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Pope Francis has expressed his pain and sadness after a head-on train crash in Italy which left 23 people dead. Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the smash in the south of the countr...

Pope Francis has sent greetings to Rome's Jewish population for their New Year celebrations. "I am particularly glad to convey my warmest wishes to you and the Jewish community of Rome," the Pope sai...

The Pope has written a letter to support the refugee team at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Francis has sent the letter, written in Spanish, to members of the team who are competing in the four-yearly g...

Pope Francis has not invited the Dalai Lama to a religious conference later this month in what some believe is an attempt to improve the Vatican's relations wit The Pope has been involved in sensitiv...

Pope Francis has spoken of the need to practice what you preach, after the release of two books criticising the way the Vatican spends its money. The Merchants of the Temple and Avarice both reveal a...

Pope Francis has called the Church to love and respect gay and transgender people, but criticised teaching which says those ways of living are God's intention. Speaking on the plane home after a visi...

Journalist Alfredo Leuco from Argentina first thought his birthday message was a joke but soon found himself speaking to the Pope. But he soon realised the source of the call was the Vatican, and not...

Pope Francis appeared visibly annoyed in Mexico as he told over-enthusiastic crowds not to be selfish during the fourth day of his visit. Some people tugged on his sleeve from behind a barrier, at on...

A specially-chosen group of priests have been asked by Pope Francis to show a more merciful approach towards people confessing during the Holy Year of Mercy.&nb He told the priests: "It's not with th...

Pope Francis has said the UK should obey a UN resolution and return to Mauritius a disputed Indian Ocean archipelago that hosts the US military base at Diego Ga Francis cited Catholic doctrine in res...

Pope Francis has thanked Amazon regional bishops for their "candour" at a meeting which called for ordaining married priests and other changes to help the Catho In his homily on Sunday at a Mass to c...

Pope Francis has spoken out thanking nuns for their strength and courage in an evening prayer service in St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. On Friday he will address world leaders at the United Nati...

Pope Francis will visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima north of Lisbon, where six reported visions of Mary, to child shepherds took place a century ago. The Argentine pontiff is due to arrive in...

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...