The Vatican investigator sent to take testimony from Chilean sex abuse victims has said the Holy See is "making history" with Pope Francis's emergency summit of The Rev Jordi Bertomeu, a Spaniard in ...
Hundreds of people have gathered outside an opticians in Rome to watch Pope Francis go shopping for new glasses. The pontiff insisted on leaving to Vatican to visit the store, despite the optician of...
Pope Francis appeared to express his disapproval of Russia last night as he continued his visit to Georgia. On the first day of his trip the pontiff gave a speech with the Georgian president at his s...
The Pope is considering taking up a charity's challenge for him to become vegan for Lent. The Million Dollar Vegan campaign - run by a couple from York, offered the pontiff a donation of $1m (£771,40...
Pope Francis has met the families of nine victims of a terrorist attack in Bangladesh last summer. The attack happened when five militants took hostages at Holey Artisan Bakery in an affluent area o...
Pope Francis has met with Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho and other members of a project using technology, the arts and sport to promote peace and integration a Scholas Occurrentes* - Launched in 201...
Pope Francis has met with the actor George Clooney and his wife, the human rights lawyer Amal, as he continues to highlight the migrant crisis in Europe. The pontiff had invited the couple to a semin...
Pope Francis has met privately with an American Jesuit who has been attacked by conservative US Catholics for reaching out to gays, the latest evidence of Franc The Vatican listed the audience with F...
The brother of David Haines, the British aid worker murdered by Islamic State met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday. Mike Haines has continued to promote inter-religious tolerance and uni...
Pope Francis has received relatives of the victims of this summer's lorry attack in Nice, offering "immense compassion" and encouraging them not to respond to h The audience at the Vatican on Saturda...
Pope Francis received the Polish President in a special audience on Monday. President Andrzej Duda and the ponfitt discussed the upcoming World Youth Day in Kraków according to Catholic World News.Ot...
Pope Francis met with hundreds of Italian earthquake survivors at the Vatican on Thursday. At the audience held in the Vatican's Paul VI hall, the Catholic leader said survivors must rebuild their he...
Thousands of people lined streets in Chile's capital as Pope Francis visited the Latin American country for the first time. But crowds in Santiago were sparser than those seen during visits to neighb...
The pope has named 17 new cardinals from Africa, Asia, South America, Oceania and Europe. 13 of those chosen are under the age of 80 and, as such, are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect his suc...
Pope Francis has praised his predecessor, saying Benedict XVI is having trouble getting around, but has a sharp mind and memory. The current pope said: "His mind and his memory are intact, perfect."...
Pope Francis has commented on the Kentucky clerk who spent five days in jail after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. During an in-flight conference on his flight to Rome from t...
Pope Francis celebrated World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday with a Mass in St Peter's Basilica, encouraging people to not be afraid of meeting people w He said we should "overcome our fears ...
Pope Francis has officially opened the Jubilee Year of Mercy, which is intended to show a more merciful side of the Catholic Church. The pontiff held a huge open air Mass at the Vatican attended by u...
Pope Francis has said that pilgrimage is a way of believers expressing their faith in God. Speaking during an address on Thursday he spoke about how pilgrims carry their own faith and history and sa...
The pope has paid his respects to Miriam Wuolou, who had been secretary at the Vatican. The 34-year-old was seven months pregnant when she died and had been working as a secretary at guest house Sant...
