Pope Francis has compared abortion to hiring a hitman to "take out a human life to solve a problem". Francis made the comments during a weekly audience at the Vatican dedicated to the commandment exh...
Pope Francis has urged Catholics to be guided by their individual conscience on issues like sex, marriage and family life instead of strict rules. In a major document lasting 256 pages the pontiff ma...
Pope Francis has questioned the hypocrisy of Christians who don't welcome refugees. The pontiff was asked a question by an audience member at a meeting of Catholic and Lutheran pilgrims from German...
The Pope has said it may be acceptable, or even "morally necessary" for couples that do not work well together and are at war with each other, to split up. Pope Francis and the Catholic Church has tr...
Pope Francis has said people should feel free to criticise him because it's not a sin. The pontiff was speaking to a group of bishops at the Italian Bishops Conference on Tuesday about issues in the ...
Pope Francis has said he used to have weekly sessions with a psychoanalyst to "clarify some things". The revelation came in a dozen conversations Francis had with French sociologist Dominique Wolton,...
Pope Francis has asked for forgiveness for recent scandals that have hit Rome and the Vatican. The Holy Father did not cite specific examples in his off-the-cuff request for pardon at the start of hi...
Around 2% of Catholic clergy are paedophiles according to Pope Francis. The Pontiff has said he's been given reliable data which shows 1 in 50 priests have committed child abuse.In an interview with ...
Pope Francis has said Catholics should not have 'leaders for life'. Speaking about the Roman Catholic Church he warned it cannot become like a country under a dictatorship.The Pope, 78, has previousl...
Pope Francis has called for the wording of the Lord's Prayer to be changed, because it implies God "induces temptation". The prayer, also known as Our Father, asks God to "lead us not into temptation...
Pope Francis has condemned the death penalty and said it is never acceptable, no matter how bad the crime. In a speech to the International Committee against the Death Penalty the leader of the world...
Pope Francis has condemned assisted dying as 'a sin against God' and creation. The Holy Father said euthanasia and helping terminally ill people to die early gave people a 'false sense of compassion'...
Pope Francis says traditional family and marriage are under attack more than ever in a speech celebrating the 100-year anniversary of a movement founded by the A culture of conflict, people wanting ...
Pope Francis has angered environmentalists by appearing to support fracking, as the UK considers its first drilling operation in four years. In Francis' recent letter or 'encyclical' to bishops, in w...
Church leaders in Ireland have gathered to celebrate International Day of Peace. The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), Rt Rev Dr William Henry, joined other church leaders at the...
Police are continuing to question a motorist after a car was driven into a crowd of people at a religious service in a graveyard. A grandfather was seriously injured during the "terrifying" incident ...
A Christian Middle East expert has said Syrians will "starve and die" because of the United Nations' aid embargo on the country. Jeremy Moodey, from Embrace the Middle East, was speaking after the UN...
Franklin Graham has thanked people for remembering his sister Anne in their prayers after the 70-year-old revealed last September she had been diagnosed with ca The US evangelist tweeted to say his o...
The wife of a pastor who committed suicide over the weekend has shared her grief online. Inland Hills Lead Pastor Andrew Stoecklein, 30, died on Saturday after battling depression and anxiety, leavin...
The brother of a pastor shot dead in his Ohio church will be charged with murder, police say. Officers in Dayton say William Schooler, 70, was gunned down at around 12.30pm in his office at St Peter'...
