Pope Francis has warned that the creation of life is threatened by technological advances enabling gender change. The pontiff criticised the "utopia of the neutral" in his comments to the Pontifical ...
Pope Francis has warned that climate change will cause "unprecedented destruction" to the planet unless we change our lifestyles and production methods. His encyclical on the environment called Prais...
In a new interview, the pope has spoken ahead of the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon and said the Church needs to focus on evangelism. The pope's comments came in an interview by Vatican Insider, the ...
The Catholic Church is facing a "haemorrhage" of priests and nuns, Pope Francis has warned. He said there was a serious shortage of clergy for the Church whilst speaking at an event in the Vatican.Fr...
Social media poses a threat to "real life relationships" and it could end up "imprisoning people in a virtual reality", Pope Francis has said. The pontiff said families should be asking themselves ...
The Pope has issued an appeal to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after he installed a constituent assembly in a move that his critics say marks the beginni Pope Francis made a last-minute call f...
Pope Francis washed the feet of several convicts at a maximum security prison on Maundy Thursday. The Pope served the inmates at Paliano detention centre south of the Italian capital Rome.Two of the ...
The wind played havoc with Pope Francis, flipping his cassock over his head, as the pontiff's historic two-day trip to Ireland came to an end. The pope was accompanied by the Papal Nuncio Archbishop ...
Pope Francis is scheduled to welcome the Cuban President, Raul Castro, to the Vatican on the 10th May. The invitation comes less than five months ahead of his visit to Cuba as part of his tour around...
Pope Francis has issued an invitation to Italy's criminal gangs to return to Church, saying he would welcome them if they stopped 'serving evil'. During an audience for anti-crime activists the Holy ...
Pope Francis has arrived in Uganda and will spend two days meeting faith leaders and local communities. A Christian expert has said that the question of LGBT rights has been on the agenda of some Uga...
The Pope's ambassador in Britain has told Premier there would be no situation when the Holy Father would endorse military action in Iraq. Tens of thousands of Christians have been forced to flee Iraq...
Pope Francis is worried about the on-going financial crisis in Greece, according to the Vatican. Fr Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesperson, said the pontiff wanted to express his closeness to the ...
Pope Francis would be "guaranteed 100% safe" if he were to visit Iraq, according to the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of the country's capital, Baghdad. The pontiff had expressed a wish to visit the co...
Pope Francis has sent condolences to tornado victims in Alabama and US President Donald Trump will visit on Friday. Twenty-three people were killed and dozens more were injured when the powerful torn...
Pope Francis has appealed to the Iraqi President 'with a heart full of pain' to stop to violence in the country. In a letter to Fouad Massoum the Pontiff urges him to try and put an end to the "bruta...
Pope Francis has written to prisoners in an Italian city telling them that they are loved. He sent the letter to those incarcerated in Velletri, a city south east of Rome.The pontiff was responding...
Pope Francis has called for Europe to create a fair immigration policy that will aid refugees who come to the continent looking for help. During an address to the European Parliament he said governme...
Pope Francis has used the final mass of his South American pilgrimage to urge the Catholic Church to be more welcoming. The pontiff told an estimated one million people at a service in the Banado Nor...
Pope Francis has said women have "legitimate claims" to seek more justice and equality in the Catholic Church, but stopped short of endorsing more sweeping call Francis issued a document inspired by ...
