A Paris court has ruled against a Catholic group hoping to call to task the Gleeden extra-marital dating site.

Pope Francis delivered words of hope and comfort, alongside pleas for peace, in his Christmas Day address.

Rome (Italy) - Pope Francis has celebrated his 80th birthday with a mass and a gluten-free cake made by a pastry chef in Rome.

Pope Francis has described a priest who was killed by two Islamist extremists as a martyr.

120,000 pack St Peter’s Square

Mother Teresa, the revered nun known for her work with the destitute in India, has been elevated to sainthood by Pope Francis.

Many Muslims attended church in France this Sunday to show compassion for slain priest, Father Jacques Hamel, and solidarity with their Catholic compatriots.

Pope Francis has paid a sombre visit to the Nazi German Second World War death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Krakow (Poland) - Young Catholics from all over the world have been gathering in Krakow for World Youth Day. They wil be joined in Poland by Pope Francis later on Wednesday.