All posts tagged "Vatican"

Vice President JD Vance took aim at late Pope Francis and the Vatican in his new book, describing the meeting with the Roman Catholic Church's leader who died roughly 24 hours after the conversation, according to The Washington Post.

Vance described the meeting as "'unsettling' as the officials uttered what he describes as 'trite platitudes' and 'clichés,' adding that he preferred the direct rebukes offered by Pope Francis," The Post reported.

In the new book, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith," which is slated to be released on Tuesday, Vance talked about his short conversation with Francis and Vatican diplomats on Easter morning. He wrote about being "unusually nervous" on the drive to the Vatican — and what would later be known as the last day of Francis's life....

President Donald Trump's decision to send Secretary of State Marco Rubio to meet with Pope Leo shows Trump may be interested in pitting his Cabinet members against each other, according to a report on Thursday.

The president's "mission impossible" for Rubio has raised questions about loyalties in the Trump administration — not necessarily healing strained ties with the Vatican, reported David Gardner for The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack.

"As serious as it is to watch Donald Trump destroy the dignity of his office, it is amusing to watch him play with his Cabinet with the same vicious glee he once treated celebrities on The Apprentice," according to The Swamp. ...

After history was made Thursday with the announcement that the Catholic church had a new pope, users took to social media to express pride that Leo XIV was an American from Chicago.

"Holy smokes!! An American Pope! From CHICAGO!!!" wrote Democratic consultant David Axelrod.

Late Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) daughter Meghan McCain posted, "THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!"...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Thursday moved to calm Catholic bishops in some countries who have reacted negatively to last month's approval of blessings for same-sex couples, telling them that the measure cannot be seen as "heretical" or "blasphemous". In a five-page statement, the Vatican's doctrinal office also acknowledged that such blessings could be "imprudent" in some countries where gay people who receive them might become targets of violence, or incur prison or even death. Catholic bishops in some countries, particularly in Africa, have expressed perplexity and various degre......

Pope Francis called for the end to the Gaza war and a lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East in his Christmas Day message on Monday, while also condemning abortion in strong terms. "I plead for an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims, and call for a solution to the desperate humanitarian situation by an opening to the provision of humanitarian aid," he told tens of thousands in St Peter's Square. "May there be an end to the fuelling of violence and hatred. And may the Palestinian question come to be resolved throughsincere and pe......

Following the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at Catholic boarding schools in Canada, Pope Francis has received representatives of the country's Indigenous population at the Vatican. According to the Holy See, 10 envoys of the Métis, eight of the Inuit and clergy representing the Canadian Bishops' Conference were present at Monday's meeting. The Vatican said that Pope Francis wanted to listen and give space to the survivors' "painful stories." In May last year, the remains of more than 200 children's bodies were found near a former boarding school in western Canada. Subsequent......