Pope Tawadros II visits Rome to mark 50 years of Vatican relations
Pope Tawadros II has arrived in Rome for his visit to Vatican City set on Wednesday, marking 50 years of relations…
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Pope Francis applauds Humanitarian Corridors for refugees
Pope Francis addressed on Saturday morning refugees arriving through the Humanitarian Corridors project, as he…
Pope: not possible to achieve better world without women’s contribution
In a book preface written by Pope Francis, the Pope emphasised his stance of empowering women and called for…
Pope Francis holds mass for 10,000 members of Morocco’s Catholic minority
On Sunday, Pope Francis held mass for nearly 10,000 members of Morocco's Catholic minority, on the second day of a…
Pope meets with Spanish migrant rescue group leader
Pope Francis has met with the founder of a Spanish aid group whose ship has been blocked from leaving port to…
Egypt’s Grand Imam, Pope Francis call for world peace
Pope Francis and Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Alzhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb on Monday met in Abu Dhabi, embraced each…
Pope Francis to embark on historic visit to UAE
Pope Francis will arrive in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) later on Sunday, becoming the first pontiff to visit the…
Pope Francis compares having an abortion to hiring a hit man
Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to “hiring a “hit man” to eliminate a problematic person, in…
Turkish president heads to Italy to discuss Jerusalem with pope
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan flew to Italy on Sunday ahead of talks with Pope Francis that are expected to…
Pope calls for two-state solution in the Mideast during Christmas mass
Pope Francis used his Christmas message to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the…
Pope Francis speaks out for immigrants in Christmas Eve message
Pope Francis issued a strong defense of immigration in his Christmas Eve mass Sunday, saying faith demands…
Pope heads for Bangladesh after diplomatic balancing act in Myanmar
Pope Francis flew to Bangladesh on Thursday after a visit to Myanmar where he made no direct reference to the…
Pope starts Myanmar trip in shadow of Rohingya crisis
Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the start of a delicate visit for the world’s most prominent Christian to…
Egypt’s Azhar Grand Imam, Pope Francis discuss international peace at Rome forum
Ahmed El-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar – the highest seat of Sunni Islamic learning – discussed…
Pope to see a Medellin that has put drug wars in its past
Pope Francis on Saturday travels to Medellin, once notorious as the stomping grounds of drug lord Pablo Escobar,…
Pope to urge Colombians to come together around peace deal
Pope Francis will use his first full day in Colombia to send a message of unity, planting a tree of peace and…
Italian ambassador to return to Egypt next week: FM
Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Angelino Alfano announced on Monday that Italian ambassador to Egypt will…
Pell case shows poor judgment, will stain Pope Francis legacy, victims say
The charging of a top Vatican official, Cardinal George Pell, with sex-abuse crimes this week will permanently…
Pope Francis says Egypt’s Copts killed by ISIS were martyrs
For the second day in a row, Pope Francis has expressed his solidarity with Egypt's Coptic Christians following an…
Pope Francis expresses condolences for Coptic Church after Egypt’s Minya attack
Pope Francis has expressed condolences to Egypt and the Coptic Orthodox Church following a deadly attack on…
Trump meets Pope Francis at Vatican
U.S. President Donald Trump met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday in a keenly-anticipated first…
Pope Francis: Egypt visit could spark Sunni-Shiite dialogue
Inter-religious dialogue is an idea that is constantly being reinvented, and despite the recent stagnation in…
Pope says to be ‘sincere’ with Trump at Vatican meeting
Pope Francis said on Saturday he would be "sincere" with U.S. President Donald Trump over their sharp differences…
Egyptian Pope Tawadros denies cancelation of baptism during meeting with Francis
At a meeting with a group of young people during his visit to the UK on Wednesday, Pope Tawadros II denied that he…
‘Mother’ should not be used to describe a bomb, Pope says
Pope Francis on Saturday criticized the naming of the U.S. military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as "the Mother…
Baptism rift hits Francis-Tawadros II declaration
The declaration signed by Pope Francis and Coptic Pope Tawadros II, that Catholics and Copts for the first time…
Pope Francis says concerned over Regeni case in Egypt
Pope Francis expressed his concern over the case of doctoral student Giulio Regeni who was murdered in Egypt last…
Pope of peace denounces barbarity during Egypt visit
Pope Francis, making a two-day visit to Egypt, urged Muslim leaders on Friday to unite in renouncing religious…
Pope Francis says he is grateful to visit ‘gift of the Nile’
Roman Catholic Pope Francis delivered on Tuesday a televised speech addressing the Egyptian people ahead of his…
Pope likens migrant holding centers to ‘concentration camps’
Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had…
Vatican delegation offers condolences to Egypt’s Pope Tawadros II
In the aftermath of Palm Sunday’s terror attacks on two churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Pope Tawadros II on…
Pope still plans Egypt visit despite bombings
Pope Francis will visit Egypt as planned this month despite the weekend bombings of two Coptic Christian churches…
Pope Francis decries war as condemns Egypt Nile Delta church blast
Pope Francis condemned Sunday a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was…
Pope Francis to visit Egypt on April 28
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet with Pope Francis, who will arrive in Egypt on April 28. The…
Presidency says Pope Francis to visit Egypt in late April
Roman Catholic Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Egypt in the last week of April upon the invitation of President…
Pope Francis to visit Egypt in 2017: MENA
Pope Francis said in an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit on Thursday that a visit to Egypt is in his plans…
Pope Francis to meet EU leaders on eve of Rome summit
Pope Francis will meet with the leaders of all EU nations at the Vatican on March 24 ahead of the bloc's special…
Pope Francis warns against rise in populism
Pope Francis has warned against a rise in populism and the dangers of allowing political crises to usher in…
Pope Francis’s Christmas message calls for an end to Syrian war
Pope Francis called for an end to the fighting in Syria in his Christmas address at the Vatican on Sunday, saying…
Priest’s throat slit in French church hostage taking, IS claims responsibility
Two assailants slit the throat of an 84-year-old priest at a church in northern France on Tuesday in a…