AMATRICE – Pope Francis made a surprise visit to various earthquake-ravaged towns in central Italy Tuesday and met with pupils and teachers in a temporary school building erected by civil defence w

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis, in a 50-minute address to journalists on his flight back from Baku, talked about his compassion for homosexuals, and the ‘condition’ of homosexuality, in contrast to

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis addressed Thursday the charitable organizations working in Syria and Iraq, thanking and encouraging their activities, and renewing his urgent calls for peace in the Mi

 CARTAGENA -- Pope Francis’ Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on the occasion of the official Colombian peace deal signing, made a speech and led the prayer prior to the singing, the Vat

 ROME -- Pope Francis declined to invite the Dalai Lama to a religious summit in Assisi, in what critics said was an attempt to curry favour with China, where delicate negotiations were under way o

 ASSISI -- Pope Francis climaxed the day of prayer for peace by having lunch with six-year-old Syrian war refugee Maria in this Umbrian hillside to

 VATICAN CITY -- The new British ambassador to the Holy See, Mrs Sally Jane Axworthy MBE, had an audience with Pope Francis Monday and presented her credentials, the Vatican said.

 VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis has always been at pains to distance mainstream religions from religiously motivated violence.

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis declared during his Wednesday morning mass that killing in the name of God is “Satanic,” and that the French Priest Father Jacques Hamel, murdered by Isis in Rouen, sh

VATICAN CITY -- Under extra tight security, Pope Francis climaxed Sunday the elevation to sainthood of Mother Teresa at a special Mass in St Peter's Square, telling 120,

 VATICAN CITY -- Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda, who was convicted by a Vat

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met with Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, along with his wife Priscilla Chan on Monday to discuss the role played by technology

 VATICAN CITY -- In the eight and a half months since the opening of St. Peter’s Holy Door, 14 million believers have come to Rome for the Jubilee of Mercy, organised by Pope Francis.

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis had lunch on Thursday with a group of 21 Syrian refugees from the Sant’Egidio Community at his home in Casa Santa Marta, said the director of the Press Office of the H

ASSISI — Pope Francis visited the Italian hill town of Assisi on Thursday to mark the 800th anniversary of the ‘Pardon of Assisi’

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said that “Islam is not terrorist” to reporters on his flight back from Cracow to Rome, stating that it is not right or fair to “identity Islam with violence.” He drew

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has warned nuns to exercise caution when using social media in his latest apostolic constitution, ’V

VATICAN CITY -- The Financial Information Authority (AIF) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Bank of Italy with the aim