Can two old priests change the world?
Both these priests have huge mountains of prejudice and doubt to climb but Pope Francis and Iran’s Rouhani may herald a more creative and hopeful era.
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A plane carrying British nationals leaves South Sudan after the Foreign Office warns people to leave the country as violence spreads.
It might not be the so-called “group of death”, but England’s draw for the World Cup is hardly a cheery prospect, writes John Anderson.
Russian President Vladimir Putin pays a visit to the Vatican for talks with Pope Francis. Warning: video contains flash photography.
The internet is full of celebrities posting “selfies” – and the rest of us duly followed in their footsteps. Now the 21st century term for a self-portrait photo is named the definitive word of 2013.
Both these priests have huge mountains of prejudice and doubt to climb but Pope Francis and Iran’s Rouhani may herald a more creative and hopeful era.
Pope Francis says gay people should not be marginalised but integrated into society, although the Catholic church still considers homosexual acts sinful.
As the Pope arrives in Brazil, police find a small explosive in a parking garage near a Catholic sanctuary in the city of Aparecida where he is scheduled to visit later this week.
A new papal decree states that believers who follow this month’s Rio World Youth Day online could be entitled to an “indulgence”, a medieval spiritual incentive that reduces your time in purgatory.
Thousands of workers march through Bangladesh’s capital on May Day demanding safety at work after the collapse of a factory building which has left at least 400 people dead, and injured 2,500.
Pope Francis uses his first Easter mass as pontiff to call for a political solution for “dear Syria” and “reconciliation” for the crisis between North and South Korea.
A reigning pope and former pope face each other for the first time in at least 600 years on Saturday, as Pope Francis lunches with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as “brothers”.
The Pope gives his first Sunday address and blessing from the window of the papal apartments to tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square.
Could Pope Francis be the global leader to challenge our comfort by highlighting the inequalities that exist in the world?
The wait is over, but who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio and as Pope Francis does he have the ability to connect with Catholics around the world?
From Wizard of Oz spoofs to papal emoticons and a fake Hand of God, the arrival of a new Pope sent Twitter into overdrive on Wednesday. Channel 4 News takes a look.