Sources: Time
Pope Francis accuses the IDF of committing war crimes, in response to Israeli snipers killing two Palestinian Christians and injuring seven others who were taking refuge in the Holy Family Church in Gaza City yesterday. 2023-12-17
Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad in the first ever Papal visit to Iraq. 2021-03-5
Bangladesh celebrates Easter as national holiday for first time in 30 years. The South Asian nation of 159 million is 89% Muslim and 10% Hindu. Pope Francis made an apostolic journey to Myanmar and Bangladesh in 2017. 2019-04-20
Pope Francis asks the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, now meeting in Baltimore, to delay voting on proposals to address the sexual abuse crisis until he leads a global summit in February. 2018-11-12
All 34 Roman Catholic bishops in Chile offer to resign after Pope Francis accused them of destroying evidence of sexual crimes. 2018-05-18
Pope Francis uses his Easter address to call for peace between the peoples of Israel and Palestine in response to the clashes. 2018-04-1
In a surprise appointment by Pope Francis, Bishop Anders Arborelius is the first ever person from Sweden to become a cardinal. 2017-05-21
Pope Francis becomes the first Pope ever to address a Joint Session of the United States Congress. Afterwards, he greets onlookers at the National Mall. He addresses many issues: abortion and the sanctity of life, the importance of the family and of marriage, climate change, immigration and the refugee crises caused by global unrest, proper business conduct, and worldwide abolition of capital punishment. 2015-09-24
Pope Francis begins a week-long official visit to Brazil, his first foreign trip since assuming the pontificate. 2013-07-22
Hundreds of thousands of people attend the papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis in Rome's Saint Peter's Square. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-europe-21839069 (BBC)] [http:--www.straitstimes.com-breaking-news-world-story-pope-francis-set-grandiose-inauguration-mass-20130319 (AFP via "Straits Times")]date=August 2019 2013-03-19