Pope Francis
“There’s a mission that’s not public that’s underway; when it’s public I’ll talk about it," the pontiff said during an airborne press conference en route home from Hungary.
From the pope rocking a Balenciaga puffy coat to a Drake and Weeknd song that never happened, artificial intelligence is causing a stir and making it harder to separate real from fake.
Pope Francis, who has repeatedly called for the fighting to end, prayed Sunday for “martyred” Ukrainians and for Russians to feel “the light of Easter."
Serena Subania sobbed as she pressed her head into the chest of the pontiff, minutes after he'd been discharged following treatment for bronchitis.
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The Vatican said the Pontiff will be hospitalized for several days for treatment of a pulmonary infection after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days.
The viral, AI-generated photo of the pope in a white puffer jacket tripped up several Twitter users including Chrissy Teigen.
“Criminalizing people with homosexual tendencies is an injustice," Pope Francis tells reporters on the papal plane.
The pontiff suggested that the middle finger, "which is higher than the others, reminds us of something essential: honesty."
Francis' comments are the first uttered by a pope about such laws, but are consistent with his overall approach to the LGBTQ community.
Heads of state and royalty, clergy from around the world and thousands of regular people flocked to the Vatican on Thursday.