Pope Francis

Pope Francis has arrived in Portugal to open the first post-pandemic edition of World Youth Day (WYD), hoping to inspire the next generation of Catholics to work together to combat conflicts, climate change and other problems facing the…

Pope Francis orders Pope Benedict’s former aide to leave Vatican. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Vatican on Thursday, Gaenswein will vacate without any new role, which attested to speculation that Francis has…

The reports that Pope Francis has sacked a Rwandan-born man, Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, from priesthood as emanated recently has been trending, raising questions in the mind of people especially Christians. Munyeshyaka, 64, who has been…

Pope Francis was hospitalized with a lung infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. In a statement on Wednesday,…

Pope Francis has denounced the “poison of greed” driving conflicts in Africa, saying the rich world needs to realise that people are more precious than the minerals in the earth beneath them. Many tens of thousands of people cheered as…

Pope Francis landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday, hailing his “beautiful trip” to Africa as he comes bearing a message of peace to the conflict-torn nation and its troubled neighbour South Sudan. Large crowds of…

Pope Francis led the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in front of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter’s Square, an event unprecedented in modern times. Red-clad cardinals, dignitaries and thousands of priests and…

Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced on Saturday. Benedict was pope from April 2005 until his surprise resignation in February 2013. On Wednesday, Pope Francis said Benedict was “very sick” and…

The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has rebuked those that are extremely hungry for wealth and power to the detriment of others while asking them to imitate the Christian deity, Jesus Christ, who according to Biblical…

Pope Francis has urged people worldwide to celebrate Christmas more modestly and donate their savings to Ukraine. During a general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, the head of the Catholic Church said people could cut back on…