address to diplomats Archives

Pope hints at broader vision of ‘recovery’ from sex abuse scandals

Jan 9, 2020

On Thursday, Pope Francis may just have unveiled a strategy for addressing an imbalance in the Church’s failures and successes in regards to children, getting it back on offense after decades of being on the defensive.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Facing rising nationalist and populist tide, Pope extols multilateral diplomacy

Jan 7, 2019

Pope Francis on Monday delivered his annual speech to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, laying out his social and political agenda for the year.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Israeli envoy to Vatican: ‘We want peace as much as His Holiness’

Jan 10, 2018

Israel’s Ambassador to the Holy See says that when Pope Francis addressed the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in his annual speech to diplomats on Monday, there was nothing new there — and insists that Israel wants peace as much as Francis does.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Voice from Singapore: ‘Demographic winter’ isn’t just Europe

Jan 9, 2018

Singapore’s envoy to the Vatican says that when Pope Francis speaks, the international community listens — and that Asia heard something especially relevant on Monday when the pontiff addressed the risk of a “demographic winter.”

By John Allen and Claire Giangravé

Pope’s speech to diplomats reflects his Latin American background

Jan 9, 2018

This year’s landmark foreign policy speech by Pope Francis was really about one thing, globalization — and especially the Latin American Church’s view of it.

By Austen Ivereigh

Pope laments arms, anti-immigrant rhetoric and ‘ideological colonization’ all at once

Jan 8, 2018

In his most important foreign policy speech of the year, Pope Francis once again defied the usual categories of left v. right, voicing strong support for progressive causes such as nuclear disarmament, immigrant rights and battling climate change, but also stern opposition to abortion, assaults on the family and “ideological colonization.”

By John L. Allen Jr.