Pope Francis will celebrate Mexico's Indian population later today with a visit to heavily indigenous Chiapas state, where he will preside over a Mass in three The visit marks the half-way point in ...
Pope Francis can now add 'actor' to his CV. He has a cameo and plays himself in a new religious-themed feature film called Beyond The Sun.It's about four young children from different cultures trying...
The pontiff is set to travel around Italy next year, according to the Vatican. He will visit Genoa and Milan, two cities he was meant to make trips to last year, but cancelled owing a busy Jubilee ...
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will make a return trip to Assisi, Italy, in September. The Holy See Press Office says he will travel on 20th September and visit the birthplace of St Fr...
Pope Francis is planning a visit to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia next year, as the Baltic nations celebrate their 100th anniversaries. A spokeswoman for Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite confi...
The Pope is set to meet Fidel Castro during his visit to Cuba this weekend. The Vatican has said the meeting between the pontiff and the former Cuban leader is "highly likely" to take place in the ca...
Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan in November in a visit expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear disarmament and honour the small Catholic The Vatican confirmed the trip to Asia...
The pope is expected to wash the feet of refugees during Easter Week. Pope Francis will wash the feet of young refugees during the special foot-washing ritual over the Easter break.He has also offi...
Christians around the world are celebrating the World Day of Prayer for Peace. Pope Francis is returning to Assisi to observe the day, which is celebrated annually on 20th September.Speaking earlier ...
The leaders of South Sudan's Roman Catholic Church have called on Pope Francis to visit the war-torn nation. "We know his heart is in South Sudan," Samuel Abe, secretary general for the archdiocese o...
Pope Francis has used a speech on the lawn of the White House to call for action on climate change saying it was "clear" that it was a problem which "can no lon The pontiff was welcomed to America on...
Pope Francis has urged Bulgarians to open their hearts and homes to migrants, arguing that a country like Bulgaria, which is losing so much of its population to As he arrived in the Balkan nation for...
Pope Francis on Friday denounced the proliferation of adult and child pornography on the internet and demanded better protections for children online. It came even as the Vatican confronts its own cr...
Pope Francis has stressed the importance of protecting the environment in Mexico and condemned centuries-old exploitation and social exclusion of Mexico's indig The pontiff celebrated Mexico's Indian...
The pope has given his personal support to a Catholic charity as part of The Year of Mercy. Aid to the Church in Need's (ACN) "Be God's Mercy" initiative will be launched on Friday in Rome.The Pope...
The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has encouraged people to overcome indifference in his New Year message. Pope Francis said it is time to end indifference and what he calls "false neutra...
The last time a pope visited Ireland was 1979. More than 90 per cent of people were Catholic, now it is down to less than 80%.The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said a dramatic fall in the birth rat...
The pope is due to visit Auschwitz concentration camp on Friday during his time in Poland for the World Youth Day celebrations. More than one-and-a-half million prisoners, including one-in-six of the...
Pope Francis has visited a northern region of Italy which was hit by two deadly earthquakes in 2012. The pontiff was welcomed by tens of thousands of people who lined the street to greet him.He laid ...
Pope Francis has paid a visit to the retired Pope Benedict at his Vatican residence to wish him a happy summer. The two men met before the ex-Pope moved to the traditional papal summer residence of C...