The first American pope has so far kept to the script and followed protocol. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Rome, Italy, Apr 4, 2013 / 03:02 am. The father of a boy with special needs, whose iconic hug from Pope Francis has captured the world's attention, says that the Pope in that instant held "all ...

During the last papal visit to the United Nations in 2008, the instructions were clear: Don't hug Pope Benedict. During a receiving line for U.N. staffers, he even stosod on a six-inch platform to ...

Amid all the symbolism and ceremony, it was perhaps the hug with his brother Louis that underlined just how much Pope Leo's life has changed. A cardinal from Chicago is now one of the most ...

The Pope and the Hugging Guru. Francis X. Clooney, S.J. December 02, 2014. Cambridge, MA. The Vatican was today (December 2), International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, the site for an ...

Photos of the Pope hugging a man whose face was blanketed with tumors struck a deep chord in people across the world. When I posted them to my public Facebook page, I received almost 300 comments ...

“Pope Francis was really like a warm hug from an uncle or something.” The Catholic Church has historically excluded women from meaningful roles in its synods — conventions typically reserved for ...

Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and ...