Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his personal shame and that of the Church at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, after the scale of the problem was laid bare in a devastating report, France24 reports. …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a "get well soon" message to Pope Francis on Tuesday after his surgery for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon. "On behalf of my nation and myself, I wish you a …
Pope Francis said in his Earth Day message on Thursday that the planet was "at the brink" and humanity had to avoid "the path of self destruction." "Now is the time to act. We are at the brink," Francis, …
Pope Francis has warned that mankind is facing a second great flood caused by climate change unless leaders act to fix corruption and injustice. The 84-year-old said that, in the story of the great flood in the Bible, God …
Pope Francis promised in his Christmas messages on Thursday to visit Lebanon and South Sudan as soon as he could, Reuters reports. The pope traditionally mentions countries in his Christmas Day message, but he singled out those two …
Pope Francis promised in his Christmas messages on Thursday to visit Lebanon and South Sudan as soon as he could. Francis expressed "my affection for the beloved people of Lebanon, whom I hope to visit as soon as …
The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) calls on the European Union to actively engage for peace in the Nagorno Karabakh region and provide concrete assistance to communities affected by recent flare-up of …
Pope Francis praised the UN Security Council efforts for worldwide ceasefires to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. In remarks to the public in St Peter's Square today Pope Francis hailed the Security Council's …
Pope Francis has asked leaders of all the world’s Christian confessions to join with all the faithful in reciting the Lord’s Prayer today — Wednesday*, March 25th, the Feast of the Annunciation — at noon, Rome …
Pope Francis called on all Christians around the world to stop at noon Italian time on Wednesday to pray the “Our Father” together. “We want to respond to the pandemic of the virus with the universality of prayer, …
Catholic priests kept their distance from Pope Francis over coronavirus fears today as Italy's 3ft safety rule reached the Vatican, Daily Mail reports. Francis held an audience in his private library with …
Historians can now pore over secret files from the papacy of Pius XII, who has long faced accusations of being a Nazi sympathiser
Pope Francis has tested negative for coronavirus, according to the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said he had no immediate comment on the report, Reuters reported. Earlier, the …
On February 22, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, in the Vatican …
Pope Francis has sent a message of condolence to all those who lost loved ones following an air crash in Tehran, Iran, Vatican News reports. The Ukrainian International Airlines passenger plane went down on Wednesday morning after …
Pope Francis apologized for having angrily slapped a woman’s arm when she had grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him toward her, saying he had lost his patience and set a “bad example”. Pope Francis had a sharp …
Pope Francis has apologized for hitting the hand of a well-wisher who grabbed him and yanked him toward her, CNBC reports. In his new year’s wishes to the public in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Francis confessed to …
Pope Francis has sent a letter to Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II and commemorated the Patriarch's hospitality during his visit to Georgia three years ago, InterPressNews reports. “I would like to express my …
Pope Francis invited Georgian Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II to the Vatican next year to commemorate the 40-year anniversary since the latter’s “historic visit” in 1980. In the …
Pope Francis’s envoy told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a meeting of the Pope’s concerns for the humanitarian situation in northwest Syria, a Vatican spokesman said today. Cardinal Peter Kodwo …
