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.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 01:59
Pope Francis visited his predecessor Benedict XVI on Monday for an informal Christmas greeting, as the Argentine pontiff prepares to celebrate his first Christmas as leader of the world`s Roman Catholics.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 23:41
Pope Francis expressed support for Italians protesting over high unemployment, recession and austerity but urged them to reject the "temptation of violence".
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 19:15
Pope Francis warned Vatican administrators on Friday that their work can take a downward spiral into mediocrity, gossip and bureaucratic squabbling if they forget that theirs is a professional vocation of service to the church.
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: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 07:16
Three homeless men, one of them carrying his dog, helped Pope Francis celebrate his 77th birthday, joining him for Mass and breakfast and presenting him with a bouquet of sunflowers.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 00:49
Pope Francis has turned around the way the Catholic Church is seen but his promise of Vatican reform awaits next year, observers said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 00:46
Pope Francis declared the 16th-century Jesuit Pierre Favre a saint, bypassing the Vatican`s typical saint-making procedures to honour the first recruit of Jesuit founder St. Ignatius Loyola.
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.
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