“Every time I go to visit him, I take his hand and I let him speak,” the pope told reporters.
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Pope Apologizes to Gypsies for ‘Discrimination and Segregation’
While visiting the gypsy community in Romania, Pope Francis asked forgiveness on behalf of the Catholic Church for the discrimination and mistreatment that they have endured.
Long Home to Vampire Lore, Transylvania Today Has New Blesseds
In a country ravaged by war and bloodshed, the pope delivered a speech promoting a culture of freedom and mercy.
In Romania, Pope Urges Youth Not To Forget Their Roots
In Iasi, the historical and cultural capital of Romania, the pope emphasized the importance of an intergenerational encounter between the elderly and the young in order to engage the future while being solidly rooted in the past.
Pope Francis Tells Romania to Remember ‘Cultural and Spiritual Roots’
Pope Francis landed in the Eastern European country of Romania on Friday, where he warned about the “hurdles” created by progress and called for “a greater collaboration” among its political and religious authorities.
In Romania, Pope Delivers Shout-Out for Women and Call to ‘Encounter’
In a jam-packed Saint Joseph Cathedral in Romania on Friday, Pope Francis encouraged the local church to embrace a culture of encounter while giving a shout-out to women in the country.
‘Abortion is Never the Answer,’ Pope Francis Says
Addressing participants at a Vatican meeting on medical care for “extremely fragile” babies and on the pastoral care of their parents, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church’s total opposition to abortion is not primarily a religious position, but a human one.
True Charity Means Focusing on Jesus And the Poor, Pope Francis Says
Opening the general assembly of Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based federation of national Catholic charities, Pope Francis celebrated Mass May 23 with some 450 delegates from around the world.
Pope Francis’s message for 2019 World Day of Migrants and Refugees
Pope Francis releases his message for the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which is commemorated on Sunday, September 29, 2019.
In the Vatican’s ‘Game of Thrones,’ Can Pope Francis ‘Break the Wheel’?
For those working at the various communications offices and pontifical councils that have been consumed in Pope Francis’s wake, it even seems the pontiff has access to the dragons Daenerys Targaryen used to sweep aside those who stood before her.