Pope Francis said that compared to the dreaded Zika virus, the use of contraceptives is the lesser of two evils. A lot of Catholic theologians did not agree with his belief, and even said that the pope made a mistake in that regard.
Pope Francis, departing from the prepared text for his Palm Sunday Mass homily in Rome, blamed the poor response to the refugee crisis on indifference.
Pope Francis lamented the world's indifference to the flood of refugees from war-torn countries sweeping Europe, comparing today's leaders to the authorities who did not want anything to do with Jesus Christ, leading to his crucifixion.
Pope Francis plans to visit Armenia in June, the Vatican said on Friday, a trip that could upset Turkey if he again describes the century-old massacres of Christian Armenians as a genocide.
Pope Francis urged nations to "open their hearts and open their doors" to refugees on Wednesday, appealing for compassion for those waiting at closed European borders made to feel like exiles abandoned from God.
On matters of dogma, Pope Francis is not a "professional theologian." Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, made the remark in a recent interview with the German newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, according to LifeSite News.