $7 million.
“Our flag is a yellow and blue one. This is the flag by which we live, die, and prevail. We shall never raise any other flags,” Ukraine’s foreign minister wrote.
“Institutions, social and political, have the fundamental duty to ... offer women, the bearers of life, the necessary conditions to be able to accept the gift of life and ensure a dignified existence for their children,” Pope Francis said.
The Holy Father made the remarks last month in a newly released television interview with Swiss broadcaster RSI.
On the day before International Women’s Day, Pope Francis addressed participants of an international conference on Thursday at the Vatican.
“Repentance is neither the fruit of self-analysis, nor of a psychic sense of guilt,” the pope said.
“I encourage you to move forward so that the Church will be, always and everywhere, a place where everyone can feel at home,” Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis reflected on the intellectual legacy of the “Angelic Doctor” in a letter to social scientists.
“Those who give in to this vice are far from God, and the correction of this evil requires time and effort, more than any other battle to which the Christian is called.”
“The Pontifical Academy for Life reiterates that precisely in the era of universal human rights, there cannot be a ‘right’ to take a human life,” the academy wrote.
In his Angelus address on March 3, the pope made an emotional plea for a deal that both frees the hostages and grants humanitarian aid.