Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS): Singer Madonna, who was criticised for blasphemy by the Vatican following the release of her controversial 1989 video ‘Like a...

Vatican City, Oct. 30 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he had a “very warm meeting” with Pope Francis and discussed a wide...

Vatican City, Oct. 29 (PTI/AP): Declaring it’s good to be back, President Joe Biden on Friday opened a five-day European trip at the Vatican, where...

Vatican City, Oct. 6 (PTI/AP): Pope Francis expressed shame for himself and the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday for the scale of child sexual abuse...

Rome, June 10 (PTI/AP): Pope Francis refused Thursday to let German Cardinal Reinhard Marx resign over the sex abuse scandal in the church, but said...

Toronto, June 3 (PTI/AP): Canada’s Indigenous services minister said Wednesday that Pope Francis needs to issue a formal apology for the role the Catholic Church...

Baghdad, March 8 (PTI/AP): Pope Francis on Monday wrapped up his historic whirlwind tour of Iraq that sought to bring hope to the country’s marginalized...

Irbil (Iraq), March 7 (AP/PTI): Pope Francis arrived in northern Iraq on Sunday, where he planned to pray in the ruins of churches damaged or...

Baghdad, March 5 (AP/PTI): Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild...

Rome, Oct. 21 (PTI/AP): A day after donning a face mask for the first time during a liturgical service, Pope Francis was back to his...