Vatican opens ossuaries in search for missing bodies
Forensic experts extracted bones from two ossuaries within the walls of the Vatican on Saturday as part of an investigation aimed at resolving the case...
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Weather disrupts pope’s second day in Romania
Tens of thousands of people gathered on muddy slopes in Transylvania on Saturday to see Pope Francis visit one of Romania’s most popular Catholic shrines...
Conservatives want Catholic bishops to declare pope a heretic
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 1 (Reuters) – A group of 19 Catholic priests and academics have appealed to bishops to declare Pope Francis...
Pope: Church should admit history of abuse of women
Pope Francis said on Tuesday the Catholic Church had to acknowledge a history of male domination and sexual abuse of women and children and repair...
Pope accepts resignation of Chilean cardinal accused of covering up abuse
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati as archbishop of Santiago, the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church in Chile, who has...
Tens of thousands attend first papal mass on Arabian peninsula
By Philip Pullella and Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Catholics and several thousand Muslims attended an unprecedented public...
Pope urges predator priests to turn themselves in
Pope Francis on Friday urged predator priests who have sexually abused minors to turn themselves in, in one of his strongest comments ever on the crisis...
US archbishop criticised over sex abuse quits with papal praise
The archbishop of Washington DC stepped down over the handling of sex abuse cases but received fulsome praise from the pope, drawing criticism from campaigners who...
Pope compares having an abortion to ‘hiring a hit man’
Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to “hiring a “hit man” to eliminate a problematic person, in comments sure to be welcomed by...
Pope blames devil for Church divisions, scandals
The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says. In fact, the pope is so convinced...
Former top Vatican official says pope should resign over abuse crisis
Pope Francis said on Sunday he would not respond to a former top Vatican official who accused him of having known for years of allegations...
Pope to visit a changed Ireland this weekend
When Pope John Paul II made the first visit by a pontiff to Ireland in 1979, contraception and divorce were still illegal and the Catholic Church’s influence...
Pope to meet sexual abuse victims in Ireland as scandal jars Church
Pope Francis will meet victims of clergy sexual abuse during his trip to Ireland this weekend, the Vatican said on Tuesday, as scandals in several...
Pope vows no more sexual abuse cover ups
Pope Francis, facing simultaneous clergy sexual abuse crises in several countries, on Monday wrote an unprecedented letter to all the world’s Catholics asking each of them...
Pope accepts bishop’s resignation following misconduct allegations
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a senior Roman Catholic bishop in Honduras on Friday, following allegations of financial and sexual impropriety against the cleric....
Popular, but how powerful? Francis still fights internal battles
When Pope Francis wanted to appoint a woman as deputy head of the Vatican press office in 2016, he quickly ran into opposition from the...
Italy, France try to patch up row, draw papal rebuke (Update)
European neighbours Italy and France tried to patch up a row over immigration on Thursday as Pope Francis urged politicians everywhere to work together on helping refugees...
Pope invites Mideast religious leaders to Italy for peace summit
Pope Francis has invited leaders of all Christian denominations in the Middle East to join him in Italy in July to discuss how they can...
Pope, after Gaza violence, says ‘defenceless’ being killed in Holy Land
By Philip Pullella Pope Francis, in his Easter address on Sunday, called for peace in the Holy Land two days after 15 Palestinians were...
Pope baptises Italy ‘migrant hero’ at Easter Eve service
By Philip Pullella Pope Francis on Saturday led an Easter vigil service, baptising eight adults, including a formerly undocumented Nigerian migrant beggar who became a hero...