Every year, on Good Friday, thousands of pilgrims go to the Colosseum to take part in the “Via Crucis” (the…
Pope Francis was pictured lying on the floor during Good Friday service in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Presiding…
Pope Francis has washed and kissed the feet of 12 detainees in a youth detention centre near Rome as part…
Pope Francis has renounced the grand papal penthouse on the top floor of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace in favor of…
Pope Francis has met his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, for a private lunch at Castel Gandolfo; the first time such…
Pope Francis has stunned the owners of a Buenos Aires newspaper kiosk, by phoning directly to cancel his order. Luis…
Pope Francis is the 266th and current pope of the Roman Catholic Church, elected on 13 March 2013. As such,…
Pope Francis will wash the feet of prisoners in a youth detention centre in Rome while he will celebrate Mass…
Pope Francis I inauguration Mass is being held in St Peter's Square in Rome, marking the official start of his…
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announces she has asked for Pope Francis' intervention in the Falklands dispute between her…
Pope Francis I has delivered his first Angelus prayer and blessing before a crowd of many thousands gathered in St…
Pope Francis I has said he wants "a poor Church, for the poor" following his election as the next pontiff.…
The Vatican has denied that Pope Francis I failed to speak out against human rights abuses during military rule in…
Newly-elected Pope Francis has warned the Catholic Church would become "a compassionate NGO" without spiritual renewal. In a Sistine Chapel…