From the Vatican

For a decade, even when discussing the internal workings of the Vatican, Pope Francis has insisted the Church is not the Church of Christ if it does not reach out, sharing the “joy of the Gospel” and placing the poor at the center of its attention.

Pope Francis marked his 10th anniversary as pope with a private Mass with cardinals and an appearance on what Vatican News has dubbed a “popecast.”

Sickness and vulnerability are scary because they are a threat to the culture of efficiency, Pope Francis said in a message published for World Day of the Sick.

Pope Francis has reiterated that homosexuality is “not a crime” in a new interview published Wednesday.

Tens of thousands of people were present in St. Peter’s Square for the funeral Thursday of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, bringing to a close the momentous life of a Churchman who proclaimed the “eternal joy” of Jesus Christ and called himself a “humble worker” in the vineyard of the Lord.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years, has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced.

The Vatican’s news service posted a prayer for the health of Benedict XVI on December 28, after Pope Francis asked Catholics to pray for the “very ill” pope emeritus.

Pope Francis asked for prayers for a “very ill” Benedict XVI on December 28. He made the appeal for the 95-year-old pope emeritus at the end of his weekly public audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall.

In a message sent to heads of state across the world, Pope Francis has asked leaders to reflect on what lessons can be learned three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.