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...
The pope has offered his condolences to the family of an investigative journalist killed by a car bombing in Malta on Monday. In a rare reaction by the Catholic leader to the death of a private citiz...
Pope Francis has given priests the power to forgive mothers who've had abortions, and doctors who have performed them. It's after the pontiff declared 2016 would be a Holy Year of Mercy, where priest...
The Pope has held a private audience with US President Donald Trump, putting aside their previous clashes. The president, accompanied by his wife and several aides, arrived at the Vatican on Wednesda...
Pope Francis has offered prayers for those who are "courageously" dealing with the terrorism which is gripping the world in "fear and bewilderment". Giving his New Year address, to the tens of thousa...
The pontiff has written a letter - printed in an Italian newspaper - in response to a question about whether God forgave those who do not believe in Him. Pope Francis has said in a letter to an Ita...
Pope Francis is willing to meet government and opposition leaders in Venezuela to try and restart attempts to solve a volatile political crisis in the country, President Nicolás Maduro (pictured be...
