Pope Francis

Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, while reaffirming they cannot be priests. Francis amended the law to formalise what is common practice in many parts of the world: that women…

Four members of Pope Francis' Swiss Guard have tested positive for COVID-19, sparking fears for the Pontiff. The Holy See Press Office said four members of the Swiss Guard have COVID-19 symptoms and tested positive for the virus. READ…

As Christians moves closer to the Easter celebrations, the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, has called for prayers people being persecuted by various authorities in the world. This, he said, should be achieved through prayers as the…

Pope Francis continued to spread a message of peace as he addressed tens of thousands of Mozambicans at a mass held at a stadium in the capital Maputo on Friday, on the first leg of a visit to three African countries. “You have a right…

 Pope Francis on Thursday urged Mozambique to keep its newfound peace and focus on rebuilding the poverty-stricken country. The Pope said this in Maputo on the first leg of a visit to three African nations. Francis, who landed in the…

Pope Francis heads to Mozambique on Wednesday to encourage the country’s fragile peace, starting a three-nation African tour where climate change, poverty and corruption will also be high on the agenda. The former Portuguese colony…

Pope Francis has joined the global outrage at the drowning of a migrant father and his baby daughter while crossing a river straddling the Mexico-U.S. border. This is contained in a statement by the Vatican on Wednesday. The Vatican…

Pope Francis has said he wants to travel to Iraq in 2020, which would be the first ever papal trip there, local media reported on Monday. Francis made the improvised remark in an address to members of a group of charities that help…

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, President and members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria on the passage of the Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto State, Most Rev. Kevin Aje. A…

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Pope Francis for the third time in the first week of July, the Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti confirmed on Thursday. NAN reports that the two leaders first met on November 25, 2013, and…