The Pope has been celebrating Mass for Egypt's tiny Catholic community and meeting its priests and seminarians before returning to Rome. Local media reports say at least 25,000 were expected at Satur...
Pope Francis is changing Church law to fit in with his rule-breaking celebration of the Easter Week ritual of the washing of the feet. Previously the Vatican rules for the Holy Thursday ritual only...
The pontiff says all Christians have a duty to pass on faith with courage. The Pope has urged the Church to be more 'courageous'.During a mass in Casa Santa Marta this morning, the pontiff argued tha...
Pope Francis has appeared to clarify remarks he made that Catholics did not need to breed like 'rabbits'. Speaking on the plane home from a trip to the Philippines the Pontiff said there would be no ...
The sister of an elderly priest killed by Islamic militants in northern France last year has been comforted by Pope Francis in Italy. During a service in Rome on Saturday evening, the pontiff held th...
Pope Francis has said abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or malformed. He urged doctors and priests to support families to carry such pregnancies to term.During an au...
Pope Francis has denounced gossip as a form of "terrorism" and is warning the faithful against telling lies. Francis explored the Catholic commandment against "bearing false witness" during his Wedne...
Pope Francis has said the world is guilty of "complicit silence" to the killing of Christians. The pontiff used his traditional Good Friday Colosseum procession to speak about the persecution of Chri...
Pope Francis has issued a letter to Catholics around the world condemning the "crime" of sexual abuse by priests and subsequent cover-ups. Francis demanded accountability in response to new revelatio...
Pope Francis has denounced all violence said to be done in the name of religion. Speaking during a visit to Rome's main synagogue on Sunday, he said: "Violence of man against man is in contradiction ...
Pope Francis has blessed Stephen Hawking and congratulated the atheist scientist on his work, during a gathering of scientists in Rome. Hawking, a physicist who has been outspoken in his belief God d...
It's thought Pope Francis may visit the UN headquarters in New York during 2015. The Vatican's representative to the United Nations has suggested that a visit on the coming 70th anniversary of the wo...
It's thought Pope Francis will get the chance to speak to the leadership in China during his upcoming trip to South Korea. His plane is due to use Chinese airspace and traditionally the Holy Father w...
New measures by Pope Francis to try and stop individuals wrongly being made saints have been unveiled by the Vatican. They say acknowledging an event as a miracle must be supported by either five-out...
Pope Francis has spoken out against rich bosses that exploit their workers calling them 'blood suckers'. He said that exploiting the working people to enrich a person is "like sucking blood."The ex...
Pope Francis has condemned the name of the US military's biggest non-nuclear explosive. The GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) had been dubbed "the mother of all bombs".The pontiff recently tol...
Pope Francis has been forced to cut short a visit to a typhoon-hit region of the Philippines because of stormy weather. The pontiff had to leave four hours ahead of schedule and told the crowd at the...
Circus acrobats performed for Pope Francis during his weekly audience, in what has become a regular feature of the Vatican festive season. A pair of acrobats dressed as lumbering polar bears announce...
Pope Francis opened a landmark sex abuse prevention summit by warning senior Catholic figures that the faithful are demanding concrete action against predator p Victims then told the bishops of the s...
The Pope has denounced "fake news" as evil, and urged journalists to make it their mission to search for truth. After facing unprecedented bad press during his recently-concluded South American tour,...
