Francis

Bishops from Europe, the United States and beyond, urged the faithful to keep Benedict in their thoughts

Francis Coppola's belated follow-up of two of Hollywood's greatest will be released in December

Nearly half a million people fled their homes in the first days after the earthquake

Capital punishment has broad public support in Japan with few calls to abolish it

Urged European leaders to address the issue during a two-day visit to Bulgaria

Confirms interreligious dialogue as a keystone of his papacy

All of Chile’s bishops offered to resign after meeting Vatican head over sexual abuse allegations

The priest seemingly spent little of the money with the authorities freezing holdings of 656,000 euros on bank account

The White House echoed to the strains of the Pontifical Anthem and a thundering 21-gun salute

The republican penned an explosive opinion piece arguing that the pontiff would be peddling 'socialist talking points'

The pope urged humanity "to forever renounce war and ban nuclear arms and weapons of mass destruction