U.S. President Donald Trump and Pope Francis held a 30-minute meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday, underscoring the emphasis during the first presidential foreign trip on the three Abrahamic (monotheistic) faiths. The two men, meting for the first time, shook hands. The pope appeared somber. The president grinned. “It’s a very great honor,” Trump said to… Read the rest of this entry »
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has slammed as “diabolical” an attack on an elderly care home in Yemen which killed at least 16 people, including four nuns, the Vatican said Saturday. “His Holiness Pope Francis was shocked and profoundly saddened to learn of the killing of four Missionaries of Charity and 12 others at a home… Read the rest of this entry »
PHILADELPHIA — Jennifer Millar sat thinking about the strangeness of it all. After a hard-knocks life that included abuse and 22 years of cocaine addiction, she landed in jail on a drug charge and, when a paperwork snafu delayed her release, found herself a few feet from Pope Francis. Millar, 37, of Philadelphia squeezed the pope’s… Read the rest of this entry »
With a simple message of love and family, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in front of nearly a million people in Philadelphia Sunday and wrapped up his historic six-day journey to meet the American people. On a massive stage capped by a golden arc, the pope used his homily to remind the crowd that love is born… Read the rest of this entry »
Grace West (center) poses with her family at the Vatican in Rome where she received a blessing from Pope Francis on Wednesday in her fight against neuroblastoma. (Facebook)
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP —In her brave fight against cancer, 11-year-old Grace West holds tightly to the belief that keeping a positive attitude is key to staying strong physically and emotionally. The fifth grader, who has endured seven rounds of chemotherapy in the past year, received a new source of strength on Wednesday through a blessing by Pope… Read the rest of this entry »
Raw: Pope Celebrates First Christmas Eve Mass (via AP Video)
Pope Francis has begun celebrating his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff by placing a baby Jesus statue in a replica of a manger in St. Peter’s Basilica. (Dec. 24)
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