Pope Francis on Friday denounced the proliferation of adult and child pornography on the internet and demanded better protections for children online. It came even as the Vatican confronts its own cr...
Pope Francis has stressed the importance of protecting the environment in Mexico and condemned centuries-old exploitation and social exclusion of Mexico's indig The pontiff celebrated Mexico's Indian...
The pope has given his personal support to a Catholic charity as part of The Year of Mercy. Aid to the Church in Need's (ACN) "Be God's Mercy" initiative will be launched on Friday in Rome.The Pope...
The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has encouraged people to overcome indifference in his New Year message. Pope Francis said it is time to end indifference and what he calls "false neutra...
The last time a pope visited Ireland was 1979. More than 90 per cent of people were Catholic, now it is down to less than 80%.The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said a dramatic fall in the birth rat...
The pope is due to visit Auschwitz concentration camp on Friday during his time in Poland for the World Youth Day celebrations. More than one-and-a-half million prisoners, including one-in-six of the...
Pope Francis has visited a northern region of Italy which was hit by two deadly earthquakes in 2012. The pontiff was welcomed by tens of thousands of people who lined the street to greet him.He laid ...
Pope Francis has paid a visit to the retired Pope Benedict at his Vatican residence to wish him a happy summer. The two men met before the ex-Pope moved to the traditional papal summer residence of C...
Pope Francis arrived in Sweden today to celebrate with the Lutheran Church. It's the first time Pope Francis has visited the country and the first time a pontiff has visited Scandinavia since Pope Jo...
Pope Francis has visited the Vatican's new homeless shelter that was set up to help those in need. He met around 30 men that use the services, as well as volunteers that run the shelter which is loca...
The pope has warned Catholics away from fortune tellers, saying seers do not follow the teaching of Jesus. In his morning Mass, Pope Francis said that fortune tellers and seers cannot help people fin...
Pope Francis urged Bangladeshi priests and nuns to resist the "terrorism of gossip" that can tear religious communities apart as he brought his Asian tour to a As he has done in similar encounters, ...
Pope Francis has warned Catholics not to follow Jesus for vanity, power and wealth. Pope Francis has warned Catholics not to follow Jesus for vanity, power and wealth.Speaking at mass yesterday he sa...
Pope Francis demanded world leaders renounce atomic weapons and the Cold War-era doctrine of deterrence, saying the stockpiling of nuclear arms decreases securi Francis blasted the demise of arms con...
Pope Francis will "do everything he can" to come to Ireland in 2018, a senior Vatican official has said. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Holy See's Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life said th...
It's been suggested that welcoming the Buddhist holy leader could complicate the Vatican's relations with China. The Dalai Lama - who is a Tibetan exile - is attending a summit of Nobel Peace Prize w...
Pope Francis is to take 120 homeless people to see the Turin Shroud. He has paid for two coaches to visit the artefact in north Italian city, with the first group leaving next Wednesday.Both groups w...
Pope Francis will visit Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on September 22-25 as the three Baltic nations celebrate their 100th anniversaries. The Vatican confirmed the trip on Friday, saying Francis woul...
The approval rating of Pope Francis by Americans has fallen by 17% in the past 18 months. New figures show 59% of the country favourably rate the Holy Father compared to an all-time high of 76% at th...
The Pope has appealed to the international community to offer assistance, after the deaths of hundreds migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Following his April 19th Regina Caeli address, Catholic...
