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The head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong has said the Chinese government is willing to reach an understanding with the Vatican.

• 05 августа 2016, 16:02

Pope Francis made a highly symbolic gesture by opening a "Holy Door" at Bangui Cathedral in the Central African Republic ahead of the start of a Catholic Jubilee Year.

• 30 ноября 2015, 13:04

Pope Francis hailed Africa as "a continent of hope" as he toured Uganda on the second leg of a landmark trip that has seen him railing against corruption and poverty.

• 28 ноября 2015, 12:47

Pope Francis pledged to forge ahead with reforms within the Church, while decrying "deplorable" leaks over uncontrolled spending by the Vatican.

• 09 ноября 2015, 10:11

Pope Francis offered a surprise public apology from the Catholic Church for a series of scandals which have shaken the city of Rome and the Vatican, from gay sex to drug use.

• 15 октября 2015, 15:20

Pope Francis deplored the "escalation of violence affecting innocent civilians" in the Middle East, from Syria to Iraq, Jerusalem and the West Bank, and urged the international community to act.

• 09 октября 2015, 16:57

Pope Francis says he has felt "used" by people claiming to be his friend since he became pontiff, in a radio interview touching on the personal side of his papacy.

• 15 сентября 2015, 11:00

Pope Francis called on every Catholic parish in Europe to take in a refugee family, saying the Vatican's two parishes would lead by example.

• 07 сентября 2015, 15:08

Pope Francis will lead a vast procession of thousands through Central Park during his historic visit to the United States later this month.

• 02 сентября 2015, 10:05

Nearly half a million Catholics have signed a petition urging Pope Francis to condemn same sex unions as unnatural and rule out allowing divorced believers who remarry to receive communion.

• 14 августа 2015, 15:34

Pope Francis has established an annual day of global prayer "for the Care of Creation" to boost support for the environment.

• 11 августа 2015, 14:40

Pope Francis will call on the world's leaders to pull together to fight global warming, publishing his hotly-anticipated thesis on the environment.

• 18 июня 2015, 12:56

Pope Francis flies into Sarajevo bearing a message of reconciliation 20 years after peace accords which ended Bosnia's war but left the country divided on ethnic lines

• 04 июня 2015, 15:43

The Irish vote in favour of gay marriage constitutes "a defeat" that highlights a gap between the Church and modern society.

• 26 мая 2015, 13:10

Pope Francis was to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, days after the Vatican said it was preparing to sign its first accord with Palestine.

• 16 мая 2015, 15:21

Cuban President Raul Castro met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, thanking the pontiff for his role in brokering an historic rapprochement between Havana and Washington.

• 11 мая 2015, 10:34

Pope Francis condemned a "worrying" resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe and urged the continuation of dialogue between Christians and Jews.

• 21 апреля 2015, 10:44

Pope Francis will mark the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians with a special ceremony.

• 11 апреля 2015, 13:42

Olga Lucia Alvarez says it is her vocation to be a Catholic priest, and she is not going to let gender or excommunication stop her from preaching the gospel.

• 02 апреля 2015, 14:50

Two years after Pope Francis swept into the Vatican vowing to shake up the Church, his opponents are playing a waiting game as they seek to put the brakes on his reform drive.

• 12 марта 2015, 10:45