'Philippines` Duterte to visit Pope, apologise for `whore` insult'
Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte is planning to visit the Vatican to make a personal apology to the pope for calling him a "son of a whore", the politician`s spokesman said on Thursday.
May 12, 2016, 08:59 AM IST
Pope Francis asks Europe to tear down walls
Pope Francis on Friday asked Europe to "tear down" the walls being built to keep out migrants and to create a radical new "social economy" serving the many not the few.
May 06, 2016, 20:38 PM IST
Pope Francis urges Europe to tear down walls, build social economy
Pope Francis on Friday urged Europe to "tear down" the walls being built to keep out migrants and to create a radical new "social economy" serving the many not the few.
May 06, 2016, 17:16 PM IST
Pope tells teens `happiness not an app`
Happiness is not an app you can download on your mobile phone, Pope Francis told thousands of teenagers on Sunday at a mass to mark a weekend dedicated to youth.
Apr 24, 2016, 17:03 PM IST
There was such suffering: Pope on meeting with migrants
Pope Francis spoke emotionally today of his meeting a day earlier with migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, which culminated with him taking three Syrian families back to the Vatican.
Apr 17, 2016, 19:41 PM IST
Pope says his help for Syrian families `a drop in the ocean`
Pope Francis, who visited the Greek migrant hotspot island of Lesbos Saturday, took three Syrian families with him on the papal plane back to the Vatican, describing the move as a "humanitarian gesture... (but) a drop in the ocean."
Apr 16, 2016, 23:50 PM IST
Pope Francis, in lesson to Europe, brings 12 Syrian refugees from Greece to Italy
Pope Francis took three families of Syrian refugees back to Rome on Saturday after visiting the frontline of Europe`s migrant crisis at a camp in Greece where migrants wept at his feet, kissed his hand and begged for help.
Apr 16, 2016, 19:05 PM IST
'You are not alone', Pope tells refugees on Lesbos
Pope Francis on Friday told refugees trapped on the Greek island of Lesbos that they are "not alone" in their plight, and called on the world to respond with "common humanity" to the migrant crisis.
Apr 16, 2016, 17:03 PM IST
`You are not alone`, Pope Francis tells refugees on Lesbos
Pope Francis on Saturday told refugees trapped on the Greek island of Lesbos that they are "not alone" in their plight, and called on the world to respond with "common humanity" to the migrant crisis.
Apr 16, 2016, 15:39 PM IST
Pope, on landmark Lesbos visit, `wants to take back refugees`
Lesbos has been the first port of call in the EU for hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers fleeing war, poverty and persecution in the Middle East and Asia.
Apr 16, 2016, 15:02 PM IST
Pope met Bernie Sanders at Vatican on Saturday before leaving for Greece
Pope Francis met US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday morning before leaving for a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, a participant at the meeting said.
Apr 16, 2016, 14:44 PM IST
Pope Francis arrives on Greek island to meet with refugees
Pope Francis on Saturday arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos for a high-profile visit to put pressure on a controversial EU deal with Turkey to tackle an unprecedented refugee crisis.
Apr 16, 2016, 12:55 PM IST
Pope Francis heads to Greek island of Lesbos
Pope Francis left Rome on Saturday bound for the Greek island of Lesbos, on the frontline of Europe`s migrant crisis.
Apr 16, 2016, 11:19 AM IST
Greece must stop locking up child migrants, charity warns ahead of pope's visit
At least 1,500 unaccompanied migrant and refugee children stranded in Greece have nowhere safe to stay.
Apr 16, 2016, 07:39 AM IST
At the Vatican, Sanders blasts 'immoral' wealth inequality
Bernie Sanders issued a global call to action at the Vatican today to address "immoral and unsustainable" wealth inequality and poverty.
Apr 16, 2016, 01:33 AM IST
Patriarch tells EU to open doors to migrants: `Some may be angels`
Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I reiterated that Christians have a moral duty to show hospitality to strangers.
Apr 15, 2016, 15:37 PM IST
Pope Francis` words on Europe`s migrant crisis
Pope Francis has repeatedly spoken out about the refugee crisis that has overwhelmed and divided Europe.
Apr 14, 2016, 08:29 AM IST
Pope Francis urges greater acceptance of gay men, lesbians, divorced Catholics
Pope Francis insisted that individual conscience be the guiding principle for Catholics negotiating the complexities of sex, marriage and family life in a major document released on Friday that rejects the emphasis on black and white rules for the faithful.
Apr 08, 2016, 17:26 PM IST
Pope reaches out to divorcees but holds line on homosexuality
Pope Francis on Friday opted for no change in the Catholic approach to homosexuality but signalled a more open stance on cohabiting and divorced believers under new Church guidelines on family life.
Apr 08, 2016, 16:50 PM IST
Pope Francis to issue guide to love, sex and marriage
The verdict on the 79-year-old Argentine`s legacy will in large part be framed by the contents of the document on the family that will be published on the stroke of noon.
