Pope Francis has elevated the Apostolic Administration ... Credit: Rene Riisalu/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The official website of the Church in Estonia retells the historic roots of Christianity ...

Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday ... which posted a statement from the Vatican embassy on its website. The statement was astonishing because it listed abuses uncovered by the ...

Pope Francis will open a month-long summit of global Catholic leaders on Wednesday but it is likely to defer any decision on ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday led a prayer service asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment ...

Pope Francis launched the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Tuesday by asking forgiveness for a host of sins, ...

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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis launched the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Tuesday by asking forgiveness for a ...

At the invitation of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, His Holiness Pope Francis will pay an official visit to Luxembourg on 26 September 2024. This will be the first papal visit since 1985, when His ...

Pope Francis visited Laeken Castle on Friday ... when meeting the pope for an official private audience at the Vatican. The papal privilege is currently granted only to the Catholic royalty ...

Pope Francis is still widely popular in several Latin American countries. But the portion of people who still see him favorably in his native Argentina has plunged by almost 30 percentage points ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root ... unusually frank terms to take concrete action. Francis was addressing political leaders on Friday at the official residence of the King of Belgium, a country ...

Sept. 27 (UPI) --Pope Francis asked for forgiveness in Belgium for the Catholic church's clergy abuse scandal and its poor response to it on Friday, but the country's prime minister called for ...