Less than an hour after he fired off an angry letter to Catholic Church leaders about their handling of Argentina’s same-sex marriage debate, Marcelo Marquez says his phone rang.
An interview from last year with the newly anointed pope suggests he is open to changing the church’s celibacy rule and even admitted he was tempted by a woman.
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For the first time as pontiff, Pope Francis celebrated Mass before a packed crowd at Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo on Sunday morning.
The Vatican pushed back Friday against claims that Pope Francis failed to protect two fellow Jesuit priests who were kidnapped during Argentina’s military dictatorship.
Pope Francis on Thursday emphasized church advancement in his first Mass with the cardinals who elected him pontiff a day earlier.
Just a few steps from St. Peter´s Square, souvenir shop owner Roberto Cataldi said many people had bought postcards and rosaries with the new pope’s image.
Wednesday night mass took on a new tune at St. Benedict Catholic Church, especially for one Richmond woman.
Reverend Michael Renninger gives his take on what the monumental election means to the catholic world.
The name parallels one of the most venerated figures in the Roman Catholic Church, St. Francis of Assisi.
Until last year, Bergoglio was the archbishop of Buenos Aires; he is 76.
The next pope who will lead the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics was elected Wednesday by cardinals in what was apparently their 5th round of voting on the second day of their conclave.
Jorge Bergoglio, who served as archbishop of Buenos Aires, took the name Francis shortly after being elected by cardinals.
