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Quiet reflection and prayer for the Pope as he visits Auschwitz death camp
Pope Francis paid a sombre visit to the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz on Friday, becoming the third consecutive pontiff to make the pilgrimage.
Pope Francis takes a tumble as he misses step and trips during open air mass
Pope Francis has tripped and fallen while presiding over mass on the latest leg of his visit to Poland.
We must never forget: Pope prays at Armenia memorial after denouncing genocide
Pope Francis has demanded that the world never forget the victims of the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians.
Nun who saved Jews in World War II among two new saints canonized by Pope
Pope Francis proclaimed two new saints on Sunday – a Lutheran convert who hid Jews during World War II and the Polish founder of the first men’s...
Pope blasts ‘bloodsuckers’ who grow rich by exploiting poor workers
Pope Francis launched a tirade against bloodsuckers who grow rich by exploiting others on Thursday.
Pope seeks to revive European dream in call for migrants to be welcomed
Pope Francis on Friday lamented a Europe he said had grown weary and entrenched as he urged the continent not to see migrants as criminals. Francis...
Look to your conscience on issues of marriage, love and sex, Pope tells faithful
Pope Francis says Catholics should look to their own consciences more than Vatican rules to negotiate the complexities of sex, marriage and family life.
Migrant crisis: Pope to visit island of Lesbos to highlight plight of refugees
Pope Francis is to visit the Greek island of Lesbos to meet refugees at the centre of the migration crisis.
One careful owner … Fiat used by pope in New York fetches $300,000
A four-door hatchback Pope Francis used while visiting New York in September has fetched $300,000 at auction.
Pope urges 300,000 Mexicans to ‘shun the devil’s drug money’
Pope Francis has told Mexicans to “shun the devil” in a homily against those who traffick drugs.
Pope calls for ‘end to false neutrality and indifference’ which fuels suffering
Pope Francis has called for an end to the “arrogance of the powerful” which relegates the weak to the outskirts of society and to the “false...
Pope pays homage to martyrs who died rather than renounce their faith
Pope Francis paid his respects on Saturday to Ugandan Christians who were burnt alive rather than renounce their faith. A sombre Francis prayed at...
Pope decries powerful who leave poor to suffer during Nairobi slum visit
Pope Francis denounced the conditions slum-dwellers were forced to live in, saying Friday that access to safe water and decent housing was a basic human...
Pope Francis, the messenger of peace, arrives for whirlwind tour of Africa
Pope Francis has arrived in Kenya for his first-ever visit to the continent, a whirlwind pilgrimage to three African nations.
His head is absolutely perfect: Vatican denies the pope has brain tumour
The Vatican on Wednesday categorically denied claims that Pope Francis had a small, curable brain tumour, saying he was in good health and that his head...
Clerk jailed over gay marriage says pope told her to ‘stay strong’
A county clerk jailed for refusing to carry out same-sex marriages says she met the pope during his historic visit to the U.S.
Pope Francis wraps up U.S. tour with final Mass, touching people and politics
Pope Francis dove into some of the United States’ thorniest political debates during his historic six day visit by urging the world’s wealthiest...
Blown away by his welcome, Pope Francis urges Cuba and US to reconcile
Pope Francis has been greeted by hundreds of well-wishers in Havana, as he begins a historic visit to Cuba and the United States.
First stop, Havana: Pope Francis beings 10-day trip to Cuba and US
Today, Pope Francis begins a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States, embarking on his first trip to the onetime Cold War foes after helping to nudge...
Pope radically simplifies Catholic marriage annulment procedures
Pope Francis, making the most substantial changes to Catholic marriage annulment procedures in centuries, radically simplified them on Tuesday and said...
St. Patrick’s Cathedral restored in time for pope’s visit
A three-year restoration project at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and one of the country’s...
Pope calls on Catholics to house refugees as critics urge U.S. to do the same
Pope Francis told his followers to open their arms to the thousands of migrants who were “fleeing death” from war or hunger on Sunday.
Pope Francis calls for every parish to offer shelter as 8,000 migrants arrive
Pope Francis told his followers to open their arms to the thousands of migrants who were “fleeing death” from war or hunger on Sunday.
Holy See: Pope Francis pops into town to buy a new pair of glasses
Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican Thursday for a personal errand: New glasses.
Holy See: Pope Francis pops into town to buy new specs
Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican Thursday for a personal errand: New glasses.
Stay united in fight for change, Pope tells Paraguay slum dwellers
Pope Francis, wrapping up his three-country tour of South America, on Sunday urged people living in a flood-prone shantytown in Paraguay to stay united...
Pope wraps up tour of South America with visit to Paraguay slum
Pope Francis put into practice his insistence that the world’s poor not be left on the margins of society by visiting a flood-prone slum outside...
In Bolivian prison visited by pope, money buys survival
Two years after 36 people died in a fierce battle between rival gangs, not much has changed inside Bolivia’s biggest prison: Inmates still run the...
Pope takes message to defend poor and the environment to Bolivia
Pope Francis has flown to Bolivia, ready to share his message in defence of the poor and the environment on the second leg of a three-nation tour of his...
Pope takes message to defend poor, environment to Bolivia
Pope Francis headed to Bolivia on Wednesday, ready to share his message in defense of the poor and the environment on the second leg of a three-nation...
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