Pope Francis

By Philip PullellaBARI, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday warned against "inequitable solutions" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying they would only be a prelude to new crises, in an apparent reference to U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace proposal.Francis made his comments in the southern Italian port city…

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Geneva (AFP) - Three deaf survivors of clerical sexual abuse from Argentina say they want Pope Francis finally to live up to his promises of reform -- and they are taking their call directly to the Vatican this week.The three told AFP they were "tortured" by their abusers but now…

Key point: With pressure mounting against him from all sides, Djukanovic will resort to increasingly desperate measures to stay in power. This will, in turn, provoke an ever-greater confrontation with the country’s political opposition and civil society.Largely unnoticed in the wake of events in the Middle-East and the impeachment drama, another…

VATICAN CITY—In an effort to find middle ground between liberal factions hoping to modernize the church and conservative forces seeking to preserve orthodoxy, Pope Francis issued a new decree Friday that will permanently change Roman Catholic doctrine by permitting all priests to marry him. “While we respect the vow of…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Riek Machar (l) sees the creation of extra states as a way to give jobs to loyalists of President Salva Kiir Former South Sudanese rebel chief Riek Machar has said he is not satisfied by proposals made by the president aimed at paving the…

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond: Image copyright Reuters Image caption A girl holds her falcon during a desert competition for birds of prey on the outskirts of Egypt's capital, Cairo, on Friday. Image copyright EPA Image caption Spanish actress Victoria Abril, in…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis refused Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men or women as deacons to address a shortage of priests in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has divided the Catholic Church and emboldened his conservative c…

Pope Francis leads his general weekly audience at Nervi Hall on February 12 in Vatican City: Getty ImagesPope Francis has dismissed a proposal to allow married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region, marking one of the most significant decisions of his papacy.The proposal was put forward…

(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis refused Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men to address a shortage of priests in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has dominated debate in the Catholic Church and even involved retired Pope Benedict XVI. Francis, in an eagerly awaited document, did not…