The Pope has appointed a woman as an undersecretary to the Synod of Bishops for the first time. Sister Nathalie Becquart, who is from France, will have…
While borders have now largely been shut for migrants, Francis symbolically took a small group of refugees with him on his aircraft as he left the island…
Pope Francis on Saturday told refugees trapped on the Greek island of Lesvos that they are “not alone” in their plight, and called on the world to…
The Vatican has confirmed that 12 Syrian refugees, all of them Muslim, are traveling with the pope back to Italy from Greece. The three families, including six…
Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, are due to arrive on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Saturday…
The Church of Greece on Tuesday said it had accepted a suggestion from Pope Francis that he visit Greece to highlight the plight of thousands of refugees…
In a joint declaration, they also urged the world to protect Christians from persecution in the Middle East. The Pope has now arrived in Mexico for a…