Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 20:39
Pope Francis told members of his favourite Buenos Aires football team on Wednesday that he would visit his native Argentina in 2016 for the 200th anniversary of its independence, the club said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 20:11
Four homeless people, one of them bringing his dog, helped Pope Francis celebrate his 77th birthday at the Vatican on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 16:19
Pope Francis said he knew a lot of "good" Marxists but was no communist himself, following criticism of his diatribes against unfettered capitalism from conservative commentators in the United States.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 22:03
Pope Francis today urged governments around the world to show more solidarity and strive for equality following a period of economic crisis, a day after being declared "Person of the Year" by Time magazine.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 15:00
Pope Francis has revealed he once made money by kicking people out of clubs as a bouncer.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 08:51
The Vatican said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Francis discussed the need for talks to resolve the Syria conflict.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 20:48
Pope Francis has met a large delegation of Olympic leaders, and used the occasion to issue a warning over the commercialisation of athletes.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 21:10
Joking that he`s like a pharmacist, Pope Francis is promoting prayer as medicine for the heart.
Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 23:08
Pope Francis wants action against modern forms of slavery including forced labour and prostitution, the Vatican said today after a meeting of experts called by the pontiff to debate the problem.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 18:01
While thousands were attentively listening to the speech delivered by Pope Francis at St Peter’s Square last week, a little boy went up to the stage, hugged the pope, sat on his chair and refused to leave despite being chased away by the security personnel.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 11:33
We are all fallible human beings who sin, but God heals us with his mercy, Pope Francis has said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 18:25
The Vatican suspended indefinitely a German Catholic cleric dubbed the "bling bishop" for his luxury lifestyle, despite multiple calls in Germany for the prelate to be dismissed.
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