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Pope Francis brain tumour report denied by Vatican

The Vatican denies an Italian media report that Pope Francis has a benign brain tumour. Newspaper group, Il Quotidiano Nazionale, says the pontiff

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Pope Francis proclaims married couple saints in historic ceremony

Four new Catholic saints were proclaimed by Pope Francis on Sunday at a mass for some 65,000 people in St Peter’s Square. Those canonised included

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Homosexuality, divorce & remarriage up for discussion at Vatican synod

Pope Francis has urged bishops to put aside personal prejudices and has called for frankness, courage and humility within the Catholic church. His

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Catholic synod overshadowed by Church's 'homophobia'

Pope Francis presided over a vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday (October 3) ahead of the synod, a three-week meeting of bishops from around the

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Polish priest dismissed from Vatican post after coming out as gay

A Polish priest has been removed from a Vatican post after telling a newspaper he is gay. Krzystof Charamsa says it is time for the Catholic Church

USA

Pope Francis takes the UN by storm with hard-hitting appeal to save the environment

Pope Francis’s much-awaited address to the United Nations was a dense philosophical and ethical argument for mankind to face up to the real

USA

Pope pleases the crowd in wide-ranging speech to Congress

Pope Francis has brought the US Congress to its feet in applause in a speech two both houses meeting in joint session. He is the first pope in

USA

Pope raises hot topics during Washington visit

Pope Francis has celebrated his first ever Mass in the United States on a day which saw him refuse to shy away from controversy. Twenty-five thousand

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Tens of thousands of Cubans hear Pope's Mass

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Pope Francis makes marriage annulments easier

Pope Francis has made it easier for Roman Catholics to get marriage annulments, streamlining procedures and calling on bishops to provide more help to divorced couples.

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Vatican: suspect dies before abuse trial

The Vatican says a Catholic former archbishop accused of child sex offences has been found dead from natural causes a month after he was hospitalised

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Pope Francis calls for church to welcome back divorced couples

Pope Francis continues to make waves as the head of the Roman Catholic church. His latest announcement, previously made in more intimate surroundings

France

Climate change 'a matter of conscience' at Paris summit

Mankind’s relationship with nature was the focus of the Climate Summit of Conscience in Paris, hosted by French President Francois Hollande on

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Pope leaves for visit to Latin America

The world’s first Latin American pope is going home. Chosen on a mandate of piety and helping the poor, Pope Francis is on his way to visit Ecuador

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Pope Francis bestrides global diplomacy with his environment encyclical

The most awaited, and controversial papal document in half a century has been published. Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment is also the

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Former papal envoy faces Vatican court on charges of child sex abuse

The Vatican is to put on trial its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic on child sex abuse and child pornography charges. The former papal

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Pope to meet LGBT representative in Paraguay

Pope Francis is to meet a representative of Paraguay’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. He will see Simon Cazal from the Somos Gay

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Pope moves on sex abuse bishops

In his latest bid to stamp out sex abuse in the Church, Pope Francis has approved a tribunal to to make bishops more accountable for cases of abuse which arise on their watch.

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Pope calls on Putin to make "sincere, great effort" for Ukraine peace

There was an apparent air of awkwardness as Pope Francis welcomed the Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican. The pair met for about 50

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Argentine president meets Pope in Rome

Argentine President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner is on a brief visit to Rome. Her first port of call was a private audience with Pope Francis