Vatican: Pope Did Not Say There Is No Hell
Vatican: Pope did not say there is no hell The Vatican has denied that Pope Francis told a well-known Italian journalist that “there is no hell”. The quote came in an article in Italy’s La...
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Cardinal Pell Arrives For Australian Sex Abuse Court Hearing
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell arrived for his first appearance in an Australian court on historical sex abuse charges Wednesday, facing a huge media scrum ahead of the largely...
Pope Francis Unlikely To Visit India In 2017
Pope Francis is unlikely to visit India and Bangladesh this year as widely expected, a senior church official said Tuesday, with the high-profile visit postponed due to schedule clashes with Prime...
Cardinal Pell Returns To Australia To Fight Charges
The Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, has returned to Australia as he prepares to defend himself against sexual assault charges. The 76-year-old cleric, a top adviser to Pope Francis, was...
Vatican Treasurer Denies Australia Sex Offences
The Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, has vehemently denied any wrongdoing after being charged with sex offences in his native Australia. He complained that he had been subjected to...
Pope Aide Pell Charged With Child Sex Abuse
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell was Thursday charged with multiple child sex offences in Australia, police said. Pell, the country's most senior Catholic cleric, was interviewed in Rome by...
Pope Francis Injects New Blood Into Cardinals Club
Pope Francis on Wednesday created five new cardinals in a Vatican ceremony that, while deeply traditional in form, also reflected his vision of a reshaped Church for the 21st century. Four of the...
Pope Gives Rebel Nigeria Priests Ultimatum Over Bishop
Pope Francis has given church officials in southern Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to obey him by accepting the nomination of a bishop -- or face being suspended from office. During talks with a Catholic...
God’s Is Punishing Lawyer Sosu For Cheating Me
Francis Agyare ,the client of Human Rights Lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu who reported him to the General Legal Council leading to his three years ban says God is punishing him for reaping him-off for...
Trump Holds First Face-To-Face Talks With Pope Francis
US President Donald Trump has met Pope Francis for a short private audience on the third leg of his overseas trip. The Vatican said after the meeting that there had been an “exchange of views” on...
Pope Risks Joke About Trump’s Size
It could have caused a diplomatic incident but a culinary quip from Pope Francis seemed to have gone down well with Donald Trump and his wife Melania. In one of the lighter moments of his meeting...
All Smiles As Pope Asks Trump To Work For Peace
Pope Francis urged Donald Trump to use his US presidency for peace as two leaders who have sparred repeatedly through the media finally met in a Vatican encounter that ended in broad smiles, for the...
Trump To Meet Pope and Italian Leaders
US President Donald Trump is due to hold talks with Pope Francis and Italy's top leaders in Rome on the third leg of his first overseas trip. Mr Trump and the pontiff have already clashed at a...
Pope Aide Denies New Australia Abuse Claims
Vatican finance chief George Pell accused sections of the Australian media of interfering in the course of justice Monday as he denied new child sex abuse allegations. Pell, Australia's most senior...
Trump To Visit Israel, Vatican and Saudi Arabia In First Foreign Trip
Donald Trump has said he will visit Israel, the Vatican and Saudi Arabia in his first foreign trip as US president. Mr Trump will travel overseas in late May before heading to Brussels for a Nato...
Pope Calls For N.Korea Negotiations
Reprising his theme of "world war in parts", Pope Francis said that these were "concentrated at points that were already hot. In Korea, today, it seems that things are becoming too heated" Pope...
Pope In Egypt Rejects Fanaticism, Urges Charity
Pope Francis rejected fanaticism and appealed for charity on Saturday as he addressed thousands of faithful during a visit to Egypt to promote reconciliation with Muslims and support its embattled...
Pope Lifts Spirits of Egypt’s Persecuted Christians
For a minority devastated by a series of church bombings that killed dozens of Christians, it was a chance for a rare joyous respite. Despite fears of another jihadist attack, thousands of Catholics...
Thousands of Egypt Catholics Gather For Pope Mass
Thousands of Egyptian Catholics waving the colours of the Vatican flag gathered amid tight security Saturday in a Cairo stadium where Pope Francis was to lead mass. Crowds of pilgrims poured out of...
Pope Francis Leads Mass For Thousands of Egyptian Catholics
Pope Francis led a jubilant mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics on Saturday during a visit to support the country's embattled Christian minority and promote dialogue with Muslims. Worshippers...