STRASBOURG- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Strasbourg Luc Ravel, who stepped down last month following complaints about his management, the Bishops' Conference of France said on Saturday. The diocese of the eastern French city is unusual in the Catholic Church, as...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis returned to work Saturday after taking a day off with a fever, the Vatican said, with the pontiff set to hold several private audiences. The 86-year-old, who was hospitalised with bronchitis nearly two months ago, had a full calendar of meetings lined up, it...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis has a fever that caused him to clear his schedule on Friday morning, the Vatican said, nearly two months after the 86-year-old pontiff was hospitalised with bronchitis. "Due to a feverish state, Pope Francis did not receive an audience this morning," said...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis described on Sunday an "acute and strong" pneumonia that led to his hospitalization last month, but the 86-year-old pontiff said he was determined to keep travelling. Pope Francis (AFP) "I felt a strong pain at the end of the (March 29)...
BUDAPEST, Hungary --Â Pope Francis on Sunday called on Hungarians to be "open" toward migrants, as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the central European country whose nationalist premier has taken a staunch anti-immigration stance. Tens of thousands thronged a central Budapest square to hear the...
BUDAPEST, Hungary- Pope Francis called for a recovery of the European spirit and a rejection of "adolescent belligerence" amid rising nationalism and war in Ukraine, during his visit to Budapest Friday. The pontiff's three-day trip started with a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose...
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Pope Francis called for a recovery of the European spirit and a rejection of "adolescent belligerence" amid rising nationalism and war in Ukraine, during his visit to Budapest Friday. The pontiff's three-day trip started with a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis noted his "deep concern" on Sunday over a flare-up in tensions between Israel and Palestinians, delivering an Easter Mass in which he denounced the barriers to peace in the world. He said the renewed violence "threatens the desired climate of trust and mutual...
Christendom celebrates Easter Sunday on April 9, the high point of the 40-day Lenten Season that began on Ash Wednesday and the culmination of the Holy Week. Considered as the foundation of the Christian faith, Easter Sunday is the greatest feast that renders complete the mystery of man’s...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See- Pope Francis, who often champions poor and marginalised people, celebrated the traditional Holy Thursday Mass by washing the feet of 12 young inmates in a juvenile detention centre in Rome. The Argentine Jesuit, who was hospitalised last week for bronchitis, spent Thursday...
The Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church) in cooperation with the city government of Manila will hold a motorcade of the revered image of the Black Nazarene on Good Friday, April 7, at 12 midnight around the vicinity of the church. Quiapo Church rector and parish priest Fr. Rufino...
ROME, Italy- A jovial Pope Francis joked with well-wishers on Saturday as he left hospital after a three-night stay for bronchitis, and headed back to the Vatican to prepare for Christianity's most important week. The 86-year-old pontiff, who was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Wednesday with...
