• Pope Francis: The 60 Minutes Interview

    In a rare interview, Pope Francis answers questions on global conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, migrants in the U.S., sexual abuse in the church, and more during a conversation with Norah O’Donnell.

  • Pope Francis: "We need hope so much"

    “All of us, brothers and sisters, are in great need of hope, which is not

  • Pope Francis: Conservatives Have a ‘Suicidal Attitude’

    Pope Francis told CBS that conservatives are willfully blind and manifest a “suicidal attitude” in their narrowmindedness.

  • Pope Francis to sit down with 60 Minutes

    Pope Francis will sit down with 60 Minutes next Sunday for a wide-ranging and exceedingly rare conversation from his Vatican guest house home. Norah O'Donnell reports.

  • Pope sends 'assurance of spiritual closeness' to Iran

    Pope Francis sent condolences to Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. “I send condolences upon the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and all who perished in yesterday’s helicopter crash,” wrote the 87-year-old pope in a telegram written in […]

  • Pope Francis Says Homosexuality "is a Human Fact"

    Pope Francis said that homosexuality is a "human fact" and criticized conservatives for their hostility toward LGBTQ people.

  • Pope says tension and debate are inevitable, embrace them

    Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on Saturday, warning that trying to impose a uniform vision fostered frustration and violence. Addressing a peace gathering in a Roman amphitheatre in the northern Italian city of Verona, the pope said people needed to learn how to deal with conflict before it got out hand, but also recognise that holding different opinions was healthy. A society that hides conflicts is a...

  • Tears, as Jnr Pope laid to rest in Enugu

    Uwala Abaka community in Igboetiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, was enveloped by grief yesterday, as the remains of one of their illustrious sons and Nollywood actor, John Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope was laid to rest.

  • Tears, as Jnr. Pope laid to rest in Enugu

    The sleepy town of Uwala Abaka, Ukehe, in Nsukka, Igboetiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, was enveloped by sadness and grief, as the remains of one of their illustrious sons, actor John Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope was laid to rest.

  • Pope Francis clarifies blessing same-sex unions

    Pope Francis has clarified his position on allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples.

  • 'The Pope's Exorcist' Sequel Officially In The Works

    The 2023 horror movie The Pope’s Exorcist is officially getting a sequel. The religious horror movie starred Russell Crowe as Gabriele Amorth, a character based on the real-life Catholic priest of the same name. Amorth was an exorcist for the Diocese of Rome, and he’s claimed to have performed tens of thousands of exorcisms. As []

  • Pope's appeal for Afghanistan helps a 'forgotten' people

    By Deborah Castellano Lubov. Pope Francis on Wednesday made an appeal for the international community to provide necessary aid and support to the most vulnerable in Afghanistan where at least 300 people have been killed in flooding in 18 districts across at least three of the country's northern provinces in the past few days. Following the Pope's words, Fr. Giovanni Scalese, the last superior of the Mission sui iuris in Afghanistan, who was the only Catholic priest present in the country,...