Pope Francis Warns: Divorced Catholics who remarry should not be treated like outcasts

Pope Francis has warned pastors not to discriminate against Catholics who remarry and their children, saying they deserve better treatment.He also hinted the ban against divorcees who remary from taking communion could be someday lifted.

According to the tradition of the Catholic church, divorcees who marry again are 'living in sin' and should not receive communion. However, Catholics who divorce but do not take up a new union, such as a second marriage, can still receive Communion

The Vatican will hold a month-long meeting on family issues this Autumn. Remarried Catholics hoped a similar meeting held earlier this year would result in the communion ban being lifted.The 

Pope told pilgrims and tourists at his first general audience since the Summer break...

Pope Francis Calls On World Leaders For Action on Climate Change

Pope Francis on Thursday urged the world to act quickly to prevent “extraordinary” climate change from destroying the planet and said wealthy countries must bear responsibility for creating the problem and for solving it. In a radically worded letter addressed to every person on the planet, the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics blames human greed for the critical situation “Our Sister, mother Earth” now finds itself in.

Newly elected Pope Francis I, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires.