Weeks after Pope Francis bewildered the Ukrainian government with talk of a secret peace mission, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, part of a whirlwind visit to Rome that included talks with Italy’s president and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, both of whom offered their full support. Mr. Zelensky’s discussions […]
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Pope Francis, Back From the Hospital, Thanks Palm Sunday Crowds
Pope Francis, who was discharged from a three-day hospital stay on Saturday, seemed on the mend on Sunday as he addressed tens of thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunday Mass, allaying concerns about his health. Francis, 86, arrived at the crowded square in an open-topped jeep, which drove along a […]
Pope Francis Quips He’s ‘Still Alive’ After Hospital Stay
Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Saturday morning after a three-day hospital stay during which he was treated for bronchitis, raising new concerns about the health of the aging pontiff, who had major surgery in 2021 and now often uses a cane or a wheelchair because of knee problems and sciatica. Francis, 86, left […]
Pope Francis Calls for Peace in South Sudan During Visit
JUBA, South Sudan — On the last full day of his trip to Africa, Pope Francis met with the displaced South Sudanese who have borne the brunt of the conflict he came to help resolve by issuing blunt and insistent calls for leaders to get serious about peace. “I am with here you, and I […]
Pope Francis Visits South Sudan to Highlight Young Nation’s Troubles
It is just over a decade since the steamy capital of South Sudan exploded in joy, with revelers singing and dancing through the night to mark the birth of their nation as it split from its old enemy, Sudan. The new country was cheered on in 2011 by the American diplomats who had midwifed its delivery […]
Pope Francis, in Africa, Urges an End to Congo’s Cycle of Violence
The thumping church music, booming choir and exuberant crowd of about a million people greeting Pope Francis for an open-air papal Mass on Wednesday in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, felt a world away from the violence ravaging the country’s east, where scores of competing armed groups are pillaging villages, plundering resources […]
Pope Francis Lands in Congo, Where All His Priorities Converge
In his 10 years leading the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has called attention to the plight of refugees and the poor and to the plunder of the earth’s natural riches. He has traveled to the peripheries of the church to touch the wounds of its afflicted and most forgotten. And he has welcomed young […]
Pope Benedict Is Buried in Vatican After His Funeral: Live Updates
Jan. 5, 2023, 3:10 a.m. ET Jan. 5, 2023, 3:10 a.m. ET Crowds of the faithful gathered at the funeral on Thursday.Credit…James Hill for The New York Times When Pope John Paul II died in 2005, after 27 years leading the Catholic church, his funeral drew the heads of state or government from more than […]
Pope Benedict Lies In State, Drawing Thousands of Mourners
Tens of thousands of people lined up outside St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Monday to pay last respects to Benedict XVI, the pope emeritus, who died on Saturday at age 95 and is now lying in state. The long line — a mix of Roman Catholic faithful and tourists — moved steadily, snaking […]
Pope Benedict XVI Dies – The New York Times
The retired Pope Benedict XVI, left, with Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2020.Credit…Vatican Media, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Pope Benedict XVI, the eminent German theologian and conservative enforcer of Roman Catholic Church doctrine who broke with almost 600 years of tradition by resigning and then living for nearly a decade behind Vatican […]