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# Pope Francis

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## Pope Francis


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Oct 14, 2019  
## [Divine Intervention? Pope Francis May Have Accidentally Blessed the New Orleans Saints With a Victory Thanks to This Accidental Tweet](https://time.com/5699755/pope-francis-saints-tweet/)  
by Melissa Locker
* ![Pope Francis during his weekly general audience Wednesday in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on October 17, 2017](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b5a7c49785323e8/69893ce497cdff32396b67e5/pope-francis-church-abuse-crisis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 18, 2018  
## [Pope Francis Takes Faltering Steps Forward on Church Abuse Crisis](https://time.com/5428174/pope-francis-church-abuse-crisis-reaction/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ciara Nugent
* ![Pope Francis waving](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdee6129c5d0e65aa/698938b4ab6d771ddd6b3827/pope-visits-8-abuse-victims.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 28, 2018  
## [The Politics Behind the Letter Calling on Pope Francis to Resign, Explained](https://time.com/5380458/pope-francis-resignation-catholic-church/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mahita Gajanan and Gina Martinez
* ![Pope Francis meets with French President Emmanuel Macron](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdd45fc5ba395dd4/698933e5ab6d772dfd6b3080/pope-francis-emmanuel-macron.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 26, 2018  
## [The Pope and Emmanuel Macron Hug it Out in Photo After Remarkably Long Meeting](https://time.com/5322140/pope-francis-emmanuel-macron-hug-meeting/)  
by Megan McCluskey
* ![Pope Francis Attends His Weekly Audience](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a6f82aa4dc0c0ae/69892c2a86f68e69ed6e8b83/pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 28, 2018  
## [Pope Francis Just Made a Child Cancer Survivor's Dream Come True](https://time.com/5218554/pope-francis-child-cancer-survivor-dream/)  
by Megan McCluskey  
* ![VATICAN-POPE-CHILE-VISIT-PLANE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf05d411ddf736570/6988f84c7cdbac20e9d5b99f/pope-francis-nuclear-war.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 15, 2018  
## [Pope: We're at 'the Very Limit' of Nuclear War](https://time.com/5103516/pope-francis-nuclear-war-very-limit/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mahita Gajanan
* ![Pope Francis celebrates Mass of the Solemnity of Mary Most Holy](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01b2a4aa6bb71bfa/6988f6befb4eac6b41895234/gettyimages-900222852.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 2, 2018  
## [Pope Francis Calls for Empathy Toward Migrants](https://time.com/5083672/pope-francis-new-year-message-migrants-refugees/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![Pope Francis Delivers His Sunday Angelus Blessing](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74675945e5803aff/6988f581fb4eac40c589504f/gettyimages-894055036.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 18, 2017  
## [The Pope Had a Birthday Pizza Party and Everyone Was Invited](https://time.com/5069082/pope-pizza-with-kids/)  
by Melissa Locker
* ![MYANMAR-VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a7394b970d4082b/6988e6eb929fad4902bee9b3/gettyimages-879924476.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 27, 2017  
## [Pope Arrives in Myanmar Amid Simmering Tensions](https://time.com/5037538/pope-francis-myanmar-rohingya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![ITALY-POPE-HOLY WEEK](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58e7299fbfd394a8/6988e68ccf40a87aa0c4a489/gettyimages-468377730.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 21, 2017  
## [Pope Asks Italian Traffic Police to Have 'Mercy' on Drivers](https://time.com/5032788/pope-francis-mercy-italy-police-drivers/)  
by Eli Meixler  
* ![Pope Francis greets the faithful as he arrives to celebrate](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f41d9a205dff253/6988e1d80a4a22645c9d0502/gettyimages-860245804.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 13, 2017  
## [Pope Francis Wants Church to Change Doctrine on Death Penalty](https://time.com/4980984/pope-francis-death-penalty-catholic-church/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![Demonstration in Syria](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4033018df17dba97/6988e08dcf40a8cb30c49ac2/gettyimages-836956412.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 4, 2017  
## [Who Will Win the Nobel Peace Prize? 5 Favorites](https://time.com/4968589/favorites-nobel-peace-prize-2017/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![U.S. President Donald Trump and Pope Francis meet at the Vatican](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04c9b239aa0defb8/6988cea80a4a22eb139ce4e4/trump-pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 29, 2017  
## [Pope Francis Is Writing About Fake News](https://time.com/4963060/pope-francis-fake-news-communications/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers
* ![Inside a Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh as Crisis Tarnishes Myanmar Image](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80e30ca357f38733/6988ddaf8fd2ee2fac358d65/rohingya.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 13, 2017  
## [Top Catholic Official in Myanmar Speaks Out on Treatment of Rohingya Muslims](https://time.com/4939946/myanmar-rohingya-muslims-pope-francis-envoy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Elizabeth Dias
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Sep 6, 2017  
## [Hurricane Irma Forced Pope Francis' Plane to Change Course](https://time.com/4928798/pope-francis-plane-hurricane-irma/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Reuters

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