Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to one of Rome's main parks to participate in an Earth Day event. The pontiff released a special encyclical lamenting the exploitation of the Earth's environm...
Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for Vatican personnel and Holy See diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of allegations to The policy shift is aimed at being a m...
Pope Francis met with leaders of the World Methodist Council on Thursday to celebrate fifty years of dialogue between the two Churches. Speaking to members from both traditions, the Catholic News Age...
Pope Francis has led a Mass to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians. Francis was joined by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan at a church service in Rome on...
Pope Francis has celebrated the first-ever airborne papal wedding, marrying two flight attendants from Chile's flagship airline during a flight from Santiago. Bride Paola Podest and groom Carlos Ciuf...
Pope Francis has presided over 20 weddings at the Vatican, including the wedding of one bride who was already a mother and several others who had  In his homily, the pontiff said families were ...
The Pope has held a private meeting with the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. She has previously praised the pontiff for his role in rebuilding relations between the United Sta...
A group of the 33 Chilean miners rescued from a 2010 mining accident have met Pope Francis at the Vatican. The men were saved from a collapsed mine five years ago after being trapped underground for ...
Pope Francis has met director Martin Scorsese to discuss his new film Silence. The movie, about Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century Japan, was screened this week in Rome.The pontiff told Scorsese he ...
Pope Francis has met with leaders from the World Evangelical Alliance in yet another push for Christian unity. A delegation addressed the pontiff and representatives of the Pontifical Council for Pro...
Meriam Ibrahim has been flown to Italy after all the charges against were dropped. Pope Francis has met with the Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to die for apostasy.Meriam Ibrahim and her family ...
Pope Francis has greeted the first female Mayor of Rome at the Vatican. The pontiff welcomed Virginia Raggi of the 5 Star Movement political party to the Holy See on Friday.The anti-establishment 5 S...
The Pope has met with the leader of the Salvation Army at the Vatican, a move that is expected to lead to further relations between Salvationists and the Holy S In his address on Friday to André Cox...
Pope Francis met with survivors of priests who sexually abused them, wept with them and apologised for the "irreparable damage" they suffered, his spokesman sai The pontiff also acknowledged the "pai...
Four British imams met Pope Francis at the Vatican today in efforts to build relations. The Imams visited with Cardinal Vincent Nichols, who has been coordinating interreligious discussions with the ...
Pope Francis has missed out on the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. The pontiff had been one of the favourite for the award after his interventions in the relationship between Cuba and the USA and for his opp...
Despite being favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Pope Francis has missed out on the prestigious award this year. Instead, it was jointly awarded to two campaigners who have fought for children's...
Pope Francis must respond with "great caution" to an invitation to visit North Korea, a leading Christian advocate for religious freedom has told Premier. Benedict Rogers from Christian Solidarity Wo...
Pope Francis named one of Italy's leading anti-Mafia prosecutors as president of the Vatican's criminal tribunal, just days after a new scandal erupted over all The appointment of Giuseppe Pignatone ...
Pope Francis has appointed a cardinal to be his new camerlengo after the current post holder retired. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, 71, will replace Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone after he stepped down on h...
