Pope Francis to lead Palm Sunday services day after leaving hospital
By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News in London Pope Francis has led Mass in St Peter’s Square on Sunday,…
Vatican: Pope meets Belfast priest and Presbyterian minister
By Mark Simpson BBC News NI A Presbyterian minister and a Catholic priest from Belfast have met Pope Francis in…
Pope Francis apologises for ‘pain and shame’ of Canada residential schools
Pope Francis has apologised to a Canadian indigenous delegation for the Catholic Church’s role in the country’s residential school system.…
French Church abuse: 216,000 children were victims of clergy – inquiry
Some 216,000 children – mostly boys – have been sexually abused by clergy in the French Catholic Church since 1950,…
Church sex abuse: Thousands of paedophiles in French Church, inquiry says
Thousands of paedophiles have operated within the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of a panel investigating abuses by…
Vatican’s Cardinal Becciu on trial in $412m fraud case
A Roman Catholic cardinal who was once a close ally of Pope Francis has gone on trial in the Vatican,…
Pope admitted to Rome hospital for ‘scheduled’ colon surgery
Pope Francis has been admitted to hospital in Rome for scheduled surgery to treat a colon problem. Vatican spokesman Matteo…
Robert Schuman: Pope puts father of modern Europe on sainthood path
Pope Francis has put French statesman Robert Schuman, one of the founders of modern Europe, on the path to sainthood…
Pope Francis denounces extremism on historic visit to Iraq
Coronavirus pandemic Pope Francis has condemned extremism in the name of religion on a historic visit to Iraq where he…
Pope Francis on Iraq visit calls for end to violence and extremism
Coronavirus pandemic Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on the first ever papal visit to…