VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday that war in Ukraine would be "madness" and hoped that tensions between that country and Russia could be overcome through multi-lateral…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on COVID-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday called for an international day of "prayer for peace" on January 26 to stop the Ukraine crisis from worsening, saying…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis ended the year by attending a vespers service on Friday where he praised those who responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with…
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the twin wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change were comparable to those caused by a global conflict and…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted an invitation from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit, in a turnaround in relations with the Vatican following…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to hold a series of high-profile meetings with foreign leaders during his trip to the G20 in Rome and U.N. climate…
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis, closing a peace meeting of world religions, called the arms trade a bane of humanity on Thursday, saying that money spent on…
By Tangi Salaün and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French clergy sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is not thinking of resigning and is living "a totally normal life" following intestinal surgery in July, he said in a…