Pope Francis has opened a steam train, the state's shortest railway, taking people through Vatican City. For the first time the railway will be open to the paying public.It runs along a 328 yard trac...
Pope Francis will show solidarity with people affected by the communist regime when he visits Albania later this month. The pontiff is to visit the country on 21st September during his first European...
Pope Francis is to raffle off the various gifts he's been given since taking on the papacy. It's reported posters have been put up around the Vatican advertising tickets for the draw priced at €10.Th...
Pope Francis is due to release three white pigeons next month in a gesture created to show the spreading of his blessing and a call for peace. He will be answering the prayers of Catholic postman an...
Pope Francis met on Saturday with thousands of members of the Association of Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts (AGESCI) in St. Peter's Square. In his address, the Holy Father thanked the scouts, as...
Pope Francis is expected to speak publicly about murdered priest Fr Jacques Hamel during World Youth Day in Poland. He arrived in Poland on Wednesday to celebrate the event, with millions from all o...
Pope Francis has been told by Vatican doctors to eat less pasta after gaining weight since his election two years ago. The Catholic leader, 78, has put on weight in recent months which doctors have a...
Pope Francis has said the church is undergoing a period of "profound sadness", after Islamic State released a video showing the murder of 30 Ethiopian Coptic Ch The pontiff made the comment in a mess...
Pope Francis has cleared the way for murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero to be made a saint, declaring that a churchman who stood up for the poorest of The Vatican announced on Wednesday tha...
Pope Francis has advised people to jettison life's "useless baggage" in 2018, avoiding the "banality of consumerism" and "empty chatter". Francis offered his reflections on how to savour the real mea...
Pope Francis has sent a new letter to priests worldwide offering encouragement in light of the global sex abuse scandal that has shaken the Roman Catholic Churc In a nearly 5,000-word message sent on...
The Pope's visit to Myanmar is thought to be one of his most difficult diplomatic trips yet. He visits the country this week which has been accused by the United Nations of 'textbook ethnic cleansin...
Vatican representatives have visited Christian communities in Aleppo for the first time since government forced re-took the war-torn Syrian city ended and hosti Officials also met pastors and attende...
The Vatican has released Pope Francis' prayer for the coming month. Each month the Holy Father releases two new prayers, one called a universal prayer and the other called an evangelisation prayer. T...
The execution of a US death row inmate has been delayed after a mix-up with the drugs for the lethal injection, just hours after the Pope made an appeal to save Francis had urged for clemency saying ...
The Vatican has released Pope Francis' prayer for the coming month. Each month the Holy Father releases two new prayers, one called a universal prayer and the other called an evangelisation prayer. T...
Pope Francis is claimed to have had a role in the removal of the Mayor of Rome. Ignazio Marino left his post as Mayor earlier in the week after leaving the capital amid rumours of corruption and debt...
Pope Francis' security arrangements leave him prone to terrorist attacks, according to a leaked secret report commissioned by the Vatican. A lack of CCTV at the Pope's residence and lax controls over...
The humble hatchback used by Pope Francis during his recent visit to Ireland is going to help homeless people find more appropriate places to live. The blue Skoda Rapid will take families from emerge...
The Vatican has cancelled The Pope's tentative plans to visit South Sudan sometime this year. It was not initially clear why the trip was cancelled but Vatican spokesman Greg Burke told Reuters it "w...
