Pope Francis

Digital moments are reshaping lives in Latin America and this week's papal visit shows.

Italy's anti-immigration Northern League leader Matteo Salvini attacks pontiff over refugees appeal.

Pontiff slams dependence on fossil fuels, calls for urgent action

Criminal trial of former Holy See envoy to the Dominican Republic to start in July.

Kremlin leader's legendary lateness strikes again on Italian trip.

Holy See already provides the homeless with showers and free barber service.

Colourful Corpus Christi processions around the world, from Latin America to Bavaria.

Kremlin strongman is to make an official trip to Italy days after G7 leaders meet without him.

Leaving Mediterranean migrants to die at sea is 'attack against life'.

Vatican bank gives the Catholic Church a multimillion euro cash boost.

Four new female saints are to be canonised at a ceremony in the Vatican by Pope Francis.

Holy See officially recognises Palestinian state ahead of canonisation of mother Marie Alphonsine and Mariam Baouardy.

Castro is in the Vatican to thank the Catholic pontiff for his role in boosting US-Cuba ties in "strictly private" talks.

Pontiff: 'Why is it taken for granted that women must earn less than men?'

Investigators believe St. Peter's Square throngs were target

Kurdish leaders acknowledge their people's role in the genocide - but Turkish leaders refuse to do likewise.

Critics accuse prelate of fostering 'division and intolerance'

Turkish authorities continue to heap scorn on Vatican pontiff over his Armenian genocide comments.

Mehmet Görmez, Turkey's head of religious affairs, says pontiff's comment on Armenian killings is baseless.

Pope Francis angers Turkey by using the term 'genocide' to describe the killing of 1.5m Armenians

Vatican's silence on French government's proposal of gay senior diplomat Laurent Stefanini as envoy interpreted as rejection.

Pope Francis led the traditional Easter Sunday Mass in St Peter's Square in the Vatican City during a torrential downpour.

Read the official Vatican translation of the Pope's homily at the Easter Vigil in St Peter's Basilica

Pontiff condemns 'senseless' killings of Christians after al-Shabaab Kenya attack.

During Maundy Thursday mass in St Peter's Basilica the Pope heightened speculation that he might step down due to exhaustion

A pizza maker jumped a barricade and hand-delivered a pizza to Pope Francis during his visit to the southern Italian city of Naples on 21 March, as he was being greeted by cheering crowds on his popemobile.

Drawing a crowd of thousands, Francis urged residents of Naples' Scampia district not to lose hope.

Pontiff cites Russian writer to condemn capital punishment as unacceptable.

Pontiff calls only the 27th Jubilee in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.

Cover of satirical publication includes cartoons of 'pains in the ass' and 'enemies' but not the prophet.