The pope unveiled the sculpture in St. Peter’s Square during a special Mass and portrayed migration as an opportunity to “promote the integral human development of all people.”
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Pope Francis: ‘I Pray There Are No Schisms’
In an airborne news conference, Francis said that his conservative critics denounce him for saying the same things as Pope — now Saint — John Paul II, whom they adored.
In Africa, Pope Francis Comes Face to Face With the Future of the Church
The Roman Catholic Church continues to expand in Africa, even as it faces competition from increasingly popular Pentecostal and evangelical movements.
Pope Francis, in Africa, Urges Mozambique to Put Past Tensions Aside
The pontiff is on a three-country tour of Africa, where he plans to emphasize the continent’s role in the future of the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope Francis Goes to Africa, With Renewed Focus on Poverty and Climate
After years spent grappling with the clergy sex abuse crisis and tussling with conservative clergy, in Africa Francis gets to be the pope he wanted to be.
In Landmark Ceremony, a Catholic Bishop Is Installed in China
A 54-year-old priest took office this week, the first to be approved under a deal signed last year between Rome and Beijing.
Cardinal Jaime Ortega, a Cuban Bridge to the U.S., Dies at 82
He was a go-between for Pope Francis and Presidents Obama and Raúl Castro as they thawed Cold War relations between the two countries.
A Clash of Worldviews as Pope Francis and Putin Meet Again
A meeting between Russia’s president, seen as the spiritual strongman of European nationalists, and the pope, a moral voice against populism, comes amid an ideological divide in the West.
Judge in Italy Orders Release of Captain of Migrant-Rescue Ship
Capt. Carola Rackete had defended her decision to dock the ship, owned by a German humanitarian group, by citing the growing exhaustion of the 40 migrants aboard.
As Pope Francis Champions Migrants, Some Cardinals Court the Far Right
Clerics who see the pontiff as dangerously inclusive have been lending public support — and the church’s imprimatur — to anti-migration politicians like Italy’s Matteo Salvini.