After Vatican Visit, Blinken Praises Pope Francis's Work on LGBTQ Rights
Blinken saw Francis before the pope held his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square, and later met the Vatican's second-in-command, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, and the Vatican's foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher.
Blinken praises pope's LGBTQ advocacy, talks Lebanon ceasefire at Vatican
The outgoing secretary of state met the pope privately early Nov. 27 and "commended the Pope's commitment to advancing the basic rights and dignity of LGBTQI persons," said a statement by Matthew Miller, the State Department spokesperson. Blinken was in Italy for a meeting of G7 foreign ministers.
2hon MSN
Angela Rayner has met the Pope in the Vatican in her first trip abroad since appointing a foreign affairs adviser to boost ...
All Christians can cultivate the fruits of the Holy Spirit by becoming "charitable, patient, humble, peacemakers." ...
The link will provide “symbolic access” to pilgrims who cannot make the journey to Rome, the Vatican said on Monday.
Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...
Pope Francis is warning that the Vatican's troubled pension fund faces a “serious imbalance” and cannot guarantee future ...
Mandarin Chinese is considered the world's most spoken language, with nearly one billion speakers, ahead of Spanish and ...
The 2025 Jubilee will bring tourists to the Vatican, Rome and Italy to celebrate the Catholic tradition of patrons asking for ...
Pope Francis denounces the hypocrisy of some countries “where there is much talk of peace” but “the highest yielding ...
7don MSN
Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies. He's simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role ...
Catholic voters swung behind Donald Trump in the election. But his and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be further apart on ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback