ARTICLES RELATING TO POPE FRANCIS

Pope blesses hundreds of Harleys

2013-06-16 17:07

Biker culture came to the Vatican as Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders, celebrating the manufacturer's 110th anniversary.

Pope admits 'gay lobby' in Vatican

2013-06-11 21:43

Pope Francis has admitted the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican's secretive administration, the Roman Curia, allegedly exposed during a leaks scandal.

Charismatic priests battle Catholic flight

2013-06-05 12:15

Brazil's charismatic priests are trying to retain Brazilian Catholics being lured away from the church by booming Protestant evangelical churches.

Pope issues appeal for Chinese Catholics

2013-05-22 17:40

Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI.

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Angela Merkel meets with Pope Francis

2013-05-20 09:52

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican. See the pictures.

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Pope rails against economic dictatorship

2013-05-16 18:00

Pope Francis is calling for global financial reform along ethical lines and warned the world against the cult of money saying it has to serve and not rule.

Brazil gives green light to gay marriage

2013-05-15 11:00

Brazil has become the third and largest Latin American country to give a de facto green light to same-sex marriage.

Pope to nuns: Don't be old maids

2013-05-08 14:04

Pope Francis has told nuns from around the world that they must be spiritual mothers and not "old maids".

Benedict comes home to new house, pope

2013-05-02 13:33

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI is coming home to a new house and a new pope, as an unprecedented era begins of a retired pontiff living side-by-side with a reigning one.

Pope slams Bangladesh 'slave labour'

2013-05-01 14:46

Pope Francis has condemned as "slave labour" the conditions for hundreds of workers killed in a factory collapse in Bangladesh and urged political leaders to fight unemployment in a sweeping critique of "selfish profit".

Romero saint effort 'unblocked'

2013-04-22 22:43

The Vatican official spearheading the push to make slain Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador a saint, says the process is going forward under Pope Francis.

Jesuit's sister criticises Pope in court

2013-04-19 12:19

Pope Francis has been harshly criticised in an Argentine courtroom, where a woman said he didn't help protect her brother from the country's military dictatorship.

Pope receives Messi shirt

2013-04-17 20:52

Pope Francis, an avid soccer fan, has received a personally autographed shirt from the Barcelona striker Lionel Messi.

Pope backs crackdown on US nuns

2013-04-15 20:30

The Vatican says Pope Francis supports the Holy See's crackdown on the group of US nuns, who were faulted for focusing too much on social justice instead of issues such as abortion.

Pope seeks decisive action against abuse

2013-04-05 17:57

Pope Francis has indicated that he will seek to have the church act "with determination" against clergy sex abuse cases.

Pope: Translate sacraments into daily life

2013-04-01 14:38

Pope Francis has urged the faithful to translate the sacraments they received during Easter Sunday into their daily lives.

Pope to celebrate first Easter vigil

2013-03-30 22:34

Pope Francis is to celebrate his first Easter vigil after praying for peace in the Middle East and stronger Christian-Muslim dialogue at a torch-lit ceremony for Good Friday.

Pope to preside over first Good Friday

2013-03-29 09:55

Pope Francis is to preside over his first Good Friday after washing the feet of 12 young prisoners as part of his efforts to bring the Catholic Church closer to the needy.

Pope Francis to wash young prisoners' feet

2013-03-28 09:03

Pope Francis will stamp his personal touch on Easter celebrations starting by washing the feet of young prisoners as he stresses the importance of reaching out to those in need.

Pope Francis to Benedict: 'We're brothers'

2013-03-23 17:01

Pope Francis has had lunch with his predecessor Benedict XVI, a historic and potentially problematic melding of the papacies that has never before confronted the Catholic Church.

Mugabe calls for African papal visit

2013-03-20 21:03

Zimbabwe's president has called for Pope Francis to visit Africa and told journalists to go to church.

Abuse victims want pope to open files

2013-03-20 10:00

Activists have urged Pope Francis to apologise for what they call the Argentine church's protection of two priests who were eventually convicted of sexually assaulting children.

Zuma congratulates Pope Francis

2013-03-19 14:28

President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Pope Francis on his election as supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church.

Pope begins reign with grand ceremony

2013-03-19 12:27

Pope Francis has knelt at the tomb of St Peter and donned a ring symbolising his new papal powers at his inauguration as thousands of pilgrims cheered Latin America's first pontiff.

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Preparation for Pope's inaugaration

2013-03-19 10:35

Final preparations for Pope Francis' inaugural mass took place in the Vatican. Watch.

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Pope Francis and new Anglican leader meet

2013-06-14 15:04

Pope Francis and the new head of the world's Anglicans have acknowledged deep differences over issues ranging from gay rights to women priests but pledged to seek unity after meeting.

Francis: I didn't want to be pope

2013-06-07 14:52

Pope Francis has revealed that he never wanted to be pope and that he's living in the Vatican hotel for his "psychiatric" health.

Vatican: European Christians face abuse

2013-05-28 17:54

Christians in Europe are being arrested and prosecuted for expressing their beliefs, the Vatican has alleged, labelling such moves as a form of discrimination.

Vatican denies the pope exorcised demon

2013-05-21 20:38

The Vatican has denied that Pope Francis has performed an exorcism after a television channel showed footage of the pontiff blessing a boy in a wheelchair showed he had.

Pope warns Church against imploding

2013-05-19 18:47

Pope Francis has warned the Catholic Church to not close in on itself at a Mass to mark Pentecost Sunday attended by more than 200 000 people.

Pope urges end to 'tyranny' of money

2013-05-16 17:58

Pope Francis has called on world leaders to put an end to the "cult of money" and to do more to help the poor, warning that insecurity is rising in the world and the "joy of life" is diminishing.

Pope Francis canonises his first saints

2013-05-12 19:55

Pope Francis has created the first saints of his reign, canonising some 800 Italian martyrs who refused to convert to Islam in the 15th century, as well as a Colombian and a Mexican who founded congregations.

Benedict returns to Vatican City

2013-05-02 20:39

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI returned by helicopter to the Vatican on Thursday two months after his historic resignation to live in a former monastery, Italian media said.

Mass burial for building collapse victims

2013-05-02 09:05

Dozens of Bangladeshi garment workers, their bodies too battered or decomposed to be identified, have been buried in a mass funeral, a week after the building collapsed.

Priest excommunicated for supporting gays

2013-04-30 18:09

A Catholic priest in south-eastern Brazil has been excommunicated after publicly resigning from his duties to protest against the church's opposition to homosexuality.

Pope's friend opposes priestly celibacy

2013-04-22 21:54

She uses a wheelchair and carries the weight of her 87 years, but Clelia Luro feels powerful enough to make the Roman Catholic Church pay attention to her campaign to end priestly celibacy.

Frugal Francis likely to scrap bonuses

2013-04-18 22:10

Pope Francis, who is quickly earning a reputation for frugality, is likely to scrap a traditional bonus given to Vatican staff, a spokesperson for the Holy See says.

Pope racks up soccer jerseys

2013-04-15 22:15

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has given Pope Francis a national jersey, signed by all the players during a 25-minute audience in the Apostolic Palace.

Vatican mulling fewer powers for 'PM'

2013-04-15 12:02

Vatican rule-making will be more consensus-based, a member of the group set up by Pope Francis to reform Holy See bureaucracy has said.

Pope Francis still has most of right lung

2013-04-02 12:04

Despite erroneous reports that Pope Francis has lived most of his life with just one lung, the surgery actually only removed the upper part of his right lung, say family and friends.

Pope appeals for peace

2013-03-31 14:28

Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula.

Pope to celebrate first Easter vigil

2013-03-30 11:30

Pope Francis is to celebrate his first Easter vigil after praying for peace in a Middle East "torn apart by injustice and conflicts" during Good Friday's ceremonies.

Pope washes feet of 12 young inmates

2013-03-28 21:06

Pope Francis has washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention centre in a Holy Thursday ritual, which he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is pope.

Pope chooses hotel stay over new home

2013-03-26 20:53

The renovations on the papal apartment have been completed, but Pope Francis has decided to stay put in the Vatican hotel for the time being.

Pope urges dialogue with Muslims, atheists

2013-03-22 14:41

Pope Francis has called for the Roman Catholic Church to "intensify" its dialogue with Islam and with non-believers, condemning the "spiritual poverty" of the developed world.

Pope reaches out to Jews, Muslims

2013-03-20 20:37

Pope Francis has promised to continue the Catholic Church's "fraternal" dialogue with Jews and work with Muslims for the common good.

Pope on mission to 'embrace the poorest'

2013-03-20 09:02

Pope Francis has donned the symbols of papal power, vowing to embrace the "poorest" at a grand inauguration in the Vatican as leader of a troubled Roman Catholic Church.

Pope makes surprise call to Argentina

2013-03-19 14:01

Pope Francis has surprised faithful who waited through the night for his inaugural Mass with a telephone call from the Vatican to the cathedral in Buenos Aires where he used to be archbishop.

Humble pope shakes up Vatican fashion

2013-03-19 10:58

Solid gold rings, velvet capes and ermine furs are out, humility is in: Pope Francis has shunned Vatican tradition in favour of a simpler style - and perhaps committed a faux pas in the process.

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Inauguration of Pope Francis

2013-03-19 10:32

See the latest pictures of Pope Francis's inauguration at the Vatican.

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