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Pope Francis said on Sunday the worst of the coronavirus crisis was over in Italy, addressing the faithful for the first time in Saint Peter’s Square since the health emergency …

The Vatican department for liturgy published guidelines on Friday for bishops and priests on the celebration of Holy Week, the Triduum, and Easter liturgies during the coronavirus pandemic. The document …

Pope Francis has reportedly tested negative to coronavirus — shortly after he cancelled a Lent retreat for the first time over ill health. The pontiff had prayed for coronavirus patients …

Pope Francis cancelled a scheduled appearance at mass in Rome on Thursday because of “a mild ailment”, the Vatican said, the day after he appeared to be suffering a cold. …

Pope Francis on Friday issued new directives to prevent child sexual abuse within the Vatican City State, as had been promised after February’s anti-abuse summit. The pontiff released three documents …

Pope Francis says celibacy is not optional for priests, describing it a “gift to the church”. The pope made his position known on Monday while speaking with journalists during his …

Pope Francis has declared the death penalty “inadmissible” in an update of the most important guide to Catholic teaching, the Vatican announced on Thursday. “The Church teaches, in the light …

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Philip Wilson, an Australian archbishop convicted in May of concealing abuse by a notorious paedophile priest in the 1970s, the Vatican said Monday. …

The Vatican has quickly denied the apparent dramatic theological shift, accusing the reporter Eugenio Scalfari of ‘reconstructing’ the Pope’s words. Is God angry or happy with Pope Francis for denying …

“There is no hell where the souls of sinners suffer in eternity”, Pope Francis was quoted as saying in a Thursday interview with Italian daily La Repubblica. Francis said: “after …