Pope Francis Columns

Kazakhstan – home to 150 ethnic groups and more than 80 languages – has a “vocation of being a country of encounter, of culture, of language,” the pope said.

Pope Francis called on all Christians to “hope for this fullness of life that awaits us all...”

Pope Francis encouraged Christians, especially the elderly, to live their final years of life “in the expectation of the Lord” because in old age, Jesus’ promise becomes “transparent..."

“I want to tell you how very sorry I am and to ask for forgiveness for the evil perpetrated by not a few Catholics” who ran the residential schools Indigenous children (in Canada) ... -- Pope Francis

The phenomenon of mass shootings “is a grave social problem,” he said, and it would be important to look into the “aggressiveness” of those who “opt to destroy and not build.” -- Pope Francis