Pope Francis inaugurated the full reopening of St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday and Catholic churches held public Masses for the first time in two ...
The Vatican said Sunday that its traditional Easter week celebrations would be held this year without worshippers due to the coronavirus. ...
Catholic churches across Rome will close until April 3 because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 1,000 people across Italy, the ...
Pope Francis, holed up in the Vatican by Italy’s coronavirus epidemic, held his first virtual general audience on Wednesday, thanking medical ...
The Pope urged Catholic priests on Tuesday to “have the courage to go out and see” those sickened by the novel coronavirus. “Let us ...
The Vatican said Pope Francis will deliver Sunday’s Angelus Prayer by livestream instead of in person from his window overlooking Saint ...
The Vatican said on Friday that a patient in its health services had tested positive for coronavirus, the first in the tiny, walled city state ...
Pope Francis announced on Sunday that a cold he is suffering from will force him to skip a week-long Lenten spiritual retreat with senior Vatican ...
Pope Francis, who has been suffering from what the Vatican says is a “slight indisposition,” resumed official audiences with individuals ...
Pope Francis canceled his official audiences Friday after apparently coming down with a cold.The Vatican said the 83-year-old pontiff celebrated ...
Iran’s former Ambassador to Vatican Sayyed Hadi Khosroshahi has died on Thursday of the novel coronavirus infection, Iranian news media, ...
Pope Francis is sick and skipped a planned Mass with Rome clergy across town on Thursday, officials said. The Vatican said the 83-year-old pontiff had ...
Pope Francis has cautioned against “unfair” solutions aimed at ending the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. In a speech Sunday ...
When extremists attacked a Catholic Church in Baghdad in 2010, killing 58 Iraqi Christians, Egyptian priest Yoannis Lahzi Gaid witnessed the bloodbath ...
Pope Francis met Iraq’s president on Saturday and the two agreed that the country’s sovereignty must be respected, following attacks on ...
Pope Francis cautiously waded back into the crowds on Wednesday after video of him swatting away the hand of a pilgrim who grabbed him went viral and ...
Pope Francis warned Saturday that “rigidity” in living out the Christian faith is creating a “minefield” of hatred and ...
Pope Francis is pressing his anti-nuke campaign in his annual peace message, saying the fear of nuclear annihilation embodied by the doctrine of ...
The Vatican said on Wednesday the search for peace between Israelis and Palestinians had been put at risk after the US administration said it no ...
Leaders from three of the world’s major religions have joined forces against assisted suicide and euthanasia, in a declaration issued at the ...
Pope Francis said Sunday he was late to his weekly Angelus prayer because he had been stuck in a Vatican elevator and had to be freed by ...
A Chinese Catholic bishop has been ordained with the joint approval of the Pope and Beijing for the first time under an agreement intended to ...
Pope Francis on Sunday called for a global commitment to put out the fires in the Amazon, saying the area was essential for the health of the ...
Pope Francis’s envoy told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a meeting on Monday of the Pope’s concerns for the humanitarian situation in ...
The mystery of the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee took yet another twist Saturday following excavations this ...
President Barham Saleh has sent an official invitation to Pope Francis to visit Iraq after the pontiff said he would like to travel to the Muslim ...
A Vatican cardinal is begging the US and Iran to step back from escalating tensions in the Gulf, calling instead for political friendship. In a tweet ...
Pope Francis said Monday he wants to visit Iraq as early as next year in spite of the security conditions. “An insistent thought accompanies me ...
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace in Sudan following a bloody crackdown by security forces on pro-democracy protesters in Khartoum last week. ...
Pope Francis reiterated Saturday that abortion is unacceptable, saying its use amounted to the hiring of a “paid killer.”“Is it ...
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