The Pope has declined to keep on the Vatican's doctrine chief whose five-year term ends this weekend. Pope Francis previously clashed with Cardinal Gerhard Muller over the issue of civilly remarried ...
Pope Francis has condemned those who ignore the plight of refugees, in a departure from his planned homily at Palm Sunday mass. Speaking in St. Peter's Square before tens of thousands of people the p...
Pope Francis has donated 500,000 US dollars (£387,000) to help migrants in Mexico - offering assistance to local projects that provide food, lodging and basic The funds, from the Peter's Pence coll...
Pope Francis is facing criticism in Brazil after it emerged he wrote a private letter to the country's embattled president Dilma Rousseff. She's facing impeachment and a possible criminal trial amid ...
Pope Francis has been named as the star of one of the most common fake news stories spread on social media during the US election. A webpage which claimed the pontiff had backed Donald Trump was wide...
Pope Francis used his day-long visit to Azerbaijan to encourage the country's multi-faith society to have more dialogue. Azerbaijan, the second-largest Shiite Muslim nation after Iran, has a tiny Cat...
Pope Francis has urged the international community to work together to tackle the migrant crisis facing Europe. He invited faithful in St Peter's Square in Rome to pray silently with him for migrants...
Pope Francis tripped over a step and fell during a special mass for World Youth Day on Thursday. The pontiff missed a step and fell to the ground as he was coming to an open-air altar to celebrate Ma...
The Pope has treated 2000 less fortunate people to a circus performance in Rome free of charge. They included the poor, homeless, refugees and prisoners.The Rony Roller Circus Show made all of its 20...
Pope Francis has told priests they have the discretion to formally forgive women who have had abortions, during the Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year. The pontiff said in a letter that woman would...
Pope Francis and President Obama have agreed a 'common commitment' to tackle human trafficking. Pope Francis and President Obama have agreed a 'common commitment' to tackle human traff...
Pope Francis has done more for women working in the Vatican than any Pope before him according to an author and journalist from Vatican Radio. Austrian journalist Gudrun Sailer said that: "There is a...
The Pope has denounced the "scandalous" amounts of money which governments and world institutions have found to save ailing banks, but not suffering people. Pope Francis called these policies a "bank...
The Pope has met with victims of church abuse and mistreatment in Ireland after expressing pain and shame over failures to tackle the scandals. The 90-minute private encounter with eight survivors at...
Pope Francis has urged all those taking part in the "two Koreas" summit to have the courage to be "artisans of peace". The pontiff on Wednesday asked for prayers for "both those of the South and of t...
Pope Francis has joined the social media website Instagram. His first post on the image sharing site was him kneeling and the text asked users to pray for him.Francis joins Instagram almost three yea...
The American Circus has entertained Pope Francis and other onlookers in St Peter's Square. It was part of his weekly General Audience, which is well known for welcoming performing arts troupes. Only ...
Pope Francis says that he has not watched television in 25 years, after making a promise during prayers. In an interview with an Argentinian newspaper, La Voz Del Pueblo, he also said he had never us...
Pope Francis has used a Good Friday ceremony to decry "all the crosses" of suffering in the world. He included those borne by migrants who find doors closed due to "political calculations" and childr...
During his visit to the United States Pope Francis stopped in Philadelphia for an open air Mass. Francis blessed the crowds and kissed babies along his visit, however when he met baby girl Quinn Madd...
