The greatest test in the history of the modern Catholic Church began at 2 a.m. on July 6, 1809. That’s when French troops swarmed the Quirinal Palace in Rome. The midnight arrest of Pope Pius VII at t...
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Pope Francis Says Being Gay ‘Isn’t A Crime’ As He Denounces ‘Unjust’ Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Topline Pope Francis in an interview with the Associated Press Wednesday said being gay is not a crime as he criticized laws that criminalize same-sex relationships, in what appears to be the latest a...
World Mourns Pope Benedict XVI And Pelé In Public Viewings Monday (Photos)
Topline Tens of thousands of people lined up at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and a stadium in Santos, Brazil, to mourn the deaths of Pope Benedict XVI and soccer legend Pelé, respectively, in a ...
Pope Benedict XVI — The First Pope To Resign In 600 Years — Dies At Age 95
Topline Former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI—the first pope to resign from the role since the 1400s—died Saturday at age 95, according to the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI died Saturday morning. Getty Image...
The Pope Of Jack London Square Wants To Cut Your Hair
What does it take to run a successful small retail business? Ask Charles Blades As many of my readers know, I was born into a family steeped in small retail. It’s one of the reasons I make a living ad...
Pope Francis and Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Again in Italy
Speaking to students in Naples, Cook reiterated his excitement about what the future holds when it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, and Tim C...
Pope Francis Condemns Russia’s Annexation Of Eastern Ukraine—And Urges Putin To Stop ‘Spiral Of Violence And Death’
Topline Pope Francis made his first personal appeal for Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine on Sunday, days after Putin announced Russia w...
Quebec Cardinal–Considered Potential Successor To Pope Francis–Named In Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Topline Cardinal Marc Ouellet, a prominent figure in the Vatican who has been considered to be a possible successor to Pope Francis, was one of 88 clergy members named in a class action against the Ro...
Here’s Why Pope Francis Apologized For The ‘Evil’ Committed Against Canada’s Indigenous People
Topline In a long-awaited move, Pope Francis asked for forgiveness from Canada’s Indigenous people on behalf of the Catholic Church Thursday during a trip to the site of a former residential school, p...
Pope Francis Names Three Women To Bishop Vetting Committee In Historic Move
Topline Pope Francis selected three women to serve on a high-ranking Vatican committee that oversees the selection of new bishops, the church announced Wednesday, the pope’s latest move that expands l...
Pope Francis Will Appoint First Women To Bishop Selection Committee
Topline Pope Francis said he plans to appoint the first women in history to a Vatican committee that helps to select bishops, in a Wednesday interview with Reuters, a month after he amended the consti...
Pope Dismisses Resignation Rumors As ‘Court Gossip’
Topline Pope Francis dismissed speculation about his poor health and plans to resign in the near future, according to an interview with Reuters published Monday, hinting at possible trips to Moscow an...
Pope Decries Russian ‘Cruelty’ In Ukraine But Suggests War Was ‘Provoked’
Topline Pope Francis once again criticized the “brutality and ferocity” of Russian troops in their ongoing invasion of Ukraine in a conversation with the European Jesuit media published on Tuesday, st...
Pope Seeks Putin Meeting And Compares Russian ‘Brutality’ To Rwandan Genocide
Topline Pope Francis said he’s offered to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in an interview published Tuesday that included his firmest condemnation yet of Putin, comparing the viol...
Pope Francis’s Pontifex Carpet Gift Sold as NFT for Charity Purpose in Afghanistan
A Pontifex carpet gifted to Pope Francis by Sheikh Mohamad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, during his visit to the Vatican in September 2016, was sold as a non-fungible token (NFT)...
Gift to Pope Francis Sold as NFT Raises $80,000 for Afghanistan – Bitcoin News
A carpet presented by the United Arab Emirates as a gift to the head of the Catholic Church a few years ago has been sold in the form of NFT. While the original remains in the Vatican, its digital rep...