Pope Francis

“By a two-to-one margin, American Catholics now give Francis negative marks for his handling of the sex abuse scandal” - Pew Research

Satan is working to uncover the sins of bishops so that they will be visible and a cause of scandal, Pope Francis said during his homily at Mass on Tuesday. “This is good to remember, in these times in which it seems that the Great Accuser has been unchained and is attacking bishops. True, we are all sinners, we bishops.

A former papal ambassador to the U.S. has claimed that Pope Francis knew as early as 2013 about charges that the former archbishop of Washington, ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, had been sexually active with seminarians and priests and that Pope Benedict XVI had privately disciplined him over the charges.

WSJ: In letter to Catholics, pontiff says crimes against more than 1,000 victims over 70 years weren’t handled in a timely manner

BBC: Pope Francis condemns child sex abuse and Church cover-ups

“It’s a shift for the church, which used to consider the death penalty a “means of safeguarding the common good” in response to ‘certain crimes.’” - Church Now Formally Opposes Death Penalty In All Cases

“As some bishops call for blessing gay unions, where does Pope Francis stand?”

“A personal meeting between Pope Francis and a gay man could have considerable implications for the Catholic church and its stance on homosexuality.

Boy asks pope if atheist father is in heaven

‘Is my dad in heaven?’ little boy asks pope

Declaration of Faith Released Defending Church Teaching: Cardinals, bishops, priests and lay faithful issued a declaration in Rome on Saturday in which they testified to the Church’s unchanging teaching on marriage, the sacraments and absolute moral commandments.

Scalfari says to the Pope, “Your Holiness, in our previous meeting you told me that our species will disappear in a certain moment and that God, still out of his creative force, will create new species. You have never spoken to me about the souls who died in sin and will go to hell to suffer it for eternity. You have however spoken to me of good souls, admitted to the contemplation of God.