Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 00:05
Pope Francis said on Sunday he will make his first trip to the Holy Land, visiting Amman, Bethlehem and Jerusalem from May 24 to 26.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 07:18
Pope Francis considers that the different realities in today`s society, like children living with gay couples, represent a new educational challenge for the Catholic Church, above all when preaching the gospel.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 18:18
Former pope Benedict XVI secretly left his residence in the Vatican to visit his brother in hospital in Rome, La Stampa daily said Saturday.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 03:57
A group of nuns in Spain got a New Year surprise when they checked their answerphone machine to discover they had missed a call from the Pope, who left a message asking why they didn`t pick up.
Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 18:02
Pope Francis held a mass on Friday to celebrate the sainthood of Pierre Favre, an early Jesuit priest the pontiff has said particularly inspired him.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 12:16
Pope Francis has indeed transformed the church and repaired its scandal-hit image to some extent.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 14:10
Pope Francis has been named as Esquire magazine `s Best DressedMan of 2013.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 01:18
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday sent a private message to Pope Francis, the Vatican said, after the pontiff made numerous appeals for peace in the war-torn country.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 23:48
The death toll from a 10-day Syrian regime air offensive on Aleppo rebels passed 400 on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 16:59
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for humanitarian aid access in Syria and "social harmony" in South Sudan on his first Christmas in the Vatican after months of shaking up the papacy with his humble style and common touch.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 09:05
Francis delivered a short homily that was as simple as his white vestments: Man can choose between darkness and light.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 20:48
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem called on Tuesday for a "just and equitable solution" to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for reconciliation in the Middle East.
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