Francis

13 February 2022, Vatican, Vatican City: Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Photo: Evandro Inetti/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

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SEXUAL ABUSE

Pope Francis reorganizes Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/14/22

The supreme pontiff has divided the Vatican authority into a doctrinal and a disciplinary section and distributed the leadership of the two departments to two instead of one person as before

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CHRISTMAS

Pope Francis calls on people to embrace humility at Christmas mass

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/25/21

About 1,500 faithful attended the mass, wearing masks and socially distanced

05 December 2021, Greece, Lesbos: Pope Francis (L) greets refugees during his visit to the Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) in Mitilini on the island of Lesbos in Greece. Pope Francis is returning to the island of Lesbos, the migration hotspot he first visited in 2016, to plead for better treatment of refugees, as attitudes toward immigrants harden across Europe. Photo: Vatican Media/ANSA via ZUMA Press/dpa.

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RELIGION

Pope Francis finds 'eyes full of fear' in migrants' sermon on Lesbos

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/5/21

In parallel with Francis' visit, the Vatican is arranging for dozens of refugees to accompany the pope back to Italy

29 October 2021, Vatican, Vatican City: Pope Francis receives US President Joe Biden and First lady Jill Biden at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. Photo: Vatican Media/ANSA via ZUMA Press/dpa.

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THE VATICAN

Biden visits Pope Francis amid political controversy over Communion

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/29/21

Biden joked that he’s probably the only Irishman that Francis has ever met that doesn’t drink

04 July 2021, Vatican, Vatican City: Pope Francis delivers the Angelus prayer from the window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Photo: Evandro Inetti/ZUMA Wire/dpa

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HOSPITALIZATION

Pope Francis responded well to planned surgery, Vatican says

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/5/21

Francis has an intestinal disease which can cause protrusions to form on the wall of the intestine

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VATICAN

Pope celebrates Good Friday under coronavirus restrictions

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/3/21

Due to the pandemic, only a limited number of people were admitted to the Mass.

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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

Pope Francis calls for vaccines for all in his Christmas message

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/26/20

He said that vaccines against Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, should be made available to all, especially the most vulnerable.

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SAINT NO MORE?

Child abuse cover-up scandal taints John Paul II's legacy

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/22/20

"John Paul, in many ways an admirable man, was willfully blind to the abuse of children and young people," the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) magazine wrote last week.