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Pope Francis has confirmed his plan to visit Turkey in 2025 to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea. This historic event, held in modern-day Turkey’s Marmara ...

Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis said on Wednesday in his latest urging that people of all religions - or no religion - ...

Which country did the previous 265 Popes come from (according to today’s borders)? NB: In several cases, the birthplaces of Popes was not clearly recorded. For example, in the case ...

Pope Benedict XVI joined Twitter to keep Catholicism relevant in the 21st century. How about modernising dogma instead? Earlier this month, Pope Benedict XVI joined Twitter in an effort to galvanize the ...

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday prayed for families of the victims in the Newtown school massacre in the United States during his traditional weekly address to pilgrims in St Peter's ...

Pope Benedict XVI named seven new saints on Sunday, including the first Native American, praising their "heroic courage" as the Catholic Church seeks to counter a rising tide of secularism ...

Pope Benedict XVI named seven new saints on Sunday, including the first Native American, praising their "heroic courage" as the Catholic Church seeks to counter a rising tide of secularism ...

Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday pronounced a blessing in Arabic at his weekly audience in front of 20,000 pilgrims on St Peter's Square -- the first time the language has ...