EASTER WEEKEND Venezuela's 'palmeros' come down from mountain for Palm Sunday 13-04-2022 20:21 Tradition, of more than 250 years, is in the registry of good safeguarding practices of UNESCO and aspires to be a World Heritage Site.
CATHOLIC LEADERS MEET Biden sidesteps abortion issue in meeting with Pope Francis 29-10-2021 12:46 President Joe Biden said Pope Francis called him a "good Catholic" as they met Friday at the Vatican at the start of a European trip aimed at reasserting the United States' international credentials.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Fewer Catholics in Europe, more in Africa, Americas 21-10-2021 10:49 The Catholic Church continues to lose followers in Europe, but numbers are booming in Africa and the Americas, according to figures released by the Vatican on Thursday.
CATHOLIC CHURCH UN rights experts urge Vatican to halt child sex abuse 21-06-2021 11:02 Experts voice "utmost concern about numerous allegations around the world of sexual abuse and violence committed by members of the Catholic Church against children."
CATHOLIC CHURCH Pope Francis updates canon law to address paedophilia by priests 01-06-2021 12:15 Pope Francis has updated the Catholic Church's criminal code, adding details on punishing sexual abuse crimes of minors by priests, measures long sought by activists against paedophilia.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Pope Francis tightens Vatican's anti-corruption rules 29-04-2021 12:00 Pope Francis on Thursday announced new anti-corruption rules for top officials as part of his drive to clean up the Vatican following a series of scandals.
Argentine pontiff Pope Francis expects to spend his final days in Rome, says new book 28-02-2021 07:01 Asked how he sees his final days, 84-year-old Argentine pontiff tells Nelson Castro: "I will be pope, either active or emeritus, and in Rome. I will not return to Argentina."
GLOBAL PANDEMIC Reports: Pope Francis receives coronavirus vaccine 13-01-2021 12:05 Pope Francis, 84, was given the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, according to media reports.
Global pandemic Pope Francis makes first trip outside Rome since virus lockdown 03-10-2020 16:47 Pope Francis travels to Assisi for first trip since the Vatican's coronavirus lockdown.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Pleasures of food and sex 'simply divine,' says Pope Francis 09-09-2020 16:50 The pleasures of a well-cooked meal or loving sexual intercourse are "divine" and have unjustly fallen victim to "overzealousness" on the part of the Church in the past, says pontiff.