The Pope has called for every European parish and religious community to take in one refugee family each, in a gesture of solidarity. Francis also announced two parishes in the Vatican will offer a h...
The Pope has called for tech giants to take responsibility to prevent children's easy access to pornography and other harmful content online. Speaking at the Promoting Digital Child Dignity conferenc...
The Pope has called on the world's religious and political leaders to work harder to bring about peace, in an impassioned speech at the Vatican in the wake of t Speaking at the Vatican on Monday befo...
Pope Francis has told young Catholics to take risks in order to help boost membership of the Catholic Church. At a six-day conference in Rome with 300 youth in attendance he said: "Be brave in these ...
The US and Cuba presidents have both thanked Pope Francis for his help improving relations between the countries. The pontiff played a key role in bringing them together, after he sent private letter...
Pope Francis has thanked Jordan for bringing displaced Christians and other refugees from Iraq into its country, a year since the exodus began. It was this time last year that at least hundreds of th...
Pope Francis has given a number of priests in southern Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to obey him by accepting the nomination of a bishop - or face being suspended The row began when Clergymen in the di...
Pope Francis has issued a challenge to world leaders to do more for the protection of refugees and migrants. The Vatican has made a roadmap on how governments should approach the issue entitled Respo...
Pope Francis will reportedly chew on coca leaves containing a small amount of the drug cocaine when he visits Bolivia next month. According to a government minister the Pope will visit La Paz, the ca...
This weekend Pope Francis is expected to deliver a message of peace to Bosnia and renew calls for reconciliation in the country. According to the DPA International news agency the motto of the Holy F...
Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church is "aware of a greater urgency" to be more welcoming to divorced people. In his weekly general audience the pontiff said divorced and re-married Catholics ha...
Women hoping to one-day serve as clergy in the Catholic Church have been given fresh hope as Pope Francis has apparently said he is open to exploring the feasib Catholic news sources say the Pontiff ...
Pope Francis has agreed to speed up the path to sainthood for Fr Jacques Hamel, the Catholic priest murdered by Islamic State militants in his Normandy church i Usually the Vatican has a five-year br...
Pope Francis will host bishops from Venezuela later this week as political unrest in the South American county continues into its third month. The pontiff will host the Presidential Council of the Ep...
Pope Francis is due to continue his visit to Mexico by holding Mass in a city riddled with drug violence, gangland-style executions and kidnappings. Mexico: - The world's largest Spanish-speaking Cat...
Pope Francis is going to make two visits this year to the troubled Caucasus region, which straddles the border between Europe and Asia, after a recent surge in Violence in the separatist area of Nag...
Pope Francis holds his first meeting with victims of sexual abuse by priests today. Six people - two each from Ireland, Britain and Germany - will attend the pontiff's private morning Mass in his Vat...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to meet Pope Francis as he travels to Europe following a landmark nuclear deal. It's the leaders first trip abroad since the agreement with the EU and US.He'll tak...
The Pope will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, the Vatican has confirmed. Francis will receive the politician on Wednesday after he attends a conference in Milan.It is expected the me...
The President of Slovakia will visit the Vatican on 8th April to meet Pope Francis and help build up relations between the country and the church. Andrej Kiska will also meet the Vatican's Secretary ...
