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Pope Francis delivers his speech during an audience with pilgrims from Rho diocese, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims
By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press
Sat,03/25/23-6:16AM , 405 Reads
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up sexual abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that vulnerable adults and not just children can be victims of abuse when they are unable to freely consent.
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Pope Francis waves to faithful as he is driven through the crowd during his visit to the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, on July 8, 2013, where he denounced the "globalization of indifference" that greets migrants who risk their lives trying to reach Europe. Pope Francis' first 10 years as pope have been marked by several historic events, as well as several unplanned moments or comments that nevertheless helped define the contours and priorities of history's first Latin American pope. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

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10 iconic moments in Pope Francis' first 10 years as pontiff
By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press
Mon,03/13/23-3:24AM , 351 Reads
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis marks the 10th anniversary of his election as pope on Monday. During that decade, several historic occasions, as well as several unplanned events, helped define the contours and priorities of history's first Latin American pontiff.
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Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he leaves after celebrating a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, to mark Epiphany, Jan. 6, 2014. Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, March 13, 2023, far outpacing the "two or three" years he once envisioned for his papacy and showing no signs of slowing down. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

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Pope Francis at 10 years: A reformer's learning curve, plans
By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press
Sat,03/11/23-1:21AM , 621 Reads
VATICAN CITY (AP) — So much for a short pontificate.

Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the “two or three” years he once envisioned for his papacy and showing no signs of slowing down.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, right, Pope Francis,left, and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Iain Greenshields meet the journalists during an airborne press conference aboard the airplane directed to Rome, at the end of his pastoral visit to Congo and South Sudan, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (Tiziana Fabi/Pool Photo Via AP)

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Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders denounce anti-gay laws
By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press
Sun,02/05/23-11:02AM , 1,158 Reads
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis was backed by the ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion and top Presbyterian minister in calling for gays to be welcomed by their churches as he again decried laws that criminalize homosexuality as unjust.
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