Italy’s transgender women thank Pope for making them feel “more human”
Torvaianica, Italy/Vatican CityReuters The run-down beach town of Torvaianica is about 35 kilometres south of the Vatican. But for transgender women who live there it had seemed light years away until a rapprochement with the Catholic Church that began during the COVID-19 lockdown and led to an invitation to have lunch with Pope Francis on […]
Pope lunches with poor, denounces “sirens of populism”
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis ate lunch with hundreds of refugees, poor and homeless people on Sunday as he called for a renewed commitment to helping society’s weakest and denounced the “sirens of populism” that drown out their cries for help. Francis celebrated the Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor by inviting an estimated 1,300 […]
Don’t judge the poor, often victims of injustice, says Pope who also urged “courage” for leaders in addressing climate change
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis decried societies which rush indifferently past the poor, often judging them instead of helping them, as he celebrated Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Basilica attended by 2,000 indigent people. During his homily, Francis also made an made the appeal against what he called “growing indifference” to the poor, who, he said, […]
Pope offers hope to poor in visit to namesake’s Assisi home
Assisi, Italy AP Pope Francis travelled to the hilltop town of his namesake for the fifth time in his pontificate on Friday to honour the poorest and most marginal and urge that they be welcomed and cared for by the church. In one of his first outings in Italy since the coronavirus pandemic, Francis took […]
Pope Francis kicks off World Day of the Poor with free healthcare for disadvantaged
Vatican CityRNS To get an idea of what Pope Francis’ pontificate is all about, one need only drop by Saint Peter’s square this week. Within the embrace of the world-famous colonnade lies a 3.6-metre-tall bronze statue of immigrants of all genders, races and cultural backgrounds and a medical facility for the needy that Pope Francis […]