People more important than the economy, pope says about Covid crisis
Pope Francis said on Sunday that people are more important than the economy, as countries decide how quickly to reopen their countries from coronavirus lockdowns....
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Upholding celibacy, Pope sidesteps bid to ordain some married men (Updated)
Pope Francis on Wednesday dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in remote areas, reaffirming the Roman Catholic Church’s centuries-old commitment to...
Anastasiades to visit Holy See in coming weeks
President Nicos Anastasiades is set to carry out an official visit to the Holy in the next few weeks, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou announced during...
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...
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...