After recent sexual abuse revelations concerning the Abbé Pierre, one of France's most revered public figures, Pope Francis said the Abbé was “a man who did so much good, but he’s also a sinner". He added: “Abuse is in my judgment is something...
Charities set up by France’s most famous Catholic priest, Abbé Pierre, are distancing themselves from their founder following a fresh wave of sexual assault allegations against a man once best known for his fight against homelessness and poverty....
Pope Francis was set to arrive in East Timor on Monday, where he will lead a massive rally for the Catholic-majority nation during his 12-day Asia-Pacific tour. Thousands of devotees have journeyed from remote areas and crossed the Indonesian...
Pope Francis traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea on Sunday to celebrate the Catholic Church of the peripheries. While 90 percent of Papua New Guinea's 12 million residents call themselves Christian, religion sits longside a panoply...
More than a dozen more people have made accusations of sexual violence against the late French humanitarian monk Abbe Pierre, according to a report published Friday. With Pierre's once-saintly image already shaken by allegations of sexual abuse in...
Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday for a three-day visit to the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country in which he is expected to emphasise inter-religious ties.
The late French humanitarian priest Henri Grouès, better known as Abbé Pierre, has been accused of having sexually assaulted a number of women throughout his life, according to the charities that he himself founded. The allegations are detailed in...
When he was elected president of the Philippines in 2022, Ferdinand Marcos Jr vowed to legalise divorce. The Catholic nation is the only country in the world, along with the Vatican, to ban it. Yet two years on, legislation has still not been...
Pope Francis issued an extraordinary apology on Tuesday over his reported use of a gay slur in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops last week.
CNN's Christopher Lamb looks at why Carlo Acutis, a gamer and computer programmer who died from leukemia in 2006 at age 15, is being considered for canonizat...
Pope Francis on Sunday visited a prison for women in Venice ahead of a mass in the watery city representing the 87-year-old pontiff's first trip outside Rome for seven months.
Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in an Easter Sunday address that marked the most important day on the Christian calendar by deploring the suffering caused by wars.
Pope Francis took part in the Easter Vigil service at the Vatican on Saturday, a day after the last-minute cancellation of his presence at a major Good Friday procession revived questions about his health.
One man died after armed assailants opened fire in an Italian church in Istanbul during Sunday mass in an apparent assassination attempt that was swiftly condemned by Pope Francis.
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, is facing increasingly strong opposition inside the Vatican. The conservative clan of the Roman Curia – the powerful governing body of the Holy See – accuses him of a laxist vision of Catholic...
A pivotal moment in the restoration of Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral is set for Saturday, with the installation of a golden rooster atop its spire.
A German Catholic priest widely thought to have been abducted after going missing in Mali in late 2022 has been freed and is on his way back home, officials said on Sunday.
Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed US bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent conservative who had repeatedly criticised his papacy, following concerns over the clergyman's leadership and governance.
Over 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission published Friday.
Pope Francis warned Wednesday the world "is collapsing" due to global warming, urging participants of the upcoming COP28 climate talks to agree to binding policies on phasing out fossil fuels.
Pope Francis opens a major congress on the future of the Catholic Church Wednesday marked by tensions with conservatives on issues such as the treatment of divorcees and LGBTQ believers.
