According to Pope Francis, women have been “in charge” since the “afternoon of the apple,” alluding to the Genesis story of Adam and Eve. Francis’ comments came as he answered a question from U2’s lead singer Bono, the co-founder of the anti-poverty organisation ONE. Bono told the pope that in ONE’s “Poverty is Sexist” campaign, Read more
A charity established by Pope Francis has suspended a donations agreement with a football federation in the wake of the FIFA corruption scandals. The South American football federation CONMEBOL had pledged to donate US$10,000 to the Vatican charity Scholas Occurrentes for every goal scored during the Copa America, which began in Chile on June 11. Read more