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The pope took particular aim at areas of global tension where President Donald Trump is playing a critical role.

The instructions explicitly rule out selling the hair strands, hands, teeth and other body parts of saints that often fetch high prices in online auctions.

Australian commission publishes report that finds "catastrophic failures" by Catholic Church to address child sex abuse allegations and calls on Vatican to overhaul celibacy rule.

The head of the Catholic church suggested that part of the Lord's Prayer was "not a good translation" and suggested it be changed.

Islamic terror group Isis has unveiled a poster urging jihadists to attack the Vatican in the run up to Christmas.

Isis has threatened 'Christmas blood' in a newly released poster depicting a masked jihadi driving a BMW full of explosives towards the Vatican.

The Pope got the keys to a fancy new Lamborghini but he won't be tooling around the Vatican gardens in it.

Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi's book Original Sin claims priests sexually abused teenage boys at a St. Pius X pre-seminary for middle- and high-schoolers in the Vatican.

Vatican spokesperson confirms cigarettes will no longer be sold at shop in city-state from 2018 because of their health hazards.

Top Catholic Church officials worked behind the scenes to control the sex abuse scandal and keep it from authorities as well as parishioners.

The latest saints were proclaimed Sunday during a Mass celebrated by Francis in St. Peter's Square.

Italian priest Maurizio Pallu has been kidnapped by gunmen during a robbery in Nigeria's southern Benin City.

Libero Milone claims he was forcibly removed after discovering 'irregularities' in city state.

Case would be major embarrassment for Pope Francis who has pledged "zero tolerance" for sexual abuse.

Pontiff and Patriarch Bartholomew I blame moral decay and greed for the harm done to the planet.

New videos threaten terrorist carnage in Italy.

The Vatican will decide the fate of the priest.

The priest, Arnel Lagarejos, has been accused of sexually abusing a girl, aged 13, multiple times.

Move in line with Pope Francis teaching against 'habit of wasting and throwing away' says Vatican official.

"To become the best of yourself, you must focus on your own potential and not on your own limits"

The magistrates allegedly siphoned off nearly £400,000 from hospital to fund the renovation.

Close confidantes of the pope criticised 'evangelical fundamentalists' for a twisted reading of the Bible.

A spokeswoman for Pell said after his arrival in Australia that his return to the country should come as no surprise.

It could pave way for terminally ill baby to get treatment.

Key findings from Associated Press investigation into Vatican's showcase children's hospital, Bambino Gesu.

The Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital tried to make a money-losing Vatican enterprise turn a profit.

Cardinal Pell is the highest-ranked Vatican official to be charged for historical sex offences.

Pell is the highest-ranked Vatican official to be charged for sex offences.

Pizza or Potica? Pope Francis asks Melania what she gives the Donald to eat.

A hilarious photo of the encounter is gaining traction on social media.