Pope Francis enlarges college of cardinals with 21 new appointments
Prelates to receive red hats at December consistory in largest intake of electors during pontiff’s 11-year tenure
September 2024
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Catholic Belgian university ‘deplores’ Pope Francis's comments on role of women in society – video
Catholic Belgian university ‘deplores’ comments by Pope Francis moments after speech
Sugarcane review – trauma and truth unearthed in Indigenous children’s schools scandal
Pope criticizes Harris and Trump and tells US Catholics to choose ‘lesser evil’
Pope Francis welcomed to remote Papua New Guinea as he seeks ‘to break down distances’
Pope arrives in Indonesia, the first stop on longest tour of his papacy
Pope Francis to set off on challenging 12-day Asia-Pacific tour
August 2024
Pope Francis says future priests should read poetry and fiction
The pontiff argues it is dangerous to write off literature as ‘a minor art’ as it offers an antidote to our ‘obsession with screens’ and nurtures human sympathy
July 2024
Vatican excommunicates its former ambassador to US
Pope Francis critic and conspiracy theorist Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò found guilty of schism
June 2024
Italian archbishop says he faces Vatican trial over Pope Francis criticism
As a vicar and a standup comedian, take it from me: the pope is right, laughing at God is OK
Ravi Holy
Divine comedies: the best jokes for the Pope
Pope calls on G7 leaders to ban use of autonomous weapons
Did you hear the one about the pope? Francis tells audience of comedians it’s OK to laugh at God
Pope Francis tells priests to keep homilies short as ‘people fall asleep’
May 2024
Pope Francis allegedly tells group of priests ‘gossip is a women’s thing’
Vatican issues apology over Pope Francis’s ‘homophobic’ slur
Pope Francis allegedly used offensive slur during discussion about gay men
London-born boy who died aged 15 to become first millennial saint
