Pope Francis

Pope Francis has appointed six women, including the former treasurer for Britain's Prince Charles, to the council that oversees Vatican finances, naming them in one fell swoop to some of the most senior roles. Reuters Last Updated: August 6, 2020, 10:31 PM IST Share this: VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has…

Italian bishop Luigi Ventura, the Apostolic Nuncio to France, attends a mass in Lourdes, southern France, as part of the annual Plenary session of French bishops. Pope Francis's former ambassador to France, Luigi Ventura, will go on trial in Paris in November for alleged sexual assault, sources told AFP on…

Pope Francis has said he was hurt by Turkey's decision to make Istanbul's Hagia Sophia museum a mosque, but Ankara said the decision will maintain a relationship of equality and mutual respect in the country. It was the Vatican's first reaction to Turkey's decision to transform the Byzantine-era monument back into a mosque,…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 12 Jul 2020 10:20PM · On Friday, a top Turkish court overturned a 1934 cabinet decision to turn the Hagia Sophia into a museum. – EPA pic, July 12, 2020. POPE Francis today said Sunday he was “very distressed” over Turkey’s decision to…

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis said on Sunday, July 12, he was "very distressed" over Turkey's decision to convert the Byzantine-era monument Hagia Sophia back into a mosque . "My thoughts go to Istanbul. I'm thinking about Hagia Sophia. I am very distressed," the pope said in the Vatican's first reaction…

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, has been appointed by Pope Francis to a Vatican advisory panel, the Holy See said on Friday. The pontiff named Draghi, 72, as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. An economist who received…

Carlo Acutis passed away in 2006 aged just 15, but his legacy lives on after Pope Francis hailed him as an example for the digital age. NBC News' Helena Humphrey reports.June 26, 2020Read More

By: AP | Rome | Published: June 26, 2020 11:03:21 am Francis on Thursday named the archbishop of Lodz, Grzegorz Rys, to temporarily take over as head of the Kalisz diocese. (File Photo)Pope Francis has ordered a Polish bishop to leave his central diocese and let someone else run it…

Bryn Lennon/Getty ImagesA handwritten letter from Pope Francis to Italian Paralympian Alex Zanardi, who is in a coma after suffering injuries during the Tricolor Goal rally hand-cycle race last Friday, was made public in La Gazzetta dello Sport. The letter reads as follows, per the Vatican News:"Dear Alessandro,"Your story is an example of how…

Zanardi, who lost both of his legs in an auto racing crash nearly 20 years ago, has been on a ventilator since he crashed his handbike into a truck near the Tuscan town of Pienza on Friday during a relay event. Rome: Pope Francis has praised Alex Zanardi as an example…