During his 12 years as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has been a voice for compassion and peace, reformed the Vatican government and taken action against clerical child abuse.

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Pope Francis had a quiet night, the Vatican said Wednesday, amid hopes the 88-year-old might be able to return home soon, after almost four weeks in hospital with pneumonia.

Bordering the wave-styled mosaic cobblestones of the square are grand and colourful buildings complete with colonnades, like the Leal Senado Building, St Dominic’s Church, Macau Post Office and ...

Hong Kong was decades ahead of Britain when it came to the ordination of women priests, even though that might seem unlikely ...

The assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic minister for minorities, in Islamabad in 2011, a mob attack on Joseph Colony in Lahore in 2013, followed by church bombings in the same city in 2015, ...

"A priest cannot remain a priest if he is an abuser," he said. As the successor of Saint Peter and Vicar of Christ, Francis speaks with authority in urging Church leaders to take responsibility for ...

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One church building and sections of two houses were damaged, the statement said. Pocheon Mayor Baek Young-hyeun demanded that all military exercises cease until preventive measures were made. “While ...

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