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Over 200 people dead after 7.1 magnitude earthquake.

Former Bambino Gesù foundation president on trial in Vatican.

Priest recalled after State Department notification.

Pope Francis on Wednesday tweeted that: "War is the negation of all rights. Let us pray for those who have the responsibility to avoid war between peoples".

Pope Francis has said he is willing to visit Venice in 2018, the bishops conference of the Triveneto area, headed by Venice Patriarch Francesco Moraglia, said on Tuesday.

Pope Francis said Monday "why do they tarry in becoming aware of the effects of climate change? A phrase from the Old Testament comes to me, from the Psalm: 'Man is stupid'.

AS is customary after trips abroad, Pope Francis prayed at the Rome Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major) Monday on his return from a six-day trip to Colombia.

Pope Francis cited Mother Teresa in his appeal to open "opportunities of joy and hope for the many who are discouraged and need understanding and tenderness", writing in the nine different languages of his @Pontifex Twitter accounts on Tuesday, the 20th an...

A top Italian psychiatrist, Claudio Mencacci, on Friday praised Pope Francis for admitting that he did therapy with an analyst when he as younger.

The leaders of South Korea's seven top religious groups will come to the Vatican to talk to Pope Francis on September 2, the head of South Korea's Bishops Conference, Msgr Igino Kim Hee-joong, said Thursday.

Pope Francis tweeted Friday that "being men and women of the Church means being men and women of Communion".

Pope Francis tweeted Thursday that "men need hope to live and the Holy Spirit to hope".

It is not Christian to walk with one's gaze lowered like pigs, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience Wednesday. He also warned against having sad faces like chilly peppers in vinegar.

Pope Francis' nine @pontifex Twitter accounts have more than 37 million followers, a Vatican monitoring site reported Monday. Francis' Twitter account goes out in nine languages. The top language is Spanish, followed by English and Italian.

Pope Francis says in a preface to a clerical paedophile victim's book that "it is an absolute monstrosity, a terrible sin, which contradicts all that the Church teaches".

Pope Francis expressed dismay during his weekly general audience on Wednesday about Sunday's attack on a church in Nigeria and reports that Christians have been targeted in a new attack in the Central African Republic.

A Vatican official has said that restrictive policies will not solve the Mediterranean migrant crisis.

The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis was "deeply saddened" by Sunday's gun attack on a church in southern Nigeria in which at least 11 people were killed.

Pope constantly praying says statement.