state of the union Europe's week: A year of the COVID pandemic and women's day These have been the key talking points in Brussels this week. 12/03/2021
Vatican Pope Francis cancels three more appearances after sciatica flareup The pope will not deliver Mass, nor evening prayer, on Sunday. A meeting with diplomatic corps on Monday has also been rescheduled. 23/01/2021
Vatican Pope Francis to be vaccinated against COVID-19 'next week' "Everyone should get vaccinated, it's an ethical choice, because it puts their health, their life, but also the lives of others at risk," the pontiff said. 09/01/2021
Vatican Coronavirus: Pope Francis calls for debt relief and end to sanctions Pope Francis called for international sanctions to be "relaxed" and for a "reduction, if not the forgiveness" of debt for poor countries during his Easter Sunday benediction. 12/04/2020
Italy 'I think of the children in Yemen' says Pope in Christmas message "There is darkness in human hearts but the light of Christ is greater," Pope Francis told the crowd at St Peter's Square on Christmas morning. 25/12/2019
Europe News Inside the Belgian church helping to welcome migrants to Europe For thirty years, the parish of Riches Claires in Brussels has been caring for those new to European life. 30/09/2019
France Pope's envoy to France under investigation for sexual assault Luigi Ventura, 74, allegedly "caressed in an insistent and repeated manner" a city hall staffer's buttocks during a January 17 ceremony in Paris. 15/02/2019
Europe News Pope Francis tells EU leaders "being a migrant is not a crime" Pope Francis has been awarded the Charlemagne Prize, given for outstanding services towards European unification. At a ceremony in the Vatican 06/05/2016
Europe News What did MEPs make of Pope Francis' speech in the European Parliament? MEPs have been reacting to the first papal address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday (November 25). Pope Francis urged European 25/11/2014
Europe News Pope set to focus on social issues in address to MEPs Pope Francis will address the European Parliament on Tuesday, becoming the second-ever pontiff to do so. He is likely to touch upon a number of key 24/11/2014
Europe News Security stepped up as Strasbourg braced for papal visit. The final preparations are underway at the European Parliament in Strasbourg ahead of the visit of Pope Francis. Workers have built special 24/11/2014
Europe News Femen lay bare their naked opposition to papal visit Ukrainian feminist organisation FEMEN staged a protest on Monday against the forthcoming visit of Pope Francis to Strasbourg, France. The pontiff 24/11/2014
state of the union Europe Weekly: Pope Francis takes over at the Vatican The Catholic Church has a new leader: the election of Pope Francis dominated this week’s top stories and overshadowed the EU summit. Talks focused 16/03/2013
