# pope-francis - Monday 25 December, 2017
# World Meeting Of Families
# World Meeting Of Families
Father Tim Bartlett said that there’s still a “tremendous Christian spirit” at this time of year, and that it wasn’t important if people didn’t match the Catholic definition of what an ‘ideal family unit’ should be.
# World Meeting Of Families
# World Meeting Of Families
Next year’s Pope Francis visit to Ireland will cost around €20 million.
# Urbi Et Orbi
# Urbi Et Orbi
In a mass in Bethlehem, an archbishop used his homily to lambast the “Herods of today”.
# pope-francis - Sunday 24 December, 2017
# Mass Attendance
# Mass Attendance
Just under half of people said they would in a poll for Claire Byrne Live.
# pope-francis - Monday 18 December, 2017
# Goals
From The Daily Edge
# Goals
A man after our own hearts.
# World Meeting Of Families
# World Meeting Of Families
It is likely a visit to a prison will be part of Pope Francis’ itinerary when he comes to Ireland in August.
# pope-francis - Sunday 10 December, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
Pope Francis is set to visit the country next year.
# Pope Plans
# Pope Plans
Phoenix Park is on course to host the Pontiff for his farewell Mass during his visit next August.
# pope-francis - Friday 8 December, 2017
# Deliver Us From Evil
# Deliver Us From Evil
Pope Francis says the wording should be alerted to better reflect it wasn’t God who led humans into sin.
# pope-francis - Sunday 3 December, 2017
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
“In the name of all those who have persecuted you, who have harmed you, in the face of the world’s indifference, I ask for your forgiveness.”
# pope-francis - Friday 1 December, 2017
# Bangladesh
# Bangladesh
The 16 refugees, including two children and one woman, are among more than 600,000 who have fled an army-led crackdown in their home state
# pope-francis - Tuesday 28 November, 2017
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
Ethnic hatred has driven huge numbers of Muslim Rohingya from the country.
# pope-francis - Monday 27 November, 2017
# Rohingya Crisis
# Rohingya Crisis
He is expected to address claims of ethnic cleansing in the region.
# pope-francis - Thursday 9 November, 2017
# Banned
# Banned
The move will see the Vatican give up an estimated €10 million a year in profits.
# pope-francis - Wednesday 8 November, 2017
# IPope
# IPope
Bishops love technology.
# pope-francis - Saturday 28 October, 2017
# Dramatic Sterility
# Dramatic Sterility
In 2014 Pope Francis described the EU as a “grandmother, no longer fertile and vibrant”.
# pope-francis - Sunday 24 September, 2017
# Libero Milone
# Libero Milone
Libero Milone unexpectedly left his position in June.
# pope-francis - Monday 11 September, 2017
# Colombian Trip
# Colombian Trip
The 266th pope was on the final leg of his visit to Colombia when he was injured.
# pope-francis - Sunday 10 September, 2017
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Catholic Church wants to play a part in welcoming refugees here, Bishop Kevin Doran writes.
# pope-francis - Thursday 31 August, 2017
# Church And State
# Church And State
The agenda for the meeting included the Eighth Amendment and the possibility of a visit to Ireland by Pope Francis.
# pope-francis - Saturday 5 August, 2017
# Rare Disease
# Rare Disease
“I loved this child to bits. But it got to the point where there was nothing more we could do.”
# pope-francis - Monday 3 July, 2017
# Charlie Gard
# Charlie Gard
Ten-month-old baby Charlie suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage from which he will not recover.
# pope-francis - Saturday 1 July, 2017
# Out The Door
# Out The Door
He was one of several cardinals who questioned Francis’s determination for the Catholic Church to take a softer line on people traditionally seen as “sinners”.
# pope-francis - Wednesday 24 May, 2017
# Not Bffs
From The Daily Edge
# Not Bffs
*record scratch* You’re probably wondering how I got here.
The private audience with the pontiff was preceded by a handshake for the cameras.
# pope-francis - Monday 22 May, 2017
# Vatican Visit
# Vatican Visit
President Higgins was expected to discuss ‘issues of global importance’ with the Pope in the Vatican today.
# pope-francis - Friday 19 May, 2017
# D-Tour To Vatican
# D-Tour To Vatican
President Higgins will also visit the Biennale, the world’s oldest international art exhibition.
# pope-francis - Tuesday 16 May, 2017
# Rare Diseases
# Rare Diseases
Irish people living with Huntington’s Disease will have an audience with Pope Francis tomorrow.
# pope-francis - Sunday 14 May, 2017
# Pilgrimage
# Pilgrimage
Portuguese native Carlos Gil is paid to take pilgrimages for people.
# pope-francis - Saturday 13 May, 2017
# The Saints Of Fatima
# The Saints Of Fatima
The Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to three children at the Portuguese site.
# pope-francis - Tuesday 9 May, 2017
# George Lemaitre
# George Lemaitre
The head of the Vatican Observatory said people can believe in both God and the big bang theory.
# pope-francis - Thursday 4 May, 2017
# Off On His Hollyers
# Off On His Hollyers
The US President ‘s first foreign trip will be to Saudi Arabia, followed by trips to Israel and Italy.
# pope-francis - Sunday 30 April, 2017
# Korea Crisis
# Korea Crisis
The Pontiff says the international community needs to sit down.
# pope-francis - Thursday 23 March, 2017
# Gimme Dat
From The Daily Edge
# Gimme Dat
She knew what she was doing.
# pope-francis - Friday 10 March, 2017
# Shortage
# Shortage
Many in the Roman Catholic Church believe a new path to ordination should be opened.
# pope-francis - Friday 24 February, 2017
# Hypocrites
# Hypocrites
The pontiff said it is not good enough to merely go to Mass.
# pope-francis - Sunday 29 January, 2017
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
Fr Tony Flannery and Fr Sean McDonagh have sharply criticised how the Vatican treats clergy and, in particular, women.
# pope-francis - Wednesday 11 January, 2017
# Power Struggle
# Power Struggle
A top official was sacked over revelations that the order’s charity branch distributed tens of thousands of condoms in Myanmar under his watch.
# pope-francis - Monday 9 January, 2017
# Madness
# Madness
The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics also called on government leaders to combat the poverty.
# pope-francis - Monday 2 January, 2017
# Edict
# Edict
The Pope made his position clear in a letter to bishops.