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Pope Francis Says That He Wants to Be Buried in Marian Basilica in New Interview
Pope Francis has said that he wants to be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome because of his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Pope Francis Expresses Concern about Italy’s Low Birth Rate
Pope Francis on Monday received the prefects of the Italian Republic in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace.
PHOTOS: Pope Francis Honors Virgin Mary on Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Pope Francis prayed in front of a statue of the Immaculate Conception near Rome’s Spanish Steps, which sits atop a nearly 40-foot-high column.
Pope Francis at General Audience: "The Spirit is the protagonist" of Evangelization
Pope Francis’ multi-week catechetical series on the essential components of the proclamation of the Gospel culminated with a fourth and final component: the Holy Spirit as the protagonist of evangelization.
Pope Francis Meets with Professional Soccer Team Founded by a Catholic Religious
Pope Francis met Wednesday with professional soccer players from the Celtic Football Club, a team founded by an Irish Catholic religious brother.
Pope Meets with Priests, Families to Confront Poverty, Social Marginalization
Pope Francis met with priests of Rome’s 17th prefecture in the Parish of Santa Maria Madre dell’Ospitalità in Villa Verde on Thursday evening.
Italian Senate launches inquiry into disappearance of Vatican Girl and another missing teen
Emanuela Orlandi, the teenage daughter of an envoy of the Prefecture of the Papal Household, disappeared June 22, 1983, after leaving for a music lesson.
Pope Francis on Women Deacons: "Holy orders is reserved for men"
Pope Francis reaffirmed the impossibility of women becoming priests, or even modern Church deacons, in an interview for a book released Tuesday in Italy.
Documents Identify Thousands of Jews hidden by Religious Orders When Nazis Occupied Rome
Research in the archive of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome has uncovered a list of the names of thousands of Jewish people who found shelter from Nazi persecution in Catholic religious congregations in Rome from 1943-1944.
Pope Francis Sends Condolences after Death of Silvio Berlusconi
Pope Francis expressed his condolences Monday after the death of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
From Hinduism to Catholicism: How Blessed Carlo Acutis Inspired a Man to Convert
Blessed Carlo Acutis inspired the son of a Brahman Hindu priest to be baptized as a Catholic through the young boy’s joyful witness to Jesus’ presence in the Eucharist and his love for the poor.
Pope Francis: Birth Rate is a Key Indicator of a Country’s Hope
Pope Francis said Friday a society’s birth rate is a key indicator of the hope people have in the future.
Pope Francis Tells Italian Welfare Agency Not to Forget Foreign Workers
Pope Francis has urged Italy’s main welfare agency not to forget the contribution of foreign workers.
Blood-stained Shirt of Beatified Judge Killed by Mafia Displayed in Rome
The shirt worn by Blessed Rosario Livatino when he was murdered by the Mafia in Sicily in 1990 was displayed in churches and government buildings in Rome this week.
Pope Francis Travels to Northern Italy to Share a Special Meal with his Cousins
Pope Francis traveled to northern Italy on Saturday to celebrate the 90th birthday of his second cousin Carla Rabezzana with his Italian relatives.
7 Things to Know about Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s Likely New Catholic Prime Minister
Italy’s national elections on Sept. 25 ended with Giorgia Meloni, a Catholic mother, poised to become the country’s first female prime minister.
Pope Francis Decries Low Birth Rate in the West, Says “impoverishing everyone’s future”
‘Italy, Europe, and the West are impoverishing their futures,’ the pope said.
Pope Francis Asks Society which it Values More: Children or Money
Pope Francis urged Europeans on Friday to reflect on what they treasure, and whether they consider children to be the valuable gift they are.
Heroic Virtues of Italian Nuns Who Died Caring for Ebola Patients in DR Congo Recognized
Pope Francis has issued a decree recognizing the heroic virtues of three Italian Catholic Nuns who succumbed to Ebola, which they contracted when caring for Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1995.
Italy-based Congolese Cleric Appointed Bishop of DR Congo’s Kindu Diocese
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa, who has been ministering at the Parishes of St. Maria and St. Mauro of Italy’s Tivoli Diocese, as the new Bishop of Kindu Diocese located in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
