The hilltop town where Pope Leo XIV is staying cool on his summer vacation. @cnn.com report: www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/t...

NEW: Cardinal McElroy of Washington DC describes the rounding up & deportation of immigrants as "inhumane" and "morally repugnant". In an interview with @CNN the cardinal discussed Trump's megabill, the role of women in the church & the strikes on Iran. edition.cnn.com/2025/07/03/a...

Via @ctrlamb.bsky.social: “Cardinal McElroy of Washington DC describes the rounding up and deportation of immigrants as ‘inhumane’ and ‘morally repugnant.’ In an interview with CNN the cardinal discussed Trump's megabill, the role of women in the church and Iran.” edition.cnn.com/2025/07/03/a...

How is the Vatican coping while Pope Francis is in the hospital? A long-view report for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/e...

Prayer service for Pope Francis in St Peter’s square as he remains in hospital

King Charles and Queen Camilla to meet Pope Francis in early April during a visit to Italy. www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/e...

Pope Francis describes President-elect Trump’s planned deportations of immigrants as a ‘disgrace’. www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/w...

In his new autobiography, Pope Francis reveals he was given a box of documents by Benedict XVI detailing "abuse, corruption, dark dealings." Francis also shows a remarkable openness about his past mistakes and wrongdoings. www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/e...

Pope appoints Trump critic to be archbishop of Washington, DC @cnn.com report: www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/e...

Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla as the first female prefect of a Vatican department. She will lead the office which oversees religious congregations: nuns, monks, friars.

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of President Trump’s first administration, as the new Archbishop of Washington DC.

Pope Francis has called for a “negotiation” to end the war in Ukraine in a #ChristmasDay message where he appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and reconciliation between enemies. @cnn.com report: www.cnn.com/2024/12/25/e...

In St Peter’s Basilica to report on preparations for the #jubilee year — an event which normally takes place every 25 years and that begins tonight with the opening of the basilica’s holy door by #PopeFrancis #ChristmasEve. Filming with a great @cnn.com team 🙏🎄⛪️

A report on what has been going on inside St Peter’s Basilica to prepare for the #jubilee, which will begin tomorrow when Pope Francis opens the basilica’s holy door. With Antonia Mortensen; filming Alessandro Gentile/Gianni Maitan; editing Max Burnell www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/t...

Pope Francis will meet President Biden in the Vatican on the 10th of January (according to the White House). The pope’s appeal for inmates on federal death row could be a topic for their discussion.

Pope Francis reveals two attempts were made on his life during his 2021 visit to Iraq, including by a suicide bomber. But Francis, who turns 88 today, explains in a new autobiography he was determined to carry out the risky trip to Iraq, the first by any pope. www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/e...

Pope Francis today made a special appeal for those on death row in the United States, praying that their sentence can be "commuted, changed". Francis has revised Catholic teaching to say the death penalty is "inadmissible" and should be abolished.

Inside Notre Dame, Paris’ Gothic gem, as it reopens to the world www.cnn.com/2024/12/07/s...

“(It) may be that a Trump presidency pushes the US hierarchy closer to Pope Francis and the Vatican,” David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, told CNN. Me, looking for silver linings ... Tnx @ctrlamb.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/2024/11/27/e...

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met Pope Francis today as the Biden administration comes to an end. Now the question is how Pope Francis and the Catholic Church navigate a second Trump presidency? My analysis for @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2024/11/27/e...

Vatican: Pope Francis will make a day trip to Corsica on 15 December. No pope has visited the French island before and while there the pope will speak at a conference on popular religiosity. He’s also due to meet President Emmanuel Macron at the end of the day.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, an Irish-American prelate, has been appointed by Pope Francis to run the Vatican's pension fund. Francis has written to cardinals saying "urgent structural measures" are necessary to deal with the fund's significant deficit. press.vatican.va/content/sala...

Can the sporty be Godly? Why the #Vatican is in the race to become a global sporting presence. Report for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/s...

The Vatican has released details of a simplified papal funeral rite, approved by Pope Francis, which emphasize the pope as “a pastor and disciple of Christ and not of a powerful person of this world” www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

Pope Francis announced today he will canonize the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, over the weekend of 25-27 April 2025. Acutis, nicknamed “God’s influencer”, died of Leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15. For more background: youtu.be/1aQC3Q-PToA?...

How realistic is ‘Conclave,’ the movie? It tries to showcase the battle for the soul of the church that takes place during a papal election & examines the tension between the demands of faith and the desire for high office. My @cnn.com analysis: www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/e...