Pope Francis, along with other donors, inaugurated the opening of a $3.4 million refurbished and expanded pediatric medical center in that same city March 2, 2019.
Papal funds expand, renovate children’s clinic in Bangui
Pope announces access to wartime documents in Vatican Secret Archives
Pope Francis announced March 4 that all the documents on Pope Pius in the Vatican Secret Archives will be made available to researchers starting March 2, 2020.
Death penalty a ‘grave’ violation of human right to life, pope says
In a video message to participants at the World Congress Against the Death Penalty Feb. 27, Pope Francis said the death penalty is a cruel violation of the basic right to life and robs people of the chance to repent and make amends for the crimes they have committed.
Pope will visit school for imams, migrant center in Morocco
Pope Francis will travel to Morocco March 30-31 as a “servant of hope” to encourage the country’s small Catholic community, the migrants hosted there and all people of goodwill, said Archbishop Cristobal Lopez Romero of Rabat, the nation’s capital.
After the Vatican’s summit on abuse, the stakes are clear
The long-awaited “Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church,” nicknamed the abuse summit, was an extraordinary and historic gathering that surpassed many expectations while perhaps disappointing others.
Experts say Blessed Newman’s vision for education was binding faith, reason
Pope Francis signed a decree Feb. 12 recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Newman, the English cardinal, clearing the way for his canonization.
Pope, bishops look at what they have done, failed to do to prevent abuse
After three days of meetings, nine major speeches and heartbreaking testimony from survivors of clerical sexual abuse, participants at the Vatican summit on child protection and the abuse crisis gathered in the Apostolic Palace Feb. 23 for a penitential liturgy.
To know God is to know love, pope says
Continuing his series of talks on the Our Father, the pope reflected on the first verse of the Lord’s Prayer.