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Pope Francis leads Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square

People have gathered in St Peter's Square for the Easter Sunday Mass led by Pope Francis. After leading the ceremony…

11 years ago

Good Friday: Pope Francis leads Easter’s Way of the Cross procession in Rome

Easter's Way of the Cross procession in Rome has been led by Pope Francis, with prayers for the poor and…

11 years ago

Pope Francis condemns child abuse by Catholic clergy and asks for forgiveness

Pope Francis has made his strongest condemnation yet of child abuse by Catholic clergy on Friday, asking for forgiveness and…

11 years ago

Barack Obama and Pope Francis meet for first time

President Barack Obama has met Pope Francis for the first time during a European tour dominated by the crisis in…

11 years ago

Pope Francis celebrates first year in office

The Vatican is celebrating Pope Francis’ first year in office. The pontiff is currently on a week-long spiritual retreat with…

11 years ago

UN urges Vatican to remove child abusers

The UN watchdog for children's rights denounced the Holy See for adopting policies which allowed priests to abuse thousands of…

11 years ago

Pope Francis drew four times as many people in 2013 than Pope Benedict had in all of 2012

According to the figures released by the Vatican, more than 6.6 million people attended the papal events presided by Pope…

11 years ago

Pope Francis sets up Vatican committee to fight child abuse

Pope Francis will set up a Vatican committee to fight abuse of children in the Catholic Church and offer help…

11 years ago

St. Peter’s bones on public display at Vatican

Pope Francis has decided to put on public display nine tiny fragments of bone which may belong to St Peter,…

11 years ago

Vatican launches St Peter’s Cricket Club to encourage interfaith dialogue

The Vatican has announced today it is launching its own official cricket club as part of efforts to encourage interfaith…

11 years ago

Vatican misspells Jesus name on papal medal

The Vatican has decided to withdraw from sale 6,000 copies of a new papal medal on which the name of…

11 years ago

Pope Francis offers plenary indulgences to his Twitter followers

Vatican has announced it is offering "indulgences" to followers of Pope Francis' tweets. The church's granted indulgences reduce the time…

11 years ago

Italy and Argentina to play friendly match to honor Pope Francis

The Italian Football Federation has announced they will play Argentina in a friendly match to honor the soccer-loving Argentinean Pope…

11 years ago

Pope Francis confirms gay lobby inside Vatican

Pope Francis has acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican. The pontiff also said there was a…

11 years ago

Did Pope Francis perform an exorcism? Vatican denies claims.

The Vatican has denied claims that Pope Francis performed an exorcism, after TV 2000 images showed a man apparently reacting to…

11 years ago

Pope Election Day 2: Black smoke signaling second and third vote inconclusive

Black smoke has poured from Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that the second and third votes in the Papal election have…

12 years ago

Was Pope Benedict XVI pushed to resign?

Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to become the first leader of the Catholic Church to resign since the Middle Ages has…

12 years ago

Pope Benedict XVI resigns!

Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, the Vatican has…

12 years ago

Femen activists protest at Vatican

Three activists of the Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen staged a protest at the Vatican on Sunday, shortly after the…

12 years ago

Paolo Gabriele moved to Vatican cell

Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict's former butler, found guilty of stealing papal documents, has been moved to a Vatican cell to…

12 years ago

Bishop Fernando Bargallo quits over bikini photos scandal

Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Argentine Bishop Fernando Bargallo after the publication of pictures showing him embracing…

12 years ago