Pope Francis has issued his first document outlining his vision for the Catholic Church - saying its 'doors should always be open'. The Pope has attacked the greed of capitalism in a scathing new t...
Pope Francis has encouraged people to reuse their leftover food instead of throwing it away. Speaking to crowds gathered in St Peter's Square on Sunday, he instructed people to "examine their conscie...
A Republican candidate for the United States Presidency has urged Pope Francis to leave "science to the scientists". Rick Santorum rebuked the pontiff and the Catholic Church saying it had been "wron...
Pope Francis has set the record straight about why he pulled his hand away when throngs of people lined up this week to kiss his ring: for fear of spreading ger Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti s...
Pope Francis has described war as "the destruction of ourselves" during visits to a military cemetery and the site of a Nazi massacre in Rome. He laid flowers on 10 graves as he marked the Catholic A...
Pope Francis is urging priests and nuns to fight the temptation to talk about one another. The pontiff made an improvised speech marking the end of the Year of Consecrated Life where he told members ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury says "the most amazing thing happened" when he met the Pope in the Vatican. The Right Reverend Justin Welby said he "very cheekily" asked Pope Francis to record a video m...
Catholic bishops from across the Amazon have called for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in the region, in a historic pro The majority of 180 bishops from nine ...
The decision by Pope Francis to recognise the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago as "genocide" during a visit to Armenia has prompted an angr Nurettin Canikli, Turkey's deputy prim...
The Pope's stargazer is to visit Scotland to attend a series of events which aim to explore the evidence for God's existence. Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory, has been in...
Pope Francis has launched a scathing attack on the Vatican bureaucracy that serves him saying some clergy lust for power at all costs and live hypocritical doub During his Christmas address to the ca...
A recent decision by the Pope to change the wording of the Lord's Prayer won't effect UK Catholic churches. Pope Francis officially re-wrote the line 'lead us not into temptation' after claiming that...
Pope Francis' chief bodyguard has resigned over the leak of a Vatican police flyer identifying five Holy See employees who were suspended as part of a financial The Vatican said on Monday that Vatica...
The Pope's latest intervention on child abuse days before his visit to Ireland is too little too late, a campaigner said. Pope Francis said the church had delayed action and urged a culture of care a...
Pope Francis will this morning release his encyclical on climate change, the highest form of papal decree. It is a detailed document encouraging Catholics all over the world to act to halt climate ...
The man driving Pope Francis' popemobile during his visit to South American is claiming to have taken the 'best Papal selfie. Sebastián González snapped the image as the Holy Father waved the crowd...
The most senior Vatican official to be charged in connection with the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis has appeared in court in Australia for the first time. The charges against Cardinal George Pell,...
A star studded football match organised by Pope Francis to promote peace around the world has been played in Rome. The 'Interreligious Soccer Match for Peace' brought together Christians, Muslims, Je...
An investigation by Associated Press has found that a hospital in Italy has been cutting corners and putting profit before lives. The Vatican's showcase Bambino Gesu (Baby Jesus) Pediatric Hospital h...
The Vatican's children's hospital says its offer to take in terminally-ill boy Charlie Gard has been rejected by doctors in London. Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome says Great Ormond Street Hospital (GO...
