Pope Francis has welcomed 21 refugees to join him for lunch in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. The group ate in the building opposite St Peter's Basilica and spoke to the pope about their new lives i...
The Pope made history on Thursday after being the first pontiff in history to address a joint meeting of Congress in the United States (U.S). He urged politicians to defend and preserve the dignity o...
Pope Francis has added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints at an open air Mass in Fatima. The young siblings' visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago made the town one ...
Pope Francis marked Pentecost on Sunday during a Mass service attended by thousands of people in St Peter's Square. He described two temptations Christians must avoid in order to be a "new" people an...
The pope has met a dog credited with rescuing a four-year-old year girl from the rubble of an Italian earthquake. Rescue dog, Leo, found Giorgia in rubble in town of Pescara del Tronto, she was the...
The Pope's financial advisor has been charged in Australia with multiple counts of historical sexual assault offences. George Pell, the country's most senior Catholic, has become the highest-ranking ...
The pope has said that "compassion" is an essential component for anyone that wants to work in medicine. Speaking to doctors from Spain and Latin American he said: "The doctor's identity and commit...
The Pope has said that people that cannot forgive are not Christian in his most recent morning Mass. During the homily Pope Francis warned against conflict within the Christian community and said pri...
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'...
