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Pope Francis beatified 124 early Korean martyrs at a mass in Seoul and challenged the crowd to ask what values they might be willing to die for.

• 16 августа 2014, 15:43

Pope Francis will offer prayers for Korean reconciliation in Seoul next week

• 13 августа 2014, 14:50

The visit of the Pope Francis will recognise the vicious persecution of early Korean Catholics.

• 11 августа 2014, 14:32

Pope Francis expressed "dismay and disbelief" over the violence in Iraq, calling for an "effective political solution" to a crisis.

• 11 августа 2014, 10:54

A Sudanese Christian woman whose death sentence for renouncing Islam sparked a global outcry that eventually led to an acquittal, met Pope Francis after arriving in Italy en route to the United States.

• 25 июля 2014, 11:14

Pope Francis arrives in Jordan Saturday at the start of a Middle East tour aiming to boost ties with Muslims and Jews as well as easing an age-old rift within Christianity itself.

• 24 мая 2014, 10:38

Pope Francis on Saturday attended a giant rally for children and teachers from Italy's Catholic schools, with the Vatican saying that 300,000 people turned out for the event in and around St Peter's Square.

• 11 мая 2014, 12:18

Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed John Paul II and John XXIII the Catholic Church's newest saints at a festive ceremony joined by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims for two pontiffs who helped shape 20th-century history.

• 28 апреля 2014, 10:43

Many Mexicans have mixed emotions about seeing the late pope John Paul II become a saint: they loved the man but feel he covered up sexual abuses by priests.

• 26 апреля 2014, 15:51

Pope Francis on Friday personally asked forgiveness for thousands of child sex abuses carried out by priests and promised more action following accusations of cover-ups and excessive leniency by the Vatican.

• 12 апреля 2014, 14:46

Queen Elizabeth II meets Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday on a visit that coincides with the anniversary of the start of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina.

• 03 апреля 2014, 11:30

Italian prosecutors on Friday said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering, while the bank's ex-chairman was declared innocent.

• 29 марта 2014, 11:45

Barack Obama will meet Pope Francis for the first time Thursday for talks on a shared agenda to fight inequality which the US President hopes will help boost support at home.

• 27 марта 2014, 11:44

25 y.o. Sicilian nun made all four judges of The Voice of Italy turn their chairs to chose her.

• 25 марта 2014, 01:01

Pope Francis will spend the first anniversary of his election in a spiritual retreat, far from the adoring crowds in Rome and the tensions within the Church hierarchy that have defined the last year.

• 13 марта 2014, 17:10

Pope Francis celebrates one year in office on Thursday swaddled in a blanket of approval world leaders would die for and most of his predecessors could only dream of.

• 13 марта 2014, 10:25

Pope Francis will create his first batch of cardinals on Saturday, with nine of the 19 coming from South America, Africa and Asia.

• 22 февраля 2014, 12:54

A trove of ancient documents unearthed at the Vatican could shed light on the brutal crackdown on Christianity in isolationist Japan under its samurai rulers.

• 31 января 2014, 13:32

A small explosive device went off outside a French church in central Rome could be linked to President Francois Hollande's visit.

• 24 января 2014, 15:38

Abortion and euthanasia will be among hot button issues on the table when Pope Francis meets embattled French President Francois Hollande.

• 24 января 2014, 14:29