Father Jude Nnorom also criticized his church leaders, saying the simple lifestyle followed by Pope Francis should challenge African bishops to ask themselves. — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share Image
One of the topics that [Pope Francis] wants to raise, according to many Vatican analysts, is given the shortage of - worldwide shortage of priests is the possibility of a married priesthood. But he needs more backing from his bishops… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share Image
Father Jude Nnorom also criticized his church leaders, saying the simple lifestyle followed by Pope Francis should challenge African bishops to ask themselves. — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
One footnote says that divorced and remarried faithful, who are not recognized by the Catholic Church because it upholds the indissolubility of marriage, might… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
Father Jude Nnorom says he hopes the pope's travels in Africa will help end all the wars ravaging the continent. — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
Asked about Donald Trump, [Pope] Francis said a person who thinks only about building walls and not building bridges is not Christian, a remark… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
[Pope Francis] continued to focus on migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, which was the front line of the European migrant crisis.… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
[Pope Francis] did something that both his two predecessors had failed to do - John Paul II and Benedict. Francis met with the Russian… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
The Vatican has always had a core of diplomats for centuries. It has ambassadors in 180 countries and always played a kind of behind-the-scene… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
One of the topics that [Pope Francis] wants to raise, according to many Vatican analysts, is given the shortage of - worldwide shortage of… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
Nigerian nun Bernadette Duru says the African church hierarchy is indifferent to people in rural areas. — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
[Pope Francis] lashed out against what he called malevolent resistance to his reforms. — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
We have a pope [Francis] who's very popular among the Catholic faithful and non-Catholics, but there's no doubt he's going to continue to face… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
[Pope Francis] symbolically took the migrant south-north route to the United States by going to Cuidad Juarez on the border with Texas, and there… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
[Pope Francis] most recent trip was to Sweden, where he commemorated the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. That had triggered one of the… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
A group of four cardinals wrote to [Pope] Francis accusing him of sowing confusion on important moral issues, and they asked for clarifications. He… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share
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