Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

“I met Pope Francis during his visit to Canada in 2022, where he delivered an apology for members of the Catholic Church who cooperated with the devastating abuse of Indigenous children at ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

There, Pope Francis paid respects at a cemetery near a former residential school for Indigenous children. He then delivered a long-sought apology for Catholic complicity in the 19th- and 20th-century ...

What do you think was different about Pope Francis and his approach to the harms that were done by the Catholic Church that led to his apology in 2022? Pope Francis was a compassionate person.

In 2024, the pope used a slur to refer to gay men, for which the Vatican later apologized. Despite that, from the beginning, Francis set a tone of openness and care, shifting the Church from ...

Pope Francis, who was elevated to the papacy in ... and has turned Earth into "an immense pile of filth." July 10, 2015: Apologizes in Bolivia for the sins and crimes of the Catholic Church ...