Archbishop in Pope crisis says corruption reaches the top
The archbishop who sparked a crisis in the Catholic Church by calling on Pope Francis to resign has denied he was motivated by personal vendetta and said
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No Hell below us, above us only sky
The Pope did not say there is no Heaven. There is nothing intellectually embarrassing about the notion that good people go to Heaven when they
Chile government guarantees Pope’s safety despite church attacks
Pope Francis will not be at risk during his trip to Chile this week, despite a series of attacks at Catholic churches in the capital
In annual speech, Pope urges dialogue in Korea, nuclear ban
Pope Francis, in his annual “state of the world” address called on Monday for all nations to support dialogue to ease tensions on the Korean
Priests, martyrs and mystic nun proclaimed new Catholic saints
Pope Francis declared two martyrs, four priests and a mystic nun saints of the Catholic church on Sunday, saying they all had a “generous and
Orthodox shun pope’s Mass in Tbilisi, few Catholics turn out
Pope Francis on Saturday said Mass for unusually small crowd of just a few thousand Catholics in Georgia, a celebration that was further dampened when
Pope Francis proclaims Teresa of Calcutta a saint (Update 2)
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the “saint of the gutters” during her life, was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope
Pope sets up group to study women deacons
Pope Francis has set up a commission to study the role of women deacons in early Christianity, the Vatican said on Tuesday, a move that
Pope, at Auschwitz, asks God to forgive ‘so much cruelty’
Hunched on a bench near the gate to the Auschwitz death camp site in Poland, Pope Francis prayed silently on Friday in tribute to 1.5
Vatican hits back at Turkey for calling pope “crusader”
By Philip Pullella and Margarita Antidze The Vatican hit back on Sunday at Turkey’s depiction of Pope Francis as having a “crusader mentality” after he
Pope on visit to Armenia cites ‘genocide’, likely to anger Turkey
Pope Francis departed from his prepared text on Friday to use the word ‘genocide’ to describe the mass killings of Armenians in 1915, a description
After sombre week, Pope leads Catholics into Easter stressing hope
By Philip Pullella After a Holy Week blighted by bomb attacks in Brussels, Pope Francis led the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Easter celebrations
Indian priest kidnapped in deadly Yemen attack; Pope condemns world apathy
Gunmen who killed at least 15 people in an old people’s home in Yemen last week also kidnapped an Indian priest, officials said on Sunday,
Boosting Middle East economy is way to beat extremism – Iranian president
By Steve Scherer and Antonella Cinelli Generating economic growth in the Middle East is crucial to defeating extremism, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday,
Italian police seize 3,500 fake parchments with papal blessings
Italian police have confiscated about 3,500 counterfeit parchments bearing blessings by Pope Francis and being sold to pilgrims in Rome, authorities said on Monday. The
Machine guns, no-fly zone surround Pope’s opening of Holy Year (Updated)
By Philip Pullella Tens of thousands of faithful backed up for blocks at the Vatican on Tuesday, undergoing the strictest security checks in living memory
Pope travels to Central African Republic with message of peace
Pope Francis was due on Sunday to the begin the final leg of his first African trip in Central African Republic where he will deliver
Vatican arrests priest, laywoman suspected of leaking confidential documents
The Vatican said on Monday two members of a commission that Pope Francis set up to study Church reforms had been arrested on suspicion of
Pope asks forgiveness after sex scandals rock Vatican and Rome
By Philip Pullella Pope Francis asked for forgiveness on Wednesday for scandals at the Vatican and in Rome, an apparent reference to two cases of
Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins Nobel Peace Prize (Update 2)
By Gwladys Fouche and Tarek Amara Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping build democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring, an