Nicole Winfield

Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests.

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Pope apologizes after being quoted using vulgar term about gay men in talk about ban on gay priests

May 28, 2024 at 4:25 p.m.

Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests.

Italy on Tuesday celebrated the return of around 600 antiquities from the U.S., including ancient bronze statues, gold coins, mosaics and manuscripts valued at 60 million euros ($65 million).

World News |
US vows more returns of looted antiquities as Italy celebrates latest haul of 600 artifacts

May 28, 2024 at 4:22 p.m.

Italy on Tuesday celebrated the return of around 600 antiquities from the U.S., including ancient bronze statues, gold coins, mosaics and manuscripts valued at 60 million euros ($65 million).

From a pope who has made outreach to the LGBTQ+ community a hallmark of his papacy, the document was a setback for trans Catholics.

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Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity

April 8, 2024 at 12:56 p.m.

From a pope who has made outreach to the LGBTQ+ community a hallmark of his papacy, the document was a setback for trans Catholics.

Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

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Pope overcomes health concerns to preside over a blustery Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square

March 31, 2024 at 2:31 p.m.

Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a...

Travel |
No stranger to plagues, Venice opens film fest with caution

September 1, 2021 at 6:53 p.m.

VENICE (AP) — Visitors to Venice could be forgiven for not realizing that beyond the majesty of St. Mark's Square and the romance of gondola rides lies a city that...

Health |
Venice a shell of itself as tourists flee virus

March 5, 2020 at 5:45 p.m.

Venice in the time of coronavirus, though, is a shell of itself, with empty piazzas, shuttered basilicas and gondoliers idling their days away. The cholera epidemic that raged quietly through...

Local News |
Chicago native Wilton Gregory named archbishop of Washington, D.C. — first African-American to lead capital’s Catholics

May 23, 2019 at 6:56 a.m.

Pope Francis on Thursday named Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory as the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., choosing a moderate, and the first African-American, to lead the archdiocese that has become...

Local News |
Archbishop Cupich at Vatican: Catholic leaders need to be held more accountable; 4 Chicago priests have children

May 23, 2019 at 6:48 a.m.

Cardinals attending Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse, including Chicago’s Blase Cupich, called Friday for a new culture of accountability in the Catholic Church to punish bishops and...

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Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich expects ‘significant progress’ during sex abuse summit next week at the Vatican

May 23, 2019 at 6:46 a.m.

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, who is helping to organize next week’s summit of the world’s bishops at the Vatican on sexual abuse by clergy, said Thursday he expects to make...

Uncategorized |
‘Dios te hizo así’, dice el Papa a un homosexual

May 15, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Los comentarios del papa Francisco a un homosexual de que “Dios te hizo así” han sido acogidos por la comunidad LGBT como otra señal del deseo del pontífice para hacer...

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