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Thousands of Indigenous people gather in Maskwacis, Alberta, to hear an apology from Pope Francis for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada.
2022-07-25

Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Leo Boccardi, until now apostolic nuncio in Iran, as apostolic nuncio in Japan.
2021-03-11

Pope Francis says he supports civil unions for same-sex couples.
2020-10-21

Pope Francis rules against ordaining married men as priests, a possible measure to counter the shortage of Catholic priests. He also ruled against allowing women to be ordained as deacons.
2020-02-12

At St. Peter's Square Pope Francis reviews highlights from his African visit to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius on September 4-10.
2019-09-11

Pope Francis criticizes naming the U.S. military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as the Mother of All Bombs, saying that the word "mother" should not be used in reference to a deadly weapon.
2017-05-6

At the Indigenous Peoples Forum in Rome, Italy, Pope Francis says that developmental needs have to be reconciled with the protection of the particular characteristics of indigenous peoples and their territories. This is taken by some as a reference to the Standing Rock Sioux and other groups opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
2017-02-15

The United Kingdom posthumously pardons around 49,000 gay and bisexual men found guilty of decades-old sodomy laws in England and Wales. Those still living can apply for a statutory pardon.
2017-01-31

For the first time the Pope Francis’ monthly prayer intentions are featured on video. The videos are filmed in collaboration with the Jesuit-run global prayer network Apostleship of Prayer and the Vatican Television Center.
2016-03-12

Pope Francis sends greetings in a letter to Cardinal Ossa, the Special Envoy to the celebrations of the 3rd World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM III) at Bogota, Colombia, 15-19 August 2014.
2013-07-14