Participants at the recent plenary assembly approved a petition requesting the pope to waive the “monitum” issued by the Holy Office in 1962.

Since becoming pope, Francis has given special attention to the Holy See’s diplomatic staff. 

“Not everything that is technically possible or feasible is therefore ethically acceptable.”

“To love the poor means to combat all forms of poverty, spiritual and material."

“There is no obligation to have recourse in all circumstances to every possible remedy” to keep a person alive.

Pope Francis condemned not only the threat of nuclear weapons but also “their very possession” in a landmark statement on Nov. 10.