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Pope comforts terror victims in Christmas message
VATICAN CITY // Pope Francis urged peace in the Middle East on Sunday as tens of thousands gathered to hear his Christmas address – also offering comfort to victims of terrorism after a year of bloody attacks. The 80-year-old Argentine called for guns to fall silent in Syria, saying "far too much blood has been...
The Latest: Polish Bishops Vow to ‘Listen Carefully’ to Pope
The Latest on Pope Francis' trip to Poland for World Youth Day events (all times local): 7:35 p.m. Pope Francis has prayed by the relics of the late pope from Poland, St. John Paul II, at the Wawel Cathedral and has met with Poland's bishops who vowed to "listen carefully" to his teaching. Francis came on a...
Pope says Christians should apologize to gay people
Aboard the Papal Plane — Pope Francis said Sunday that Christians owe apologies to gays and others who have been offended or exploited by the church, remarks that some Catholics hailed as a breakthrough in the church's tone toward homosexuality. "I repeat what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: that...
Pope Francis Joins Instagram
Pope Francis has joined Instagram! Perhaps the pontiff, 79, was charmed by Instagram founder Kevin Systrom when the two met at the Vatican last month. The pope, 79, shared his first 'gram today and quickly began accumulating followers. For a guy who has said he doesn't know how to work a computer, Pope Francis...
Pope Francis apologises for Vatican ‘scandals’
Pope Francis has made a surprise public apology for recent scandals "either in Rome or in the Vatican". He made the apology at his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square, but did not specify which scandals. He is thought to be referring to a senior Polish priest who was dismissed from his Vatican post after...