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 ...
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 Europea...
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....
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 a...
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, a...
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 ...
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 cleansi...
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 ...
