Italy The world needs more forgiveness - Pope Francis The 79-year-old pontiff made a brief visit to the central Italian town for the 800th anniversary of the "Pardon of Assisi". 04/08/2016
No Comment Poland: World Youth Days event conclude The 31st World Youth Days ended on July 31 with the closing mass celebrated by Pope Francis. 01/08/2016
Poland Pope 'talks technology' as he ends World Youth Day in Poland Pope Francis brought the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day in Poland to a close on Sunday. 31/07/2016
Poland Pope Francis condemns 'devastating wave of terrorism' Pope Francis is set to hold a mass on Sunday, to round off his five-day visit to Poland. 31/07/2016
Poland Pope Francis encourages acceptance at penultimate day of World Youth events On the penultimate day (July 30) of the World Youth celebrations in Poland, Pope Francis addressed worshippers at the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in the south of… 30/07/2016
Poland 'Cruelty did not end at Auschwitz' - Pope Francis reflects on the past and present On the third day of his trip to Poland, Pope Francis chose to honour the 1. 29/07/2016
Poland Pope Francis visits Auschwitz to pray for victims Pope Francis paid a deeply contemplative and private visit to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau 29/07/2016
Poland Pope visits Poland's holiest shrine: Black Madonna of Jasna Gora Pope Francis continued his five-day visit to Poland to celebrate World Youth Day on Thursday (July 28). 28/07/2016
Poland Pope says religion not to blame for terror attacks Pope Francis has begun a five-day trip to Poland by taking on the government and implicitly criticising its anti-immigration stance. 28/07/2016
World News 'World is at war', Pope on recent attacks Pope Francis has said that the recent string of attacks, including the killing of a French priest, was proof the 'world is at war' but 'not a war of religions'. 27/07/2016
Poland 'Now it's Christians being attacked': concern at Catholic World Youth Day Young Catholics from all over the world have been gathering in Krakow for World Youth Day. 26/07/2016
Armenia Pope Francis says 'never again' to Armenians massacred in WWI Pope Francis has paid tribute to an estimated 1. 25/06/2016
Armenia Pope Francis calls Armenia's mass killings a genocide Pope Francis denounced what he called the ideologically twisted and planned “genocide” of Armenians by Ottoman-era Turks a century ago on a visit to Armenia for a deeply symbolic weekend visit to mark 24/06/2016
Vatican Pope invites refugees to join him on stage The pope has invited a group of refugees on to the steps of St. 22/06/2016
World News Pope Francis laments child labour as 'modern slavery' They are the forgotten youngsters – the estimated 168 million, globally, trapped in child labour. 12/06/2016
No Comment Ecumenical meeting at the Vatican Pope Francis meets the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the highest ranking imam in Egypt, at the Vatican. 24/05/2016
Vatican A handshake, a kiss and a hug at historic meeting of Catholic and Muslim leaders A handshake, a hug and a kiss were exchanged at a historic meeting of Catholic and Muslim leaders at the Vatican. 23/05/2016
No Comment Papal pre-match pep talk On Friday, Pope Francis welcomed representatives of Italy’s Serie A Football League as well as players from the Juventus and AC Milan teams ahead of the Coppa Italia… 21/05/2016
Vatican Female deacons in the Catholic Church? Pope Francis tells a conference of nuns at the Vatican that he is willing to create a commission to study the idea. 12/05/2016