Pope Francis

I wish to express to the victims my pain for the trauma they have suffered, says the pontiff

Appeal urges all governments to adopt plans to help limit the rise in the average global temperature

Pope Francis thanked a male nurse for convincing him to undergo surgery rather than continue antibiotics

Indigenous leaders and school survivors said the Church needed to do much more

Last year we were shocked. This year we are more under pressure and the economic crisis has become heavy, says Francis

This is an emblematic trip and it is a duty towards a land that has been martyred for so many years, Francis says

The pope will visit the former Islamic State stronghold of Mosul which has a significant Christian minority

Treaty seeks to prohibit use, development, production, testing, stationing, stockpiling and threat of nuclear weapons

In a statement issued by the Vatican, Pope condemned the attack as 'senseless act of brutality'

It will be first time since 2013 that Pope Francis will have skipped leading a major papal event for health reasons